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General & Thoracic Pediatric Surgery

Name	Title	Phone	Email
Central Administration
Yvette Boyd	Program Manager	713.500.7311	Yvette.J.Boyd@uth.tmc.edu
Jacqueline Franco	Senior Administrative Assistant	713.500.5168	Jacqueline.Franco@uth.tmc.edu
Diane Harnden	Director, Management Operations II	713.500.7365	Diane.Harnden@uth.tmc.edu
Claudia Loza	Senior Coordinator, Special Programs	713.500.7274	Claudia.R.Loza@uth.tmc.edu
Oldin Paniagua	Medical Staff Coordinator	713.500.7427	Oldin.Paniagua@uth.tmc.edu
Peter Synnott	Senior Administrative Manager	713.500.7304	Peter.Synnott@uth.tmc.edu
Scottie Wahlstrom	Senior Executive Assistant / Fellowship Administrator	713.500.7306	Scottie.Wahlstrom@uth.tmc.edu
Melisa Walker	Program Manager	713.500.7305	Melisa.K.Walker@uth.tmc.edu
Christina Willingham	Program Manager	713.500.7233	Christina.L.Willingham@uth.tmc.edu
Accounting and Billing
Kim Edmonsond, CPC, CPPM	Clinical Billing Manager	713.500.7375	Kim.Edmonsond@uth.tmc.edu
Bella Gonzalez	Coding Specialist	713.500.7453	Bella.A.Gonzalez@uth.tmc.edu
Laura Gonzales	Insurance Authorization Verification Specialist	713.500.7320	Laura.J.Gonzales@uth.tmc.edu
Trenice Hodge	Reimbursement Operations Specialist	713.500.7351	Trenice.E.Hodge@uth.tmc.edu
Barbara Montemayor, CPC, CEMC, CMCO	Senior Certified Coding Specialist	713.500.7362	Barbara.W.Montemayor@uth.tmc.edu
Diana Olivo	Coding Specialist	713.500.7418	Diana.L.Olivo@uth.tmc.edu
Melissa Ramos	Financial Counselor	713.500.7343	Melissa.Torrez@uth.tmc.edu
Elvia Wood	Revenue Cycle Administrator	713.500.5560	Elvia.C.Wood@uth.tmc.edu
Nancy Zambrano, CPC	Certified Coding Specialist	713.500.7349	Nancy.Zambrano@uth.tmc.edu
Clinical Staff
Christina Guijarro, PA-C	Physician Assistant	713.500.7371	Christina.Guijarro@uth.tmc.edu
Thian Nguyen, PA-C	Physician Assistant	713.500.7411	Thian.H.Nguyen@uth.tmc.edu
Research
Joiya Arrington, MSN, RN	Senior Research Nurse	713.500.7395	Joiya.Arrington@uth.tmc.edu
Maryam Broussard, MHA, CCRP	Program Manager	713.500.7431	Maryam.Daneshmand@uth.tmc.edu
Steven Kosmach, MSN, RN, CCRC	Clinical Trial Program Manager	713.500.7329	Steven.Kosmach@uth.tmc.edu

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Pediatric Neurosurgery

Name	Title	Phone	Email
Tacarra Logan	Executive Assistant	713.500.7370	Tacarra.L.Logan@uth.tmc.edu
Emilie Miesner, PA-C	Physician Assistant	713.500.7402	Emilie.Miesner@uth.tmc.edu
Jennifer Sabin, PA-C	Physician Assistant	713.500.7364	Jennifer.R.Sabin@uth.tmc.edu
Sarah Smith, PA-C	Physician Assistant	713.500.7370	Sarah.L.Smith@uth.tmc.edu
Bangning Yu	Clinical Trial Program Manager	713.500.7363	Bangning.Yu@uth.tmc.edu

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Pediatric Plastic & Craniofacial Surgery

Name	Title	Phone	Email
I. Leanne Doringo, RN	Clinical Care Coordinator	713.500.7302	Irene.L.Doringo@uth.tmc.edu
Oldin Paniagua	Medical Staff Coordinator	713.500.7427	Oldin.Paniagua@uth.tmc.edu

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Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery

Name	Title	Phone	Email
Heather Dunne, CCP	Perfusionist	713.704.0504	Heather.A.Dunne@uth.tmc.edu
Sarah Eshelman, CCP, LP	Perfusionist	713.704.9134	Sarah.Dockter@uth.tmc.edu
Samantha Janus, PA-C	Physician Assistant	713.500.7450	Samantha.T.Janus@uth.tmc.edu
Iashia Logan	Executive Assistant	713.500.7339	Iashia.N.Logan@uth.tmc.edu
Michelle Mire, RN	Staff Nurse III	713.500.7339	Michelle.Mire@uth.tmc.edu
Rebecca M. Sam, RN, CPN, CCRN	Nurse Coordinator	713.500.5746	Rebecca.M.Sam@uth.tmc.edu
Kimberly Schoenhuber	Surgical Assistant	713.500.7312	Kimberly.A.Schoenhuber@uth.tmc.edu
Forest Trager, PA-C	Physician Assistant	713.500.7339	Forest.B.Trager@uth.tmc.edu

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Pediatric Trauma Practitioners

Name	Title	Phone	Email
Oldin Paniagua	Medical Staff Coordinator	713.500.7427	Oldin.Paniagua@uth.tmc.edu

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Pediatric Urology

Name	Title	Telephone	Email
Denise E. Baker, MSN, RN CPNP-PC	Nurse Practitioner	832.325.7376	Denise.E.Baker@uth.tmc.edu
Iashia Logan	Sr. Administrative Assistant	713.500.7339	Iashia.N.Logan@uth.tmc.edu