Important Documents

Most Recent Important Documents Postings:

  • The State of Trauma: Chairman’s Annual Report January 2012

    Dr. Ashley's Annual Report

  • FY 2012 Commission-directed Funding Audit Procedures Report

    Audit conducted by Gifford Hillegass & Ingwersen, LLP under contract to the Georgia Trauma Commission for submitted Trauma Center Uncompensated Care claims from calendar year 2009, Documentation of Processes for Funding Trauma Physicians' Portion of Readiness and Uncompensated Care and Documentation of EMS Service Claims for Uncompensated Care in CY 2010.

    Final report delivered to and accepted by the Georgia Trauma Commission during the 27 January 2012 Commission meeting.

  • ON BOARD: En Route with Georgia’s Automatic Vehicle Location System

    No. 3 October 2011

  • 3-Year Strategic Planning Document

    Submitted to Governor's Office of Planning and Budget: 01 September 2011

  • Region VI Regional Trauma Advisory Committee (RTAC): Regional Trauma Plan

    Posted: 5:22 am 29 August 2011

    The Trauma System Self-Assessment Supplemental Tool: Benchmarks, Indicator, and Scoring or BIS (HRSA, 2006) was used to evaluate existing resources available within Region VI in order to obtain a baseline from which to build the regional trauma plan. That assessment is attached.

    Also attached are the essential components of the Region VI Trauma Plan and Regional Trauma Advisory Committee.

    Both assessment and plan will be presented to full Commission on 15 September 2011 for approval.

  • ON BOARD: En Route with Georgia’s Automatic Vehicle Location System

    No. 2 July 2011

  • New Georgia Trauma Commission members appointed

    Posted 13 July 2011:

    Governor Nathan Deal appointments:

    Robert Cowles, M.D.
    Cowles is presently a practicing urologist and is the founder and chairman of Cowles Clinic at Lake Oconee, a multispecialty clinic. He serves on the board of trustees of Tusculum College, has served on the board of governors at the University of Tennessee and is the former president of the Georgia Urological Association. He is a fellow in the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Urological Association. Cowles earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee and earned his medical degree from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. He and his wife, Jacqui, have one son and one daughter. They reside in Greensboro.

    R. Fred Mullins, M.D.
    Mullins is an Augusta native and is the president and CEO of Joseph M. Still Burn Centers Inc. He serves on the board of directors for the Southeastern Fire Fighters’ Burn Foundation and is a member of the Medical Association of Georgia, the Georgia Chapter of the American College of Surgeons and the Richmond County Medical Society. Mullins earned his bachelor’s degree from Augusta State University and continued his education at the Medical College of Georgia, where he earned his medical degree in 1996. He practices in Augusta. He and his wife live in Evans with their two children.

    Drs. Cowles’ and Mullins’ term will begin in October 2011. They will fill the positions of Kelli Vaughn and Rich Bias who are rotating off the Commission.


    Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle appointment:

    Elaine Frantz, RN
    Ms. Frantz serves as the Director of Trauma Services at Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia, providing direction to the Trauma Service department, Transfer Center and several practices. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing at W. Va. Wesleyan College and graduate degree in Management at The College of Notre Dame in Maryland. She has served in various clinical, academic, and administrative positions in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Maryland, ultimately joining Memorial in 1991.

    Ms. Elaine Frantz’ term began 01 July 2011. She will fill the position of Dr. Joe Sam Robinson who is rotating off the Commission.

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