The programs described in this report reflect the community benefit provided by Texas Children’s Hospital in calendar year 2017. Totaling more than $187 million, the investment was made in various areas of support.

Texas Children’s Hospital is proud of its affiliation with academic partner Baylor College of Medicine, home to one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation. Baylor’s pediatrics program ranked no. 8 among all pediatrics programs on the U.S. News & World Report list of America’s Best Graduate Schools and no. 21 among all research-intensive U.S. medical schools.

Administrative

Mark A. Wallace, President and CEO
Linda Aldred, Senior Vice President
Paola Alvarez-Malo, Assistant Vice President
Mary Jo Andre, Senior Vice President/Chief Nursing Officer
Michele Birsinger, Assistant Vice President, Texas Health Plan
Catherine Codispoti, Vice President
Myra Davis, Senior Vice President/Chief Information Officer
Peter Dawson, Senior Vice President
Dan DiPrisco, Executive Vice President
Robert Durden, Senior Vice President/Chief Investment Officer
Richelle Fleischer, Senior Vice President
Lou Fragoso, President, Texas Children’s Health Plan
Weldon Gage, Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer
Angelo Giardino, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Vice President/Chief Quality Officer
Matthew Girotto, Vice President
Bert Gumeringer, Vice President
John Hamm, Assistant Vice President
Aisha Jamal, Director, Corporate Governance
Trent Johnson, Assistant Vice President
Trudy Leidich, Assistant Vice President
Lance Lightfoot, Senior Vice President/General Counsel
Jenny Little, Assistant Vice President
Justin Loudon, Assistant Vice President/Texas Children’s Health Plan
Anna Mateja, Vice President/Chief Financial Officer, Texas Children’s Health Plan
Sarah Maytum, Assistant Vice President
Sarah Montenegro, Assistant Vice President, Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus
Mark Mullarkey, Executive Vice President
Melissa Murrah, Assistant Vice President
Keith Nelson, Assistant Vice President
Gail Parazynski, Assistant Vice President
Jill Pearsall, Vice President
Matt Perkins, Assistant Vice President
Tabitha Rice, Senior Vice President
Michelle Riley-Brown, Executive Vice President, Texas Children’s Hospital/President, Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus
Carrie Rys, Assistant Vice President
Diane Scardino, Vice President, Texas Children’s Health Plan
Ivett Shah, Vice President, Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands and Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus
Joan Shook, M.D., Chief Safety Office/Deputy Chief Quality Officer
Stanley Spinner, M.D., Vice President/Chief Medical Officer, Texas Children’s Pediatrics
Judy Swanson, Vice President
Amber L. Tabora, Senior Vice President
Tangula Taylor, Assistant Vice President, Texas Children’s Health Plan
Kay Tittle, President, Texas Children’s Pediatrics
Lynda Tyer-Viola, Assistant Vice President
Sherry Vetter, Vice President, Texas Children’s Health Plan
Jacqueline Ward, Vice President
Janet Winebar, Assistant Vice President

Medical

Dean B. Andropoulos, M.D., Anesthesiologist-in-Chief
Michael A. Belfort, M.D., Ph.D., Ob/Gyn-in-Chief
George S. Bisset III, M.D., Radiologist-in-Chief
Christina Davidson, M.D., Chief Quality Officer-Ob/Gyn
Angelo Giardino, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Quality Officer
Carla Giannoni, M.D., President, Texas Children’s Medical Staff
Jeanine Graf, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus
Paul Sirbaugh, D.O., Chief Medical Officer, Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands
Larry Hollier Jr., M.D., Surgeon-in-Chief
Lisa Hollier M.D., Chief Medical Officer-Ob/Gyn, Texas Children’s Health Plan
Mark. W. Kline, M.D., Physician-in-Chief
Allen Milewicz, M.D., Chief Surgical Officer, Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus
Laura Monson, M.D., Chief Quality Officer-Surgery
Binita Patel, M.D., Chief Quality Officer-Medicine
Jeffrey Shilt, M.D., Chief Surgical Officer, Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands
Heidi Schwarzwald, M.D., Chief Medical Officer-Pediatrics, Texas Children’s Health Plan
Joan Shook, M.D., Chief Safety Officer, Deputy Chief Quality Officer and Chief Clinical Information Officer
Stanley Spinner, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Texas Children’s Pediatrics
James Versalovic, M.D., Ph.D., Pathologist-in-Chief
David Wesson, M.D., Associate Surgeon-in-Chief, Academic Affairs

Officers

Chairman of the Board Michael C. Linn
President Kevin C. King
Vice President Suzanne Nimocks
Vice President Cindy B. Taylor
Treasurer C. Park Shaper
Secretary Susan Bell Boykin
Assistant Secretary (non trustee) Aisha Jamal

Emeritus Trustees

Josephine E. Abercrombie
Kirby Attwell
Ben A. Brollier
Donald P. DeWalch
Robert L. Gerry III
Darrell C. Morrow
Townes G. Pressler

Advisory Board

Eduardo Aguirre, Jr.
Lewis E. Brazelton III
O. Holcombe Crosswell
Barry H. Margolis
Ben B. McAndrew III
Edward S. McCullough

Board of Trustees

Willie J. Alexander
Merrell A. Athon
Thomas G. Bacon
Susan Bell Boykin
Martha Carnes
Joseph A. Cleary, Jr.
Anthony F. DeLuca
Jan Duncan
Jenny Elkins
Nancy R. Gordon
Victor E. Harris
Ronald C. Hulme
Jodie Lee Jiles
Kevin C. King
Ann Lents
Michael C. Linn
William N. Mathis
Robert E. Meadows
David L. Mendez
Suzanne Nimocks
Anthony G. Petrello
Dan Pickering
Gary L. Rosenthal
Tony Sanchez
C. Park Shaper
L.E. Simmons
Joel V. Staff
Y. Ping Sun
Cindy B. Taylor
Tym Tombar
Brad Tucker
Mark A. Wallace
Peter S. Wareing
Max P. Watson
Scott N. Wulfe