SCCM Texas Chapter Committees

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

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

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

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

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