At the Texas Collaborative for Healthy Mothers and Babies (TCHMB), we are proud to use September (Women in Medicine Month) to recognize the outstanding women leaders driving our quality improvement (QI) efforts through their expertise, vision, and commitment to our Executive Committee and other workgroups and our internal staff. These women provide invaluable expertise and vision to drive our mission forward.
This Women in Medicine Month, we honor the women of TCHMB whose leadership and dedication are shaping perinatal QI efforts across our great state. Dr. Charleta Guillory, TCHMB chair, believes “The children of Texas need you — your voice, your passion, your vigor, your indomitable spirit.”
Their collective impact is reflected in the work of the remarkable women who serve on our Executive Committee and lead key initiatives across the state. As women medical leaders in Texas and nationwide, TCHMB women leaders in medicine advance health care quality and patient safety for all Texas mothers and babies.
Gloria Delgado, MSN, RNC-OB — Obstetrics Co-Chair, Executive Committee
Delgado serves as an Assistant Administrator of Women’s Services at University Medical Center of El Paso, overseeing labor and delivery, mother-baby care, and public health programs like Nurse Family Partnership. She brings extensive expertise in managing health care operations to ensure safe, high-quality care for mothers and babies.
Catherine Eppes, MD, MPH — Past Chair, Executive Committee
As Chief of Obstetrics at Ben Taub Hospital and a maternal-fetal medicine physician at Baylor College of Medicine, Eppes focuses on quality, safety, and infectious disease management in pregnancy. She has collaborated with the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), and Texas Medical Association (TMA) on initiatives including Zika virus prevention and perinatal care improvement.
Jasmine Farrish, CNM, MSN, MPH — At-Large Member, Executive Committee
Farrish, a Certified Nurse Midwife at Los Barrios Unidos Community Clinic, began her career as a postpartum doula and now oversees home visiting and midwifery programs. She is committed to providing personalized, nonjudgmental care to support families across the Dallas area.
Kendra Folh, DNP, RNC-OB, C-ONQS, CPHQ, LSSBB — Data Co-Chair, Executive Committee
Folh is Program Director for Women’s and Children’s Services at Memorial Hermann Healthcare System. Drawing from her personal experience as a preterm birth survivor, she drives QI initiatives and collaborates nationally on perinatal safety to champion healthcare innovation for maternal and neonatal populations.
Alice Gong, MD — Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, Executive Committee
Gong is a Professor of Pediatrics at UT Health San Antonio and Medical Director of the PREMIEre program and the Mother-Baby Unit at University Hospital. She has spent decades advocating for newborns and families, advancing early neurodevelopmental care, and educating generations of clinicians through her research, publications, and presentations.
Gillian Gonzaba, NNPC — Neonatal Committee Co-Chair, Executive Committee
A Neonatal Nurse Practitioner and Associate Director for High Reliability/Patient Safety and Simulation at Pediatrix Medical Group, Gonzaba leads multidisciplinary teams focused on QI, patient safety, and neonatal care. She has extensive experience with simulation training and process improvement in neonatal medicine.
Charleta Guillory, MD, MPH, FAAP — Chair, Executive Committee
Guillory, Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and Director of the Neonatal-Perinatal Public Health Program at Texas Children’s Hospital, has led efforts to reduce Black infant mortality and improve newborn care. Her leadership in policy and community initiatives has had a profound impact on maternal and infant health statewide.
Sonal Zambare, MD — At-Large Member, Executive Committee member
Zambare, Assistant Professor of Obstetric Anesthesiology at Baylor College of Medicine, brings expertise in anesthesia, analgesia, and critical care for mothers during birth and postpartum. She is actively involved in patient safety, education, and simulation programs, and she supports care for mothers with substance use disorders.
TCHMB also recognizes the invaluable contributions of the non-voting women of the Executive Committee, including Drs. Manda Hall, Gayle Olson, Rashmi Rode, Emily Briggs, Ashley Lucke, and Angela Moemeka, Misty Wilder, MSW, and TCHMB staff members Susan Dimitrijevic, MSN, BSN, RNC-NIC, and Ebony Sherrill, BSN, RN, whose collective expertise supports TCHMB’s mission and helps advance maternal and infant health across Texas.
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