Faculty

Core Faculty and Staff

Stormy Monks, PhD., MPH, CHES

Regional Director and Public Health Specialist

Associate Professor/Research Scientist
Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health
Sciences Center El Paso

Stephen W. Borron, MD, MS, FAACT, FACMT

Clinical Professor Department of Emergency Medicine

Specialist in Medical Toxicology, Occupational and Environmental
Medicine, Emergency Medicine
Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health
Sciences Center, El Paso

Scott Crawford, MD

Educational Technology Consultant

Specialist in Emergency Medicine
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso

Sarah Watkins, DO

Assistant Professor

Specialist in Medical Toxicology, Director of Clinical Services, and
Medical Director for West Texas Regional Poison Center
Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health
Sciences Center, El Paso

Salvador Baeza, PharmD

Director, SWCPEH Call Center

Specialist in Clinical Toxicology and Pharmacology
Director, West Texas Regional Poison Center
University Medical Center of El Paso

Erica Guerrero, M.S., PA-C

Emergency Preparedness Collaborator

Physician Assistant
Paul L. Foster School of Medicine
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso

Krystal Ayala, M.B.A.

Program Manager for Southwest Center for Pediatric Environmental Health and Division of Toxicology

Department of Emergency Medicine, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso.

E-mail: krystal.ayala@ttuhsc.edu

Emilio Saenz, BS

Public Educator, SWCPEH Call Center

Program and Research Development Manager, West Texas Regional Poison Center
University Medical Center of El Paso

Regional Medical Consultants

Dalia Nessim, M.D., M.P.H., FACOEM

Senior Program Consultant

Associate Professor, Occupational Medicine Residency Program Director
Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
University of Texas at Tyler Health Science Center

Susan C. Smolinske, PharmD, DABAT

New Mexico Regional Medical Consultant

Specialist in Clinical Toxicology and Pharmacology
Director, New Mexico Poison and Drug Information Center
Professor, Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

William Banner, MD, PhD, FAAP, FAACT, FACMT

Oklahoma Regional Medical Consultant

Specialist in Medical Toxicology, Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine
Medical Director, Oklahoma Poison Center
Adjunct Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic
Medicine
Adjunct Professor of Pharmacy, Oklahoma University College of Pharmacy, Tulsa, OK

Thomas C. Arnold, MD, PhD, FACMT

Louisiana Regional Medical Consultant

Specialist in Medical Toxicology, Emergency Medicine
Medical Director, Louisiana Poison Center
Professor and Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine
LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA

Consulting Toxicologists

Henry F. Simmons, Jr., MD, PhD

Consulting Toxicologist - Arkansas

Specialist in Medical Toxicology, Emergency Medicine
Medical Director, Arkansas Poison Center
University of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

Kurt Kleinschmidt, MD, FACMT

Consulting Toxicologist – North Texas

Specialist in Medical Toxicology, Emergency Medicine
Consultant, North Texas Poison Center
Division Chief and Program Director; Medical Toxicology
UT Southwestern Medical Center , Dallas, TX

Brett Roth, MD, FACMT

Consulting Toxicologist – North Texas

Specialist in Medical Toxicology, Emergency Medicine
Medical Director, North Texas Poison Center
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Wayne Snodgrass, MD, PhD, FAAP, FACMT

Consulting Toxicologist – Southeast Texas

Specialist in Medical Toxicology, Pediatrics
Medical Director, Southeast Texas Poison Center
Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology,
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

Steven Seifert, MD, FACMT

Consulting Toxicologist – New Mexico

Specialist in Medical Toxicology, Emergency Medicine
Medical Director, New Mexico Poison Center
Professor of Emergency Medicine,
University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM

Robert Nelson Jr., MD, MS, FAAP

Rio Grande Valley Regional Medical Consultant

Specialist in Pediatrics and Neonatology

Chair of Pediatrics
UTRGV School of Medicine