GETAC- Trauma Systems Committee

Current Members

The Council appoints committees it considers necessary to perform its duties. Committees meet in conjunction with the quarterly GETAC meetings or as necessary to conduct committee business.

Council Liaisons: Brian Eastridge, MD; Della Johnson, RN; Alan Tyroch, MD

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Name	Affiliation	Location	Term Expires
Stephen Flaherty, MD Committee Chair	Envision Physician Services Regional Medical Director Del Sol Medical Center Trauma Medical Director	El Paso, TX 79902	12/2026
Raul Barreda, MD	DHR Health Chief of Acute Care Surgery	McAllen, TX 78504	12/2025
Jennifer Carr, RN	CHRISTUS Spohn Health System Vice President of Trauma Services	Corpus Christi, TX 78414	12/2026
Aileen Ebadat, MD	Texas Acute Care Surgery Trauma Medical Director	Austin, TX 78745	12/2026
KaLinda Evans, RN	Cook Children's Medical Center Trauma Program Manager	Ft. Worth, TX 76104	12/2027
Dawn Koepp, RN	CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System Regional Director of Trauma Services	New Braunfels, TX 78130	12/2026
Wesley Milum, RN	Valley Baptist Medical Center Director of Trauma Services	Harlingen, TX 78550	12/2027
Timothy Nunez, MD	Brooke Army Medical Center Chief, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care	Ft. Sam Houston, TX 78234	12/2025
Shawn Patton, RN	Wise Health System Trauma Program Manager	Decatur, TX 76234	12/2025
Howard Pryor, MD	Texas Children’s Hospital Trauma Medical Director	Houston, TX 77030	12/2027
Craig Rhyne, MD	Covenant Health Systems Chief Medical Officer	Lubbock, TX 79410	12/2026
Kathy Rodgers, RN	Christus Southeast Texas St. Elizabeth Trauma Director	Beaumont, TX 77702	12/2027
Scott Sagraves, MD	Baylor Scott & White Medical Director - Trauma Services Central Texas Division	Temple, TX 76508	12/2026
Kate Schaefer, RN, NREMT	Childress Regional Medical Center Emergency Department Director Trauma Program Manager	Childress, TX 79201	12/2025
Elizabeth Scherer, MD	UT Health San Antonio Associate Professor, Surgical Trauma ICU Director, Surgical Critical Care & Trauma Fellowships Director	San Antonio, TX 78229	12/2026
Heather Sieracki, RN, NEA-BC	BSWH Temple and McLane Children's Hospital Regional Director of Trauma and Forensics	Temple, TX 76502	12/2025
Zachary Ward, LP	Memorial Hermann Program Director, EMS	Houston, TX 77024	12/2027

Past Meetings

March 6, 2025	Agenda	Report
November 24, 2024	Agenda	Report
August 22, 2024	Agenda	Report
June 13, 2024	Agenda	Report
March 7, 2024	Agenda	Report
November 19, 2023	Agenda	Report
August 17, 2023	Agenda	Report
June 8, 2023	Agenda	Report
March 8, 2023	Agenda	Report

Committee Resources

Best Practice Guidelines

ACS TQIP Best Practice Guidelines
GETAC Recommended Best Practice Guidelines

Education

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