Seton Healthcare Family Executive Leadership
Charles J. Barnett, FACHE
Chair, Seton Healthcare Family Board
President Healthcare Operations and Chief Operating Officer, Ascension Health
Charles J. Barnett, FACHE, has led the Seton Healthcare Family in serving the health care needs of 11 counties and 1.9 million Central Texas residents.
Jesús Garza
President and Interim Chief Executive Officer
Seton Healthcare Family
Jesús Garza joined the Seton Healthcare Family in 2002 following a distinguished career in private- and public-sector leadership.
Thomas Gallagher
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Seton Healthcare Family
President and Chief Executive Officer, Seton Ventures and Alliances
Tom Gallagher is currently the executive vice president and COO of Seton Healthcare Family and president and CEO of Seton Ventures and Alliances for the Seton Healthcare Family.
James O. Lindsey, MD
Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Jim Lindsey has been the Seton Family's chief medical officer for more than 20 years, following 13 years in the private practice of pulmonary medicine.
Frank Mazza, MD
Vice President/Chief Patient Safety Officer
Associate Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Frank Mazza leads organization-wide patient safety initiatives that have been recognized nationally for innovation. Previously, he served seven years as vice president for Medical Affairs at Seton Medical Center Austin.
Douglas Waite
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Seton Healthcare Family
Douglas Waite joined Seton Healthcare Family in 2000 as senior vice president and chief financial officer. His responsibilities include revenue cycle, clinical enterprise finance, general accounting, financial reporting, third-party reimbursement, tax reporting, financial planning, cost accounting and revenue integrity.
Paula J. Campbell
Associate Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance
Seton Healthcare Family
Paula J. Campbell oversees the finance reporting and planning functions for Seton Healthcare Family. Her responsibilities include long-range financial planning, financial analysis, cash management, budgeting, projections and payroll.
Joyce Batcheller, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Senior Vice President, System Chief Nursing Officer
Dean, Seton Academy
An experienced nursing executive, Joyce Batcheller has led the development of a mature shared governance structure for an integrated hospital network that has empowered and developed nurse leaders at all levels.
Trennis Jones
Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, Corporate Responsibility Officer
Seton Healthcare Family
Diana Resnik
President and Chief Executive Officer, Community Care and Seton Shoal Creek Hospital
Seton Healthcare Family
Travis Froehlich
Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer
Seton Healthcare Family
Teresa Burroff, JD
Senior Vice President, Legal Services and General Counsel
Ken Gladish
President and Chief Executive Officer
Seton Foundations
Tim LaFrey
Senior Vice President, Seton Ventures and Alliances
Seton Healthcare Family
Tim LaFrey is senior vice president of Seton Ventures and Alliances for the Seton Healthcare Family. His responsibilities include evaluation and development of joint venture opportunities, strategic contractual alliances and oversight of the physician management services operations.
Yvonne VanDyke, MSN, RN
Vice President, Nursing Education, Practice, Research, CME Administrator
Clinical Education Center at Brackenridge
Samson Jesudass, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Physician Enterprise
Seton Healthcare Family
Dr. Samson Jesudass has worked as a solo internal medicine physician for an underserved community at Luling, Texas. He has also served in the role of chief of staff and medical director for Seton Edgar B. Davis Hospital.
Susan M. Cox, MD
UT Southwestern Regional Dean
Austin Programs
Dr. Susan Cox has been with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center for 23 years, serving most recently as the associate dean of Medical Education and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Designated Institutional Official.
Christopher L. Hartle
President and Chief Executive Officer, Insurance Services
Seton Healthcare Family
Chris Hartle has led initiatives in revenue and pricing management, third-party payer contracting, ACO development, HMO and TPA licensure, planning, and provider network development efforts with Seton.
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Seton Family of Hospitals Site Presidents and CEOs
Robert I. Bonar Jr., Dr. HA
President and Chief Executive Officer, Seton Family of HospitalsChief Executive Officer, Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas
Bob Bonar leads development of the infrastructure needs for all Seton Family physician organizations, including management of physician practice plans, creation and implementation of new physician services and oversight of long-term strategic plans including physicians in addition to leading Dell Children’s.
