ER Overview

Our Services

Trinity Healthcare Network’s professional medical staff is available every minute, every day to quickly and efficiently assess, diagnose and treat your medical emergency.

These services are available to patients of all ages and background, and include but are not limited to treatment for the following:

  • Headaches and head trauma
  • Eye problems
  • Sports and work injuries
  • Setting and splinting broken bones
  • Asthma and other respiratory problems
  • Motor vehicle collision injury evaluation
  • Laceration, burn and abscess treatment
  • Upper respiratory illnesses
  • Chest pain evaluation and stabilization
  • Abdominal pain
  • Dehydration
  • Pregnancy complications in the first 20 weeks
  • Urinary tract infections
  • Allergic reactions
  • Seizure and stroke evaluation and treatment
  • Psychiatric evaluations
  • Overdoses

Trinity is proud to have available for its patients the following comprehensive supply of state-of- the-art medical and imagery equipment:

  • Multi-slice CT scan
  • Open MRI
  • Ultrasound
  • Digital X-ray
  • Stress Test
  • Nuclear Imaging & Medicine

Laboratory

Trinity Healthcare Network features an extensive in-house laboratory capable of performing every lab request within 15 minutes. All labs are performed onsite, and every culture result is reviewed by a staff physician and available within 24 hours.

  • STAT Labs
  • Influenza A and B
  • RSV
  • HIV
  • Mono spot
  • Rapid Strep
  • Alcohol level
  • Urine drug screen
  • CBC
  • CMP
  • ABG
  • PT/INR
  • Troponin/CKMB/Myoglobin
  • BNP
  • D Dimer
  • UA with micro
  • ESR
  • Urine/Serum BHCG
  • HbA1C
  • Wet prep/KOH

Pharmacy

Trinity’s extensive in-house pharmacy is fully stocked with more than 300 medications on hand for immediate fill. We have a formulary identical to that of any major hospital emergency room ensuring the stock of vital cardiac critical care medication, every major intravenous and oral antibiotic and narcotic analgesic, and all routine therapeutic medications and nebulizer treatments.

Billing

We accept all private and commercial insurance. For more information, contact Trinity Healthcare Network at (281) 257-0404. (Do we have further information/forms patients can download?)

Staff

Trinity Healthcare Network proactively recruits the best medical care providers in the industry.

All Trinity Emergency Physicians are residency trained and board certified in Emergency Medicine. Many of our physicians continue to subsidize their knowledge and training by co- working in high acuity hospitals or as professors of academic institutions.

Trinity resident nurses all have extensive ICU and ER experience in large county hospitals as well as impeccable patient care skills. Each of the radiology technicians are certified per their modality and have equitable clinical experience.

CHRISTOPHER JAY WRIGHT , M.D., P.A.
Neuroradiology Specialist, Board Certified

Dr. Wright is a neuroradiologist whose professional doctoral experience includes his former role as partner at Network Radiology in Ohio, staff physician at Glenwood Hospital in the Glenwood Regional Medical Center in Louisiana, and as a private practitioner with Alliance Radiology in the Conroe Regional Medical Center. Dr. Wright’s exceptional career began with his education at the University of Alabama and their prominent School of Medicine where he achieved top academic marks in addition to multiple honor selections.

Residency
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas Fellowship
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

Education
M.D., University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, 1994
B.A., Biology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1989

Member
Texas Medical Association
American Society of Neurology
American Society of Spine Radiology

MARK ‘TAG’ JASON FILLEY, M.D.
Emergency Physician, Board Certified

Dr. Filley is a dedicated emergency physician with a special interest in interventional pain management. His interest in emergency care dates back to his service as a volunteer EMT while earning his undergraduate and medical degrees. Dr. Filley has received numerous certifications and awards, including the Outstanding Performance Award in Emergency Medicine from the University of Texas Medical School.

Residency
Emergency Medicine Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee

Education
Primary Training in Hyperbaric Medicine; National Baromedical Services, August, 1998
M.D., University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, 1995
B.S., Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1991

Member
American Academy of Emergency Medicine
American College of Emergency Physicians
American Medical Association
National Eagle Scout Association

JACK MANNING BUTLER, M.D.
Emergency Physician, ATLS, PALS, ACLS and ABEM Certified

Prior to Dr. Butler’s role as Emergency Physician at Trinity, he was an Assistant Professor at the Texas Tech University Health Science Center (HSC) El Paso at the Thomason Hospital, a regional level I Trauma Center with an annual volume of over 60,000 patients per year, and the principal training site for Tech’s emergency medicine residency program.

