Network Committees

Executive Committee 2006-2007

  • Chairman: Richard Gibney, MD, Nephrologist, Waco, Tx
  • Vice Chairman: Melvin Laski, MD, Nephrologist, Lubbock, Tx
  • Secretary: Amy Hackney, ESRD Patient, DeSoto, Tx
  • Treasurer:Susan Raulie, RN, Nephrology Nurse/Administrator,Corpus Christi, Tx
  • Member at Large: Larry McGowan, MBA, Administrator, Bryan, Tx
  • Member at Large: Dionicio Alvarez, MD, Nephrologist, El Paso, Tx
  • Immediate Past Chairman: John Bell, MD, Nephrologist, Bedford, Tx
  • MRB Chairman: Robert Hootkins, MD, Nephrologist, Austin, Tx

Medical Review Board 2006-2007

Nephrologists
  • Robert Hootkins, MD, Chairman, Austin, Texas
  • Ruben Velez, MD, Vice Chair, Dallas, Texas
  • James Cotton, MD, Immediate Past Chairman, Tyler, Texas
  • Denise Hart, MD, San Antonio, Texas
  • Donald Molony, MD, Houston, Texas
  • Clyde Rutherford, MD, Corpus Christi, Texas
Pediatric Nephrologists
  • Mazen Arar, MD, San Antonio, Texas
  • Stuart Goldstein, MD, Houston, Texas
Transplant Surgeons
  • Ingemar Davidson, MD, Dallas, Texas
  • Jacqueline Lappin, MD, Galveston, Texas
Nurses
  • Camille May, RN, CNN, Dallas, Texas
  • Deborah Heinrich, RN, CDN, Austin, Texas
  • Linda Puttick, RN, BSN, CNN, Tyler, Texas
  • Trish White, RN, CNN, Gainesville, Texas
Social Workers
  • Mary Beth Callahan, ACSW/LCSW, Dallas, Texas
  • Joyce Hernandez, LMSW, San Antonio, Texas
Dietitians
  • Jennie Lang House, RD, CSR, LD, Midland, Texas
  • Jane Louis, RD, CSR, LD, Galveston, Texas
Patients
  • Anna Gonzalez, San Antonio, Texas
  • Dianne Morgan, Dallas, Texas

Patient Advisory Committee 2006-2007

  • Jorge Garcia- PAC Chair, McAllen, Texas
  • Freddy Cavazos, Corpus Christi, Texas
  • Amy Hackney, DeSoto, Texas
  • Anna Gonzalez, San Antonio, Texas
  • Gigi Cooper, Houston, Texas
  • Jennifer Kane, Houston, Texas
  • Leigh Anne Tanzberger, Houston, Texas
  • Dianne Morgan, Dallas, Texas
  • Martin Ruiz, El Paso
  • Walter Neaves, Belton, Texas
  • Vanessa Casteneda, Harlingen, Texas

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