A Message from Valley Regional Medical Center's Leadership Team

Thank you for choosing Valley Regional Medical Center (VRMC) for quality health care in your community. We are an HCA Affiliated Hospital in Brownsville, TX also serving neighbors in Harlingen, San Benito and Port Isabel.

A dynamic team of senior executives, physicians, and business leaders help guide VRMC to provide you and your family with a cost-effective, quality health care system that is close to home. Our Leadership Team also evaluates the current health care services and uses their expert knowledge to make recommendations for developing new services and programs at the hospital.

Meet our hospital CEO and leaders

  • Joe Hernandez, Chief Executive Officer
  • Rene Hinojosa, Chief Operating Officer
  • Daniel Puente, Chief Financial Officer
  • Kim Vergara, Chief Nursing Officer
  • Luis Martinez, Assistant Chief Nursing Officer

Our Hospital Board of Trustees

  • Teri Capistran, Board Chair
  • Eric Panzer, MD, Board Vice Chair
  • Dominique Vande Maele, MD, Past Board Chair
  • William A. Tucker, MD, Chief of Staff
  • Jessica Cuevas
  • Javier Jover, MD
  • Michael Limas
  • Chang R. Myung, MD
  • Arturo Rodriguez
  • Christopher D. Romero, MD
  • Jaime Salazar
  