Residency
Emergency Medicine, Texas Tech University HSC School of Medicine, El Paso, Texas Education
M.D., Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, 1999
B.S., Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 1995

Member
American Academy of Emergency Medicine
National Eagle Scout Association

SUSHMA GORRELA, M.D. MEDICAL DIRECTOR
Board Certified PHYSICIAN, FAMILY PRACTICE AND SLEEP MEDICINE

Dr. Gorrela specializes in Advanced Pediatric Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Advanced Trauma Life Support and Advanced Medical Life Support. She has extensive experience from previous emergency care positions at Cook COunty Hospital and local Healthcare Facilities in Houston, TX.

Residency/Internship
Family Medicine, Cook COunty Hospital Residency Program, Chicago, Illinois

Member
American Medical Association
Texas Medical Association

OSCAR VELA, M.D.
Emergency Physician, ATLS, ACLS, APLS Certified

Dr. Vela’s career in emergency medicine began in Corpus Christi where he worked at Christus Hospital as an Emergency Medicine Physician. He came to Houston in 2005 and joined the Trinity team in 2007. He received the Outstanding Resident award at Thomason Hospital and received his undergraduate degree cum laude.

Residency
Emergency Medicine, Texas Tech University HSC-El Paso, Thomason Hospital, El Paso, Texas 2005

Education
M.D., University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, 2002
B.S., Biology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 1997

Member
Texas Medical Association

RUBEN D. VELOZ, M.D.
Emergency Physician, ATLS, ACLS, PALS, APLS, ALSO, NALS & BLS Certified

Dr. Veloz is a gifted emergency physician whose friendly and caring manner is exemplified in the many service awards he’s been granted throughout his professional career. In addition to receiving high academic marks, he was chosen as the Outstanding Resident rotating in Emergency Medicine at R.E. Thomason Hospital. His dedication to emergency medicine began with his service on an all-volunteer EMT team.

Residency
R.E. Thomason Hospital, El Paso, Texas

Internship/Residency
John Peter Smith Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas

Education
M.D., University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, 2000
B.S., Computer Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1986

RICHARD BAYS, RN, CLNc, CPHQ
Registered Nurse

In addition to Richard’s dedication to the Trinity Healthcare team, He is an integral part of a team system which administers health care to insured patients in the Spring, Tomball and North Houston area; and teaches Emergency Pediatrics and Trauma Nurse Core Courses with the Texas Emergency Nurses Association. Richard has extensive long-term experience at major medical facilities such as Tulane university Medical School.

Education
BSN, Southern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA, 1999

Member
Clinical Legal Nurse consultants
Emergency Nurses Association

RIHCARD BURTON, R.N.
Resident Nurse, ACLS, BLS, PALS, TNCC Certified

After graduating from nursing school. but found histrue love of ER nursing when he joined the staff of Conroe Regional Medical Center. He joined the Trinity staff in May 2009.

Member
Emergency Nurses Association

JENNIFER LANZA, R.N.
Nurse , ACLS, BLS, TNCC, PALS certified

Jennifer has more than three years of experience as an ER staff nurse and was previously Charge Nurse at Houston Northwest Medical Center in the Emergency Department.

Education
B.S., Nursing, Texas Woman’s University, Houston, Texas, 2004
B.S., Microbiology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1999

Member
Emergency Nurses Association

STEVEN S PEAR, R.N.
Nurse Manager, BLS, ACLS, PALS, TNCC CERTIFIED

Steven began his professional development in the medical field in firefighting/EMS in 1984. In EMS he was a certified instructor teaching EMT-intermediate, EMT-paramedic, high angle rescue, water rescue, and vehicle extrication classes. Since becoming a registered nurse he has worked as staff nurse in emergency departments, as well as charge nurse, Clinical manager, and trauma coordinator at Conroe regional medical center.

Education
B.S., Nursing, University of Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona, 2006 ADN Lutheran College of Health Professions, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1996

Member
Emergency Nurses Association