Full Time UEMR Staff

In March 2020, Sheila became the full-time EMS Director, employed by the UEMR 501c3 nonprofit entity, and oversees both the First Responder Organization and the Education Divisions of University Emergency Medical Response.

Sheila’s primary responsibility is to ensure UEMR remains in good standing with the community and fulfills the service agreement in place between UT Dallas and UEMR to provide the highest level of service. She is also the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) and National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) Program Director for the UEMR EMS Program, which was approved in May 2020.

In August 2021, Sheila began working with hospital administrators from Methodist Health System to form a partnership called the North Texas Paramedic Education Consortium where a year later, an application was approved by Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP) to begin the first paramedic program in August 2023.

Sheila has a plethora of EMS education experience in addition to a varied EMS clinical background where she has been employed as a Licensed Paramedic at Cooke County EMS, Southwest Transplant Alliance, Methodist Dallas ER and CareFlite.