PEHSU Region 6

PEHSU Region 6

Service area: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas 

The Region 6 PEHSU (Southwest), founded in 1999, is located in Texas at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, and serves Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas. It is one of ten units that make up a national network of PEHSUs.   

Academic Affiliation: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center – Paul L. Foster School of Medicine 

Hospital Affiliation: University Medical Center of El Paso & El Paso Children’s Hospital 

PEHSU Region 6

Specialties & comprehensive services

The Region 6 PEHSU provides education to the public and public health professionals regarding environmental health issues impacting children. Our team includes physicians, health educators, toxicologists and emergency preparedness experts. Our call center is maintained by the West Texas Regional Poison Center, a bilingual resource of health professionals available 24/7.  

Faculty & staff

Stormy Monks, PhD., MPH, CHES

Stormy Monks, PhD, MPH

Region 6 Director

Dr. Adiel Aizenberg

Adiel Aizenberg, MD

Toxicology Core Collaborator

Krystal Ayala, M.B.A.

Krystal Ayala, MBA

Program Manager

Erica Guerrero, M.S., PA-C

Erica Guerrero, PA-C, MS

Emergency Preparedness Collaborator, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center El Paso

Childhood Cancer & the Environment Champion

Emma McKellar

Emma McKellar, MPH

Health Educator

Scott Crawford, MD

Scott Crawford, MD

Educational Technology Collaborator

Emilio Saenz, BS

Emilio Saenz

Poison Center Health Educator 

Dr. Salvador Baeza

Salvador Baeza, PharmD

Director, West Texas Poison Center

Dr. Sarah Watkins, DO

Sarah Watkins, DO

Toxicology Core Collaborator

Dr. Stephen Borron, MD, MS, FAACT, FACMT

Stephen Borron, MD, MS

Toxicology Core Collaborator