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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NameAffiliationLocationTerm 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, MDDHR Health
Chief of Acute Care Surgery
McAllen, TX
78504
12/2025
Jennifer Carr,  RNCHRISTUS Spohn Health System
Vice President of Trauma Services 
Corpus Christi, TX
78414
12/2026
Aileen Ebadat, MDTexas Acute Care Surgery
Trauma Medical Director
Austin, TX
78745
12/2026
KaLinda Evans, RNCook Children's Medical Center
Trauma Program Manager 
Ft. Worth, TX
76104
12/2027
Dawn Koepp, RNCHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System
Regional Director of Trauma Services 
New Braunfels, TX
78130
12/2026
Wesley Milum, RNValley Baptist Medical Center
Director of Trauma Services
Harlingen, TX
78550
12/2027
Timothy Nunez, MDBrooke Army Medical Center
Chief, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care
Ft. Sam Houston, TX
78234
12/2025
Shawn Patton, RNWise Health System
Trauma Program Manager
Decatur, TX
76234
12/2025
Howard Pryor, MDTexas Children’s Hospital 
Trauma Medical Director 
Houston, TX
77030
12/2027
Craig Rhyne, MDCovenant Health Systems
Chief Medical Officer
Lubbock, TX
79410
12/2026
Kathy Rodgers, RNChristus Southeast Texas St. Elizabeth
Trauma Director
Beaumont, TX
77702
12/2027
Scott Sagraves, MDBaylor Scott & White
Medical Director - Trauma Services
Central Texas Division
Temple, TX
76508
12/2026
Kate Schaefer, RN, NREMTChildress Regional Medical Center
Emergency Department Director
Trauma Program Manager
Childress, TX
79201
12/2025
Elizabeth Scherer, MDUT 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-BCBSWH Temple and McLane Children's Hospital
Regional Director of Trauma and Forensics
Temple, TX
76502
12/2025
Zachary Ward, LPMemorial Hermann
Program Director, EMS
Houston, TX
77024
12/2027

Past Meetings 

August 2025AgendaReport
June 2025AgendaReport
March 2025AgendaReport
November 2024AgendaReport
August 2024AgendaReport
June 2024AgendaReport
March 2024AgendaReport
November 2023AgendaReport
August 2023AgendaReport
June 2023AgendaReport
March 2023AgendaReport

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