State Trauma Advisory Board
Membership List

State Trauma Medical Director Joseph C. Stothert, MD, Ph.D., FACS University of NE Medical Center 983280 Nebraska Medical Center Department of Surgery Omaha, NE 68198-3280 Phone: (402) 559-8884 jstother@unmc.edu (July 31, 2007)	Hospital Administrator Representative Currently Vacant
Regional Medical Director-Region 1 Ray D. Gaines, MD, FACS Creighton University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery #3740 601 North 30th Street Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: (402) 280-4632 rdgaines@creighton.edu (June 30, 2007)	Rural EMT Representative Allen E. Van Driel, MSA Harlan County Health System P.O. Box 836 717 North Brown Street Alma, NE 68920 Phone: (308) 928-2151 avandriel@harlancohealth.org (July 30, 2007)
Regional Medical Director-Region 2 Reginald A. Burton, MD, FACS BryanLGH Medical Center-West 2300 S. 16th Street Lincoln, NE 68506 Phone: (402) 481-5194 rburton@bryanlgh.org (July 30, 2007)	Trauma Nurse Representative Megan Sorensen, RN Creighton University Medical Center 601 North 30th Street Omaha, NE  68131 Phone: (402) 449-4590 megan.sorensen@tenethealth.com (May 5, 2011)
Regional Medical Director-Region 3 David Huebner, MD New West Sports Medicine & Orthopedic Surgery 31st an Avenue A Kearney, NE 68848 Phone: (308) 865-2570 drhuebner@newwestortho.com (June 30, 2009)	Paramedic Representative Dale Gibbs, BA Good Samaritan Hospital P.O. Box 1990, 10 East 31st Street Kearney, NE 68848 Phone: (308) 865-7045 dalegibbs@catholichealth.net (June 30, 2008)
Regional Medical Director-Region 4 Rommie Hughes, MD, FACS Western Surgical Group, P.C. 2 W. 42nd Street Suite 3100 Scottsbluff, NE 69361 Phone: (308) 632-2872 rjhughesmd@hotmail.com (June 30, 2009)	Rehabilitation Professional Representative Currently Vacant
EMS Instructor Representative Polly Olson, EMT County of Deuel Chappell, NE  69129 Phone:  (308) 874-3308 pollyolson@hotmail.com (September 10, 2010)	Consumer Representative Dana Weber, CPA, P.C. Countryman Associates, P.C. 1301 Idlewylde Scottsbluff, NE 69361 Phone:  (308) 635-3008 danajweber@charter.net (September 10, 2010)
Pediatric Representative Currently Vacant	ER Dispatcher Representative Mark Murphy, Dispatch Supervisor 911 Dispatch Center Lincoln, NE   68509 Phone:  (402) 441-6000 mmurphy@lincoln.ne.gov (September 10, 2010)
Burn Center Representative Chester N. Paul, MD St. Elizabeth Regional Burn &Wound Center 555 South 70th Street Lincoln, NE 68510 Phone: (402) 486-7687 cpaul@stez.org (July 30, 2007)	Law Enforcement Representative Currently Vacant
Elected Official Representative Jack Oelschlager, Vol. Fire & Rescue, City Council City of Crete Crete, NE   68333 Phone:  (402) 826-8776 jcollectibles@hotmail.com (September 10, 2010)	Mid-Level Practitioner Casey Fowler, MPA-C Great Plains Regional Medical Center 601 West Leota Street North Platte, NE  69101 Phone:  (308) 696-8760 orthopa@triathlete.com (September 18, 2009)

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