| Commissioner of Health |
John Hellerstedt, MD (512-776-7363) |
| Senior Advisor |
Kirk Cole (512-776-7376) |
| Deputy Commissioner |
Jennifer Sims (512-776-7376) |
| Legal |
Barbara Klein (Interim) (512-776-6683) |
| Internal Audit |
Teresa Manchaca |
| Center for External Relations |
Ricky Garcia (512-776-7404) |
| Communications Unit |
Jennifer Van Gilder (512-776-7404) |
| Governmental Affairs Unit |
Rachael Hendrickson (512-776-3765) |
| Media Relations |
Chris Van Deusen (512-776-7119) |
| Process Improvement |
Mercy Bryant (512-776-3482) |
| System Coordination and Stakeholder Relations |
Carolyn Bivens (512-776-2370) |
| Assistant Deputy Commissioner |
Lara Lamprecht, DrPH (512-776-7792) |
| Center for Health Policy and Performance |
Peter Hajmasy (512-776-6537) |
| Center for Health Statistics |
Lisa Wyman (512-776-3548) |
| Office of Academic Affairs |
Courtney Dezendorf (512-776-3751) |
| Office of Science & Population Health |
Stephen Pont, MD, MPH (512-776-7792) |
| State Epidemiologist |
Linda Gaul, PhD, MPH (512-776-7198) |
| Chief Financial Officer |
Donna Sheppard (512-776-7640) |
| Deputy Chief Financial Officer |
Christy Havel (512-776-7640) |
| Accounting Section |
Leslie Aguilar (512-776-2227) |
| Claims Unit |
Jim Curik (512-776-6869) |
| Revenue Management Unit |
Barbara Kelly-King (512-776-2589) |
| General Ledger Unit |
Wayne Hill (512-776-2217) |
| Budget Section |
Amanda Hudson (512-776-7566) |
| Assistant Budget Director |
(VACANT) (512-776-7566) |
| Associate Commissioner for Program Operations |
Wanda Thompson, PhD (512-776-7153) |
| Business Support and Planning |
Paula Cook (512-776-7275) |
| Contract Management |
Patty Melchior (512-776-2115) |
| Fiscal Monitoring |
Ann Gaunt (512-776-6991) |
| Program Support Operations |
Gabe Pina (512-776-3642) |
| IRM Office |
Peter Apostolakos (512-776-2620) |
| Associate Commissioner for Consumer Protection |
Kirk Cole (Interim) (512-834-6660) |
| Compliance |
Chris Drews (512-834-6621) |
| Business Filing & Verification |
Charlotte Sullivan, Ed (512-834-6600 ext. 6730) |
| EMS / Trauma Systems |
Jane Guerrero, RN (512-834-6745) |
| Policy, Standards and Quality Assurance |
Rod Moline, PhD (512-834-6770 ext. 2276) |
| Surveillance |
Greg Wilburn, RN (512-834-6747, ext. 6675) |
| Meat Safety Assurance |
James Dillon, DVM, MPH (512-834-6760, ext. 2541) |
| Associate Commissioner for Laboratory and Infectious Disease Services |
Grace Kubin, PhD (Interim) (512-776-2468) |
| Infectious Disease Prevention |
Imelda Garcia, MPH (512-776-7679) |
| TB/HIV/STD |
Felipe Rocha (512-776-2002) |
| Laboratory Services |
Grace Kubin, PhD (512-776-2468) |
| Associate Commissioner for Regional and Local Health Operations |
David Gruber (512-776-7770) |
| Regional and Local Coordination |
(VACANT) |
| Operations Business Support |
Otis Williams (512-776-3690) |
| Health Emergency Preparedness and Response |
Jeff Hooghem (Interim) (512-776-7219) |
| Texas Center for Infectious Disease |
Jessica Gutierrez-Rodriguez (210-534-8857) |
| Office of Border Public Health |
R.J. Dutton, PhD (512-776-7675) |
| Public Health Regions (PHR) |
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| Public Health Region 1 |
Kimberly Wolboldt, MD, MPH (806-744-3577) |
| Public Health Region 2/3 |
James A. Zoretic, MD, MPH (817-264-4500) |
| Public Health Region 4/5 |
Sharon Huff, MD, MS (903-595-3585) |
| Public Health Region 6/5 |
Carlos Plasencia, MD, MSPH (713-767-3000) |
| Public Health Region 7 |
Sharon Melville, MD, MPH (254-778-6744) |
| Public Health Region 8 |
Lillian Ringsdorf, MD, MPH (210-949-2000) |
| Public Health Region 9/10 |
Kimberly Wolboldt, MD, MPH (Interim) (915-834-7675) |
| Public Health Region 11 |
Emilie Prot, MD, DO, MPH (956-423-0130) |
| Associate Commissioner for Community Health Improvement |
Manda Hall, M.D. (512-776-7321) |
| Health Promotion & Chronic Disease Prevention |
Nimisha Bhakta (512-776-7234) |
| Vital Statistics - State Registrar | Tara Das, PhD (512-776-7646)
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| Maternal & Child Health |
Brad Fitzwater, MD |
| Environmental Epidemiology and Disease Registries |
Heidi Bojes, PhD, MPH (512-776-6351) |
| Office of Coordination & Special Projects | Karen Ruggiero, PhD |
| Health and Human Services Commission – Human Resources |
(512-487-3476) |
| Health and Human Services Commission – Civil Rights Office |
1-888-388-6332 or 512-438-4313 |