Seton Medical Center Hays

Executive Staff

Thomas E. Gallagher

President and CEO

Tom Gallagher joined the Seton Family of Hospitals as its Chief Financial Officer in 1983 after 12 years with a national independent accounting firm. After serving as Seton’s CFO for 14 years, he assumed the role of Senior Vice President, Business Development. Mr. Gallagher was named President and CEO of Seton Medical Center Hays in July 2008. In addition, he is also responsible for the evaluation and development of all Seton joint venture opportunities and governance oversight of those joint venture operations as well as overseeing Seton information systems, legal services, real estate transactions, and medical office building development and operations. Mr. Gallagher also has operational responsibility for two other Seton hospitals – Seton Southwest Hospital and Seton Edgar B. Davis Hospital.

Mr. Gallagher is a certified public accountant and received his undergraduate degree in accounting from Indiana University in 1971. He currently serves as the Chair-elect of the Austin Community College Foundation Board of Trustees and is a board member of the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce as well as several Seton joint venture governing boards.

(512) 324-1903
tgallagher@seton.org

Herbert A. Dyer

Vice President and Project Executive

Herb Dyer is Vice President and Project Executive for Seton Medical Center Hays. In this capacity, he serves as the project executive for the Seton Medical Center Hays project. He is responsible for coordinating architectural and general contractor planning, cost estimates, development of multi-year pro forma financials, the medical staff, philanthropy, community interface, and physician and staff recruitment.

He is an executive with extensive experience in strategic planning, fiscal management and organizational operations. Mr. Dyer has held executive positions in several non-profit hospital systems. Prior to his relocation to Austin, he was employed by the Health and Hospital Corporation of New York City as an Associate Executive Director.

Mr. Dyer is a graduate of Baruch College in New York, New York, and holds a Masters in Public Administration.

(512) 324-1103
hdyer@seton.org

Gerald W. Hill

Executive Director, Seton Hays Foundation

Gerald Hill is the Executive Director for the Seton Hays Foundation. He also serves as Senior Vice President of Advocacy for the Seton Family of Hospitals.

Mr. Hill is a former legislator, having represented District 49 in Travis County for four terms. He was named one of the 10 best legislators by Texas Monthly magazine. He also served as Executive Assistant to Governor Mark White.

Mr. Hill served as Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations for the University of Texas System, and later as Vice President of University Advancement at Texas State University-San Marcos prior to joining Seton in 2004.

(512) 324-5060
gwhill@seton.org

Patrick Garcia, MD

Vice President of Medical Affairs

Patrick Garcia, MD, is the Vice President of Medical Affairs for Seton Medical Center Hays. He joined the Seton Family of Hospitals in 1996.

Board certified in Internal Medicine, Dr. Garcia graduated Magna Cum Laude from St. Edward’s University, and attended medical school at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. He completed his residency with the Central Texas Medical Foundation (now University of Texas Physicians, Central Texas) at University Medical Center Brackenridge where he became Chief Resident and then an attending physician. Dr. Garcia has also served more than eight years as the director of University of Texas Physicians, Central Texas Transitional Residency Program.

Dr. Garcia currently is serving as Medical Director of both Seton Southwest Hospital and Seton Highland Lakes Hospital in Burnet, Texas, and serves on a number of medical- and community-based committees.

(512) 324-5057
pgarcia@seton.org

Nikki Rivers

Senior Nursing Director

Nikki Rivers, RN, CNA, BSN, MBA, effective Oct. 2008, will become the Senior Nursing Director for Seton Medical Center Hays. Ms. Rivers brings more than 18 years of nursing management and experience to this role. Ms. Rivers joined the Seton Family in 1998 as the Director of Surgical Services for University Medical Center Brackenridge. She then served as Director of Mission Control from 2001-2002. Currently, she is the Senior Director of Nursing at Seton Southwest Hospital.

(512) 324-9037
nrivers@seton.org