The Emergency Medical Services for Children Advisory Committee is vital to the success of the EMSC State Partnership. The role of the advisory committee is to provide guidance to the State Partnership through vigilant exploration of the state of pediatric emergency medical care in Texas, identification of EMSC priorities, development of a strategic plan, and implementation and evaluation of EMSC strategy. Committee members, through their various backgrounds and disciplines, bring together a rich assortment of experiences and perspectives to achieve common goals. Moreover, as leaders in the community and in their respective professions and occupations, EMSC Advisory Committee members are instrumental in the promotion and promulgation of EMSC priorities.
Bylaw Document
Advisory Committee Agendas
Committee Members
EMSC Program Director: Saranya Srinivasan, M.D., FAAP
EMSC Program Manager: Joseph C. Santos, M.P.H., NREMT
Children's Hospital Association of Texas (CHAT): Stacy E. Wilson, J.D., President
Disaster Preparedness Specialist: Brent Kaziny, M.D. - Texas Children's Hospital
Emergency Medical Technician/ Paramedic: Liz Yankiver, EMT Paramedic - Austin-Travis County EMS
Emergency Physician: Craig Huang, M.D. - UT Southwestern Medical Center
EMS State Agency Representative: Joseph Schmider, State EMS Director,
Family Representative: Sherry Santa - Texas Parent to Parent
Fire-Based EMS Representative: Ed Norman, City of Stafford Fire and Rescue
Injury Prevention Specialist: Rohit Shenoi, M.D. - Texas Children's Hospital
Nurse with Pediatric Emergency Experience: Sally Snow, RN, Consultant in Pediatric Emergency and Trauma Nursing
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow: Abhay Kulkarni, MD Fellow, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Physician with Pediatric Training: Kate Remick, M.D. - Dell Children's Medical Center
Quality Improvement Specialist: Charles Macias, M.D., M.P.H.
State Office of Rural Health (SORH): Steve Summers, CPA FACHE CEO-Interim
State Trauma Director: Colin Crocker, State Trauma Director, Office of EMS/Trauma DSHS
Texas College of Emergency Physicians (TCEP): Vacant
Texas Emergency Nurses Association (TENA): Crissie L Richardson, BSN, RN, CEN
Texas Hospital Association (THA): Carrie Kroll, VP of Advocacy, Quality, and Public Health
Texas Pediatric Society (TPS): Manish Shah, M.D., M.S., FAAP, FACEP
Trauma Program Manager: Diana J. Kraus, RN, BSN, TNS - AVP of Trauma Services for Central West Texas Division HCA
