WITNESS LIST
Finance Committee
(Subcommittee on Trauma Care)
August 30, 2002 - 9:30A
Trauma Care
ON: Adams, Bill Hospital Administration (Valley Baptist
Medical Center), Harlingen, TX
Alanis, Heriberto Physician-Emergency Medicine
(Emergency Physicians), McAllen, TX
Ashton, Bill Director of EMS (EMS), Harlingen, TX
Atkins, Francina RN CCRN-Trauma (Edinberg Regional
Medical Center), Edinberg, TX
Camacho, Jose Executive Director (Texas Association
of Community Health Centers), Austin, TX
Cardenas, Carlos Physician (TMA/Border Health
Caucas), McAllen, TX
Clark, Bliss Orthopedic Surgeon (Doctors),
Harlingen, TX
Dominguez, Dominic CEO, Brownsville Medical Center
(Brownsville Medical Center), Brownsville, TX
Garcia, Louis Hospital Administrator (McAllen
Medical Center), McAllen, TX
Garza, Ruben Director of Insurance/Accreditation
(Knapp Medical Center), Weslaco, TX
Montelongo, Olga Trauma Registar (Mission Hospital),
Mission, TX
Montemayor, Jose Commissioner of Insurance (Texas
Department of Insurance), Austin, TX
Pelly, Lorenzo Internal Medicine/Critical Care
Special (Valley Doctors Clinic), Brownsville,
TX
Pisharodi, Madhavan Neurosurgeon (Physicians),
Brownsville, TX
Quiroga, Javier Training Officer-EMS (Brownsville
Fire Department), Harlingen, TX
Robles, Robert Cardiologist (Physicians),
Brownsville, TX
Sexton, Charles Hospital Executive (Valley Regional
Medical Center), Brownsville, TX
Tello, Carlos (Texas Department of Health Public
Health Regional II), Harlingen, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Cooper, Viraf Pysician/Neurosurgeon (Self),
Brownsville, TX
Gaitan, Luis Neurologist (BCHC), Brownsville, TX
Garza, Mario Hospital Administration (Mission
Hospital), McAllen, TX
Garza, Rudy Firefighter/EMT (Weslaco Fire/EMS),
Weslaco, TX
Glenn, Eric Regional Legislative Manager (Humana,
Inc.), Austin, TX
Gomez, Paula Health Care Administrator (Brownsville
Community Health Center), Brownsville, TX
Hebner, Dennis President (Texas Association of Air
Medical Services), Harlingen, TX
Kuri, Jose Neurosurgeon (Self), Brownsville, TX
Lakshmikanth, B.N. Surgeon (Self), Brownsville, TX
Martinez, Dagoberto M.D. (Doctor's), Brownsville, TX
Montano, Pedro Physician (Self), McAllen, TX
Perez-Trevino, Emma Senior Reporter ("The
Brownsville Herald"), Brownsville, TX
Pope, Bill Attorney/Judge (Public), Harlingen, TX
Ramos, Medelene Trauma Coordinator (Mission
Hospital), McAllen, TX
Rodriguez, Amanda Executive Secretary (Hidalgo-Starr
Counties Medical Society), McAllen, TX
Rodriguez, Juan M.D. (Self), Brownsville, TX
Sala, Anthony Chief Operating Officer (Rio Grande
Regional Hospital), McAllen, TX
Sanchez, Gerardo (Self), Brownsville, TX
Silva, Armando Paramedic (Vital Line Inc./Vital
Air), Edinburg, TX
Soleja, Kitalid Plastic Surgeon (Self), Brownsville,
TX
Sweitzer, Paul Paramedic/EMS Instructor (Texas State
Technical College Harlingen), Harlingen, TX