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                                                                                        Michelle Riley-  Dr. Charles Hankins
                                                                                        Brown

Care First, a major expansion     Yearly Volunteer Training Goes West                   Leaders Announced for Woodlands, West Campus
project that is scheduled to
begin soon, will add  floors    Annual volunteer training, which is held each         As Texas Children’s continues to grow to pro-
for pediatric care to the exist-  March, expanded its horizons this year to in-         vide its signature quality care to more chil-
ing Pavilion south tower,         clude Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus.          dren and families in more areas, experienced
including  operating rooms;                                                           leaders have been tapped to lead Texas Chil-
increase intensive care unit           One session was held at the main cam-            dren’s Hospital West Campus and Texas Chil-
capacity to  beds; add seven   pus as always, and a Saturday session was             dren’s Hospital The Woodlands.
new floors to the Heart Center;   added at West Campus. It was the first time
and construct a helipad for       the event has been held in another location.          The Woodlands
emergency transfer.
                                       “A lot of volunteers haven’t been to the         Michelle Riley-Brown, previously president
                                  West Campus and don’t know how amazing                of Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus,
                                  it is,” Tashona Domeaux, senior volunteer co-         was named the new president for Texas Chil-
                                  ordinator, says. “The hospital and volunteer          dren’s Hospital The Woodlands, which will
                                  opportunities are really growing.”                    open in .

                                  Vital Information Covered                                  “I am honored to be selected as president
                                                                                        of Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands,”
                                  Both sessions included door prizes and kicked         she says. “As the demand for high-quality pedi-
                                  off with information about important new              atric care continues to grow throughout our
                                  hospital initiatives.                                 area, we look forward to providing access to
                                                                                        services in a more convenient location for our
                                       Care First: This major expansion project         patients and families.”
                                  is scheduled to begin soon and be complete
                                  in .                                                   Dr. Charles Hankins, a board-certified
                                                                                        neonatologist who was most recently chief
                                                                      Error preven-     medical officer of Texas Children’s Hospital
                                                                tion: Volunteers can    West Campus, will be chief medical officer of
                                                                be proactive in pre-    the hospital.
                                                                venting errors to
                                                                help create a safe en-  West Campus
                                                                vironment.
                                                                                        Chanda Cashen Chacón has been selected as
                                                                      The second part   president of Texas Children’s Hospital West
                                                                of the training was     Campus. She previously was vice president of
                                                                a refresher of topics   women’s services at Texas Children’s Pavilion
                                                                important to volun-     for Women.
                                                                teers, including con-
                                                                fidentiality, hand           “It is a tremendous honor to be named
                                                                washing and proce-      president of Texas Children’s Hospital West
                                                                dures.                  Campus,” she says. “The strong foundation
                                                                                        that has been built over the past four years
                                                                      “Annual train-    will allow us to expand on our promise to pro-
                                                                ing is so important     vide exceptional care and an unrivaled expe-
                                                                to our ability to help  rience for our patients.”
                                                                patients and fami-
                                                                lies,” Domeaux says.

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