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GETAC- EMS Medical Directors Committee

Statement of Purpose

To promote a robust, responsive, flexible emergency healthcare system that is based on evidence, quality, and safety by board-certified EMS physicians with appropriate authority, compensation, and oversight of all actions of the emergency healthcare system. 


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: Sharon Ann Malone, MD; Taylor Ratcliff, MD; Gerad Troutman, MD

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Name

Affiliation

Location

Term Expires

Christopher Winckler, MD
Committee Chair

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio UT Health
Assistant Clinical Professor
EMS Medical Director

San Antonio, TX
78232

12/2026

Elizabeth Fagan, MD
Committee Vice-Chair

Baylor Scott and White McKinney Emergency Department
Medical Director 

McKinney, TX
75071

12/2025

Heidi Abraham, MD

Austin Travis County EMS Office of the Chief Medical Officer
Deputy Medical Director

New Braunfels, TX
78132

12/2026

Keegan Bradley, MD

Envision
Emergency Physician/EMS Medical Director

Mckinney, TX
75069

12/2024

Neil Gandhi, MD

Houston Methodist Hospital
Regional Medical Director

Houston, TX
77025

12/2025

Stephen Harper, MD

UT Health San Antonio
Deputy Medical Director SAFD

San Antonio, TX
78201

12/2024

Jeffrey Jarvis, MD

Metropolitan Area EMS Authority Office of the Medical Director
CMO & System Medical Director

Fort Worth, TX
76116

12/2026

Carlos Palacio, MD

STHS- McAllen 
Trauma Surgeon

McAllen, TX
78503

12/2024

David Persse, MD

Houston Fire Department EMS
Physician Director

Houston, TX
77002

12/2024

Mark Sparkman, MD

University of Texas HSC at San Antonio Department of Emergency Medicine
Associate Professor

San Antonio, TX
78229

12/2025

Past Meetings

August 22, 2024

Agenda

 

June 13, 2024

Agenda

 

March 7, 2024

Agenda

 

November 19, 2023

Agenda

 

August 17, 2023

Agenda

 

June 8, 2023

Agenda

Report

March 8, 2023

Agenda

 

Texas Medical Board Rules

Link to view Emergency Medical Service §§197.1-197.6 rule related to providing medical director services

Committee resources


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