SCCM Texas Chapter Committees

(Chair Selected by Annual Nomination)

If you are interested in becoming more involved, join one of our committees! Please contact committee chairs through their emails below for more information.

Programs

  • Organize regularly occurring chapter meetings
    • Provide educational lectures on pertinent critical care topics
    • Promote networking opportunities
  • Coordinate member reception at the SCCM Annual Critical Care Congress
    • Inform prospective members of benefits and opportunities
    • Provide a social gathering for members to interact
  • Oversee strategic expansion into other areas of Texas
    • Build state-wide membership base
    • Increase communication among critical care practitioners in Texas

Chair
Jeanneé Campbell, PA-C
programs@sccmtexaschapter.org

Co-Chair
Pending

Houston Coordinators
houston1@sccmtexaschapter.org

Dallas & Fort Worth Coordinator
Dallas1@sccmtexaschapter.org

San Antonio Coordinators
sanantonio1@sccmtexaschapter.org

Andro Herrera-Mendoza, DBA, RRT-NPS, RPFT, FACHE
sanantonio2@sccmtexaschapter.org

West TX – Midland Coordinator

Orlando Gardner, MD

westtexas@sccmtexaschapter.org

Communications

  • Facilitate communication between the SCCM Texas Chapter members and leadership using a variety of media (email, website, newsletter, social media)
  • Inform the SCCM Texas Chapter members about, as well as assist in managing:
    • Chapter meetings
    • Alan I. Fields Award
    • Membership
  • Special events

 Chair
Melissa Sandler, PharmD, BCCCP
communications@sccmtexaschapter.org

Coordinator – Website
Ada Selina Jutba, PharmD, BCCCP
 Webmaster@sccmtexaschapter.org

Coordinator – Facebook/Instagram 
Courtney Hall, PharmD, BCCCP

Coordinator Twitter:

Kevin Mercer, PharmD, MPH, BCPS, BCCCP

Coordinator – Newsletter
Jonathan Patterson, PharmD, BCCCP
Newsletter@sccmtexaschapter.org

Communications Coordinator – Houston
Elizabeth Dozier, MSN, RN, CCRN

Communications Coordinator- Dallas/Ft. Worth
Pending

Communications Coordinator – San Antonio 
Lauren Hernandez, PharmD, BCCCP

Communications Coordinator – El Paso
Esme Rodriguez, PharmD

Research

  • Assist the SCCM Texas Chapter membership in research endeavors / expand Critical Care research within the SCCM Texas Chapter membership
  • Coordinate and oversee the annual Alan I. Fields scholarship award
  • Assist in manuscript and presentation editing and critique
  • Provide guidance and mentorship for the FCCM application process
  • Future endeavors:
    • Establish a SCCM Texas Chapter research network for multi-center initiatives
  • SCCM Texas Chapter professional publications: meta-analyses, white papers
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Chair
Emily Highsmith, PharmD, BCCCP
research@sccmtexaschapter.org

Lead – Joseph L. Nates Grant
Jennifer Gass, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCCCP

Lead – Jeffrey J. Bruno Symposium Award
Raul Sanchez Leon, Md FACP, FCCP, CNSC

Lead – Alan I. Fields Award
Chelsea Krueger, PharmD, BCCCP

Membership

  • Coordinate and promote multidisciplinary SCCM Texas Chapter membership expansion throughout Texas
  • Organize annual SCCM Texas Chapter membership drive
  • Establish and maintain the SCCM Texas Chapter membership database
  • Identify methods to promote and ensure retention of SCCM Texas Chapter members
Vy Pham

Chair
Vy Pham, PharmD, BCPS
membership@sccmtexaschapter.org

Nominations

  • Coordinate and oversee the annual elections for the SCCM Texas Chapter
  • Coordinate FCCM Mentorship Program
  • Coordinate nominations for national awards
Kyllie Ryan-Hummel

Chair
Kyllie Ryan-Hummel, PharmD, BCCCP
nominations@sccmtexaschapter.org

Symposium

  • Develop continuing education programming including program content, speakers, learning objectives, promotional materials, and symposium program booklets
  • Coordinate the facilities and catering for the symposium
  • Coordinate continuing education (CE) credit from the various disciplines CE boards and develop certificates of completion for each discipline
  • Seek vendor sponsorship and coordinate vendor activities throughout the symposium
  • Solicit and coordinate student volunteers to work the registration booths
Laura Blackburn
Sreekanth Cheruku

Chair
Laura Blackburn, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCM
symposium@sccmtexaschapter.org

Vice-Chair
Sreekanth Cheruku, MD, MPH

Awards

  • Acknowledge chapter leaders and members for accomplishments and contributions to the chapters and to critically ill and injured patients over the past year
  • Develop online nomination process
  • Review nominations
  • Select award recipients
  • Review and revise process for the following year

Chair
Chelsea Lopez, PharmD, BCCCP
awards@sccmtexaschapter.org

Co-Chair
Frances Okpaluba, APRN

Community Engagement

  • Promote opportunities to engage SCCM Texas Chapter members in public health learning activities such as:
    • Adult, Child, and Infant CPR
    • Stop the Bleed
    • Child Safety
    • Medication Safety Awareness
  • Promote opportunities to engage SCCM Texas Chapter members in supporting local community agencies such as:
    • Food drives
    • Toy drives
    • Homeless shelters
    • Military care packages

Chair
Annette Lista, PharmD, BCCCP
communityengagement@sccmtexaschapter.org