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GETAC- Stroke 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: Billy "Scott" Lail, EMT-P, FP-C 

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Name

Affiliation

Location

Term Expires

Robin Novakovic-White, MD
Committee Chair

University of Texas Southwest
Medical Center

Dallas, TX 
75390

12/2026

Sean Savitz, MD
Committee Vice-Chair

UT Health Stroke Institute
Professor of Neurology
Director of Stroke Institute

Houston, TX
77030

12/2025

Melanie Aluotto, RN

SouthEast Texas Regional Advisory Council
Director of Emergency Healthcare Systems- Cardiac/Stroke/Perinatal/Emergency Services

Houston, TX
77008

12/2025

Jennifer Burwell, RN

CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Tyler
Stroke Program Manager

Tyler, TX
75701

12/2025

Victoria Cairns, RN

Ascension Texas
Network Neuroscience Service Line Director

Austin, TX
78723

12/2027

Allison Capetillo, RN

American Heart Association
Quality Manager

Dallas, TX 
75231

12/2025

Kevin Cunningham, EMT-P

Midlothian Fire Department
EMS Chief

Midlothian, TX
76065

12/2026

Carla Escobar, RN

University Medical Center of El Paso
Director of Neuroscience ICU - Stroke and Epilepsy Unit

El Paso, TX 
79912

12/2026

Lisa Hutchison, RN

UT Health Tyler
Stroke Coordinator

Tyler, TX 
75701

12/2026

Amanda Jagolino-Cole, MD

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Associate Professor, Neurology

Houston, TX 
77030

12/2025

Avni Kapadia, MD

Baylor College of Medicine
Neurointensivist
Stroke Medical Director

Shenandoah, TX 
77380

12/2025

Saud Khan, MD

Titus Regional Medical Center Mount Pleasant
Stroke Medical Director

Mount Pleasant, TX 
75455

12/2025

Janine Mazabob, RN

DNV GL Healthcare
Lead Stroke Surveyor

Sugar Land, TX 
77479

12/2025

Candace McAlpine, RN

Baylor Scott & White
Stroke Program Manager

Dallas, TX 
75246

12/2027

Chantel Molina, RN

Laredo Medical Center
Stroke Coordinator

Laredo, TX 
78041

12/2025

Michelle Steiner, RN

Parkland Hospital
Neuroscience Clinical Program Manager

Dallas, TX 
75235

12/2025

Amanda Webb

Christus Spohn Health System
ADON Neuro/Trauma and Regional Director of Neuroscience Service line

Corpus Christi, TX 
78404

12/2025

Past Meetings

August 21, 2024

Agenda

Report

June 12, 2024

Agenda

Report

March 6, 2024

Agenda

 

November 18, 2023

Agenda

Report

August 16, 2023

Agenda

Report

June 7, 2023

Agenda

Report

March 7, 2023

Agenda

Report


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