Representatives of Hospitals and Clinics

Yuvraj has been a Registered Respiratory Therapist for 12 years and has worked at UTMB since 2009. He is also an alumnus of the School of Health Professions at UTMB Galveston. He has been a clinical instructor for UTMB Bachelor’s degree program for Respiratory Care and has also been awarded Best Clinical Instructor. He served as a member of ECMO team at UTMB in Galveston. Member of the Advisory Committee at San Jacinto College – Respiratory Care Program. His years of service with UTMB also includes working part time at Methodist Hospital in Baytown and Downtown. He is currently the manager for Respiratory Therapy at Clear Lake Hospital. Yuvraj’s department handles all emergencies within the hospital, including Pediatrics, Neonates and Adults. He supports the Adult Critical Care committee at Clear Lake Campus. Yuvraj initiated and now serves as co-chair of the Resuscitation Committee at UTMB Clear Lake Campus.

Kelly has worked at UTMB for almost five years. During this time, she has had the opportunity to work with many different services lines across the health system. She started her career with the university as a Nursing Supervisor for one of the largest ambulatory locations, Victory Lake Town Center. In February of 2019, she was selected as the Nurse Manager for the Victory Lakes Town Center and the Ambulatory service lines of Geriatrics, Endocrine, Allergy, Rheumatology, Pulmonary, Anesthesia Pain, and Transplant. Kelly is an Oncology Certified Nurse, and her background consists of both inpatient and outpatient experience mostly surrounding the realm of Oncology. She has worked for the HCA health system, Methodist health system, and MD Anderson Cancer Center. Kelly graduated from Grand Canyon University with her master’s in nursing science and an emphasis on leadership in healthcare systems in 2018. In the last year, she volunteered to take on additional assignments which doubled her geographical footprint and her opportunities to create positive change in the ambulatory setting. She is passionate about collaborating with other institutional team members to create an environment where staff are proud to be both the caregivers and the receivers of our institutions five-star world class care. Kelly promotes an open-door policy and works judiciously to grow the members of her team to prepare them for the next step in their career. She is honored and eager to work with all UTMB staff so that their voice may be heard through her service as a liaison on the Employee Advisory Council.

Mindy began working for UTMB in August of 2016 in ambulatory services as the nurse for cardiology clinic on the Angleton campus. She has worked in healthcare since 1995 with 23 years of cardiology experience ranging from EKG technician, cardiac rehab and scrub tech. Blessed is the only description she has for the experience, and opportunities she has encountered. Mindy began in healthcare as a Certified Nurses Aide and worked her way up from there by attending school at night and online until she entered nursing school in 2005. She graduated nursing school in 2007 with an associates degree and was accepted directly into an interventional cardiac and peripheral Cath lab where she worked until leaving to join UTMB.

Since working for UTMB, she has earned her BSN and certification as a CVRN-BC. Mindy loves working for a healthcare system that values education and supports the staff in their endeavors. She serves on the Ambulatory Practice Council and has joined many groups with ambulatory. She enjoys working with her team to ensure UTMB patients are receiving the best care. She feels that healthcare is a puzzle and each team member is an import piece of that puzzle. She believes that it is so important to work as a team in our earned roles while respecting each other as humans.

Katie has worked for UTMB for nine years. She started as a Nurse Clinician II Associate Degree Nurse in the Galveston Emergency Department. She obtained her Bachelor of Nursing Degree from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2015, and also obtained her Certified Emergency Nurse in 2015. Since then she has laddered to a Nurse Clinician IV. She was instrumental in the preparing and opening of the League City Campus in 2016, and worked as a primary charge nurse in the Emergency Department. She has recently taken a position as the new Clinical Operation Administrator for the League City Campus. She is currently chair of the newly founded Retention Council at the League City Campus. Her current position as the Clinical Operations Administrator allows to interact with staff members from all departments of the hospital. This allows her to act as a liaison between employees and UTMB leadership; ensuring staffs voices, concerns and ideas are heard.