DETAR HOSPITAL MEDICAL STAFF
OFFICERS & COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS 
JUNE 1, 2007 - MAY 31, 2009

OFFICERS

Philip T. Suarez, M.D, Chief of Staff
Chairman, Medical Executive Committee

James R. Brand, MD, Vice-Chief of Staff
Chairman, Quality Council

Maria Christina Velasco, MD, Secretary
Chairperson, Credentials Committee

MEDICAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Second Tuesday, Monthly

Philip T. Suarez, MD, Chief of Staff (Chair)
James R. Brand, MD, Vice-Chief of Staff (Chairman of Quality Council)
Maria C. Velasco, MD, Secretary (Chairperson, Credentials Committee)
William L. Hilbert, MD, Past Chief of Staff
Shabbir Saiyed, MD, Chair of Anesthesia
Kathleen Steiner, MD, Chair, Depart. of Family Medicine
Educardo, Brugo, MD Chair, Dept. of Lab Medicine
T. Adam Kaspar, MD, Chair, Dept. of Medicine
Tanya Seiler, MD, Chair of OB/GYN
Stephen Dentler, DO, Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Silvestre Ortiz, MD, Chair, Dept of Radiology
Matthew T. Janzow, MD, Chair, Dept of Surgery
Peter Rojas, MD, Chair, Chair, Dept of Trauma
James Poplawsky, DO, Chair, Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Bruce Baugknight, MD, Chair, Medical Rec./Evidence Based Medicine
William Wagner, MD, Chair, Bylaws Committee
William R. Blanchard, CEO (no voting rights)

QUALITY COUNCIL
Fourth Tuesday, Quarterly

James R. Brand, MD, (Vice-Chief of Staff)
Vice Chairpersons of Depart. /Service Chiefs
Ernest Stone, MD, Depart. of Anesthesia
Dante Garza, MD, Depart. of Family Practice
Maria Ramos, MD, Depart. of Lab. Medicine
Young Du, MD, Depart. of Medicine
Yvette Westford, MD, Depart.of OB/GYN
Francesco Cavallo, MD, Depart of Radiology
John Barber, MD, Depart of Surgery
Victor Canchola, MD, Depart of Emergency Medicine
Matthew Janzow, MD, Depart. of Trauma
Martha Malik, DDS, Dentistry Service Chief

CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE
Fourth Monday, Monthly

Maria Christina Velasco, MD, Chairperson, (Medical Staff Secretary)
John Barber, MD
John White, MD
Terry Whitehouse, MD
Felix Regueira, MD
Rakesh Rikhye, MD
Rasendu Vasavada, MD
Edward, Ferrell, Jr., MD

MEDICAL RECORDS/EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE
Fourth Wenesday, Every Other Month

Bruce Bauknight, MD, Chairman
Brian Burns, MD
Dante Garza, MD
Veronica Guel-Valdivia, MD
Mark Stevens, MD
Matthew Janzow, MD
Loren Ownesby, MD
Azhar Malik, MD
Charles Jaynes, MD
Donald Plowman, MD
Chrisit Tupa, MD

PHARMACY & THERAPEUTICS/INFECTION CONTROL COMMITTEE
First Wednesday, Every Other Month

Bruce Bauknight, MD, Chairman
Dante Garza, MD
Rudy Pena, MD
Richard Rogers, MD
Harish Chandan, MD
T. Adam Kaspar, MD
Stanly Heckrodt, MD
Emergency Department Physician

RADIATION SAFETY & RADIO-ISOTOPE COMMITTEE
AS SCHEDULED

Karl Chen, MD, Chairman
Committee members include all staff radiologists

BYLAWS COMMITTEE
AS SCHEDULTED

William Wagner, MD, Chairman
Fred Fry, MD
William Hilbert, MD
Kenneth Wiedenfeld, DDS
Pablo Garza, MD
Richard Sawyers, MD
Richard Leggett, DO

WELLNESS COMMITTEE
AS SCHEDULED

Terry Whitehouse, MD, Chairman
John Barber, MD
Christopher Chaput, MD
Donald Breech, MD