John C. Brindley, FACHE
President and Chief Executive Officer, South Group
Seton Medical Center Hays, Seton Southwest Hospital, Seton Edgar B. Davis Hospital, Seton Smithville Regional Hospital
John Brindley has more than 32 years of experience in health care leadership.
Greg W. Hartman
President and Chief Executive Officer, Central Group
Seton Medical Center Austin, University Medical Center Brackenridge
and Network Communications, Advocacy and Marketing
Greg Hartman is responsible for Seton Medical Center Austin and University Medical Center Brackenridge, including the Clinical Education Center at Brackenridge, as well as communications, government relations and marketing for the entire Seton Healthcare Family.
Mark Hazelwood
President and Chief Executive Officer
Seton Clinical Enterprise
Mark Hazelwood leads the Seton Clinical Enterprise Division for the Seton Healthcare Family.
Seton Healthcare Family Site Leadership
Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas
Sister Teresa George, DC
President and Chief Operating Officer
Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas
Sister Teresa George, DC, has served in a leadership role of Seton's Children's Health Ministry since 2005.
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John Hellerstedt, MD
Vice President, Medical Affairs, Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas
Associate Chief Medical Officer, Seton Healthcare Family
In addition to his role at Dell Children’s, Dr. John Hellerstedt is the associate chief medical officer for the Seton Healthcare Family.
Susan Pastor, ND, RN
Vice President, Network Neonatal Services
Chief Nursing Officer, Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas
Susan Pastor joined the Seton Family from Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children in Jackson, Miss., where she served as chief nursing officer. She has extensive experience in pediatrics as a nursing leader for Memorial Hermann Children’s Hospital and Texas Children’s Hospital for 15 years.
Seton Edgar B. Davis Hospital, Luling
Neal Kelley, RN, FACHE
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Seton Edgar B. Davis Hospital
Caldwell County Clinics
Neal Kelley joined the Seton Family in 1998. He currently serves as the site administrator for Seton Edgar B. Davis Hospital and the facility’s associated rural health clinics in Caldwell County.
Renu Mohandas, MD
Medical Director
Seton Edgar B. Davis Hospital
Dr. Renu Mohandas has 18 years of experience in the health care field. She currently works as a full-time solo internist in a busy practice that she owns in Lockhart, Texas.
Apryl Haynes, MHA, RN
Senior Nursing Director
Seton Edgar B. Davis Hospital
Apryl Haynes joined Seton Edgar B. Davis Hospital in 1983 and has served in a variety of roles, including EMT, LVN and RN.
Seton Highland Lakes Hospital, Burnet
Arie DeJong
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Seton Highland Lakes Hospital
Arie DeJong joined Seton in 2008 as operations director for Seton Highland Lakes Hospital and its clinics.
V. Hugh Gilmore, MD
Vice President, Medical Affairs, North Group
Medical Director, Seton Highland Lakes, Seton Medical Center Williamson, Seton Northwest Hospital
Dr. Hugh Gilmore joined Seton in 2006. Before moving to Seton Medical Center Williamson in 2007, he served as vice president of Medical Affairs for the Seton Family of Hospitals and medical director for Seton Northwest Hospital.
Karen Litterer, MSN, RN, CIC
Senior Nursing Director
Seton Highland Lakes Hospital, Burnet
Karen Litterer joined Seton Highland Lakes in 1991 as director of Nursing for hospital operations including the Med-Surg, Intensive Care, Operating Room and Emergency departments.
Seton Medical Center Austin
Charlotte Thrasher
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Seton Medical Center Austin
Charlotte Thrasher has more than 28 years of experience in health care leadership.
Carol Wratten, MD, MBA, FACOG
Vice President, Medical Affairs
Seton Medical Center Austin
Dr. Carol Wratten joined the Seton Healthcare Family in 2011 as the vice president of Medical Affairs for Seton Medical Center Austin.
Angela Stalbaum, MSN, RN, NE-BC
Chief Nursing Officer
Seton Medical Center Austin
Angela Stalbaum has more than 26 years of health care experience, with the last 16 of those being in health care leadership. She started at SMCA as a graduate nurse 26 years ago.
Seton Medical Center Hays, Kyle
Herbert A. Dyer
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Seton Medical Center Hays
Herb Dyer is vice president and chief operating officer for Seton Medical Center Hays.
