Texas Department of State Health Services Directory

TopicProgramContactPhone
TaeniasisEmerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch

Eric Fonken

Nicole Evert

512-776-2155

512-776-2890

Tanning Devices, Facilities, & SalonsTanning Facilities

Drugs and Medical Devices Group

512-834-6755

Tanning Facilities LicensureTanning Facilities

Drugs and Foods Safety Licensing Group

512-834-6727

Tattoo & Body Piercing Studio LicensesTattoo & Body Piercing Studios

Drugs & Food Safety Licensing Group

512-834-6600, ext. 6730

Tattoo StudiosTattoo and Body Piercing Studios

Drugs and Medical Devices Group

512-834-6727

Teen Pregnancy (Prevention)Title V Maternal and Child Health

Carol Harvey

Melanie Jamison

512-776-6965

512-776-3807

Teen Pregnancy Prevention (Abstinence-Centered)Abstinence Education

Melanie Jamison

512-458-7111, ext. 3807

Terrell State Hospital (Mental Health)Hospital Services Section

Fred Hale

972-551-8561

TetanusEmerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch

Rachel Wiseman

Brandy Tidwell

Kayla Boykins

512-776-2632

512-776-6577

512-776-3124

Texas Administrative Code Chapter 97, Communicable DiseasesEmerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch

Marilyn Felkner

512-776-6393

Texas Bleeding Disorders Advisory Council (TBDAC)Hemophilia Assistance Program (HAP)

TBDAC

512-776-7150

Texas Center for Infectious Disease (TCID) (Health Facility)Hospital Services Section

Jim Elkins

210- 534-8857

Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies (TCNWS)Center for Health Statistics

Pamela Lauer

512-776-6723

Texas Council on Cardiovascular Disease and StrokeCardiovascular Disease and Stroke Program

Tom Stephan

Rick Schwertfeger

512-458-7111, ext. 2739

512-458-7111, ext. 2209

Texas Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (TEHDI)Texas Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (TEHDI)

TEHDI Program

512-776-7726

Texas EMS MagazineEMS/Trauma Systems Stakeholder Info

Jane Guerrero

512-834-6745

Texas Environmental Health InstituteEnvironmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit

Heidi Bojes

512-776-6704

Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 81, Communicable Diseases, Communicable Disease Prevention and Control ActEmerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch

Marilyn Felkner

Laura Tabony

512-776-6393

512-776-2663

Texas Health Steps (EPSDT)Texas Health Steps (EPSDT)

THSteps Program

512-776-7745

Texas Medical Disclosure PanelFacility Licensing Group

Health Facility Licensing and Compliance

512-834-6648, ext. 2607

Texas Mold Assessment and Remediation RulesPSQA Unit – Environmental Hazards Group

Peter Tadin

512-834-6787, ext. 2434

Texas Poison Center NetworkEnvironmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit

Judy Whitfield

Mathias Forrester

512-776-6328

512-659-3627

Texas Primary Care OfficeTexas Primary Care Office

Texas Primary Care Office

512-776-7518

Texas Vaccines for ChildrenImmunization Branch

Barbara Vassell

800-252-9152

Texas Women’s Health ProgramTexas Women’s Health Program

Laurie Vanhoose

1-866-993-9972

Text4BabyHealthy Texas Babies

Title V Maternal and Child Health

512-776-7373

Tick Borne DiseasesZoonosis Control Branch

Eric Fonken

512-776-2155

Tick identification and testingZoonosis Control Branch

Bonny Mayes

512-776-2888

Title VTitle V Maternal and Child Health

Title V Maternal and Child Health

512-776-7373

Tobacco Prevention and ControlTobacco Prevention and Control

Barry Sharp

512-776-3307

Toxic Substances Coordinating CommitteeEnvironmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit

Laura Morse

512-776-3004

ToxicologyEnvironmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit

epitox@dshs.state.tx.us

ToxoplasmosisZoonosis Control Branch

Eric Fonken

512-776-2155

Toy SafetyHazardous Consumer Products Registration Program

Hazpro Help

512-834-6787, ext. 2301

Traffic SafetySafe Riders Program

Frank Luera

512-776-2207

800-252-8255

Trauma DesignationOffice of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination – EMS/Trauma Systems Group

Elizabeth Stevenson

512-834-6600

Trauma RegistryEnvironmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit

Dan Dao

512-776-3575

Trauma RulesOffice of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination – EMS/Trauma Systems Group

Elizabeth Stevenson

512-834-6600

Trauma Systems/Regional Advisory Councils (RACs)/EMSOffice of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination – EMS/Trauma Systems Group

Jane Guerrero

512-834-6745

Travel Information (immunization required)Emerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch

512-776-2514

TrichinosisZoonosis Control Branch

Eric Fonken

Nicole Evert

512-776-2155

512-776-2890

TuberculosisTB Services Branch

512-533-3000

Tuberculosis / Mycology (Fungi) - Laboratory TestingLaboratory Services Section, Microbiological Services Branch

Elizabeth Delamater

Denise Dunbar

Jan Owen

512-776-7592

512-776-7342

512-776-2687

Tuberculosis ReportingTB/HIV/STD Unit

MariaG Rodriguez

512-533-3000

TularemiaZoonosis Control

Eric Fonken

Nicole Evert

512-776-2155

512-776-2890

Typhoid FeverEmerging & Acute Infectious Disease Branch

Venessa Cantu

Greg Leos

Irina Cody

512-776-6648

512-776-3182

512-776-6611

TyphusZoonosis Control

Eric Fonken

Nicole Evert

512-776-2155

512-776-2890