Patrick Garcia, MD
Vice President, Medical Affairs, South Group
Seton Edgar B. Davis Hospital, Seton Medical Center Hays, Seton Smithville Regional Hospital, Seton Southwest Hospital
Dr. Patrick Garcia joined the Seton Healthcare Family in 1996.
Nikki Rivers, MBA, BSN, RN, CNA
Chief Nursing Officer
South Market
Seton Medical Center Hays
Nikki Rivers brings more than 18 years of nursing management and experience to this role.
Seton Medical Center Williamson, Round Rock
Michelle L. Robertson, MBA, BSN, RN
President, CEO
Seton North Market
Michelle Robertson was licensed as an RN in 1989 and began her practice in Austin as a pediatric nurse at Children's Hospital of Austin.
V. Hugh Gilmore, MD
Vice President, Medical Affairs, North Group
Medical Director, Seton Highland Lakes, Seton Medical Center Williamson, Seton Northwest Hospital
Dr. Hugh Gilmore joined Seton in 2006. Before moving to Seton Medical Center Williamson in 2007, he served as vice president of Medical Affairs for the Seton Family of Hospitals and medical director for Seton Northwest Hospital.
Melanie Fox, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
Vice President, COO, Seton Medical Center Williamson
CNO, North Group
Seton Highland Lakes, Seton Medical Center Williamson, Seton Northwest Hospital
Melanie Fox joined Seton in January 2007 as the senior director of Nursing at Seton Medical Center Williamson.
Seton Northwest Hospital
Scott Fuller, FACHE
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Seton Northwest Hospital
Scott Fuller joined Seton in 2006 as vice president and chief operating officer for Seton Highland Lakes Hospital and its health centers.
V. Hugh Gilmore, MD
Vice President, Medical Affairs, North Group
Medical Director, Seton Highland Lakes, Seton Medical Center Williamson, Seton Northwest Hospital
Dr. Hugh Gilmore joined Seton in 2006. Before moving to Seton Medical Center Williamson in 2007, he served as vice president of Medical Affairs for the Seton Family of Hospitals and medical director for Seton Northwest Hospital.
Margaret E. Butler, MBA, BSN, RN, NEA-BC
Senior Director of Nursing
Seton Northwest Hospital
Margaret Butler has been with the Seton Family since June 2007.
Seton Shoal Creek Hospital
Alan Isaacson
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Seton Shoal Creek Hospital
Alan Isaacson joined Seton Shoal Creek Hospital in 2006.
Kari Wolf, MD
Vice President Medical Affairs and Program Director Psychiatry Residency,
Seton Shoal Creek Hospital
Dr. Kari Wolf came to Seton Shoal Creek hospital in 2004 as the program director of the General Psychiatry Residency.
Susan Grice, DNSc, MSN, RN, CNS, NEA-BC
Chief Nursing Officer
Seton Shoal Creek Hospital
Susan Grice joined Seton Shoal Creek in 2008, bringing many years of experience in behavioral health inpatient and outpatient settings to her role as chief nursing officer.
Seton Southwest Hospital
Mary Faria, PhD, FACHE
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Seton Southwest Hospital
Mary Faria has led Seton Southwest since it opened in 2000.
Cesar Taylor, MD
Medical Director
Seton Southwest Hospital
Dr. Cesar Taylor also is a practicing partner at Texas Hill Country Anesthesiology and works at Seton Southwest.
Susan Ourston, MSN, RN
Senior Nursing Director
Seton Southwest Hospital
Susan Ourston's background includes critical care, psych-mental health and perinatal nursing.
University Medical Center Brackenridge
Katherine C. Henderson
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
University Medical Center Brackenridge
Kate Henderson is vice president and chief operating officer for University Medical Center Brackenridge.
Thomas Caven, MD
Vice President, Medical Affairs
University Medical Center Brackenridge
Dr. Tom Caven graduated summa cum laude from The University of Texas at Austin, BA Plan II Honors Program.
Michelle Ryerson, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Chief Nursing Officer
University Medical Center Brackenridge
Seton is proud to have four hospitals – the only hospitals in Central Texas - that have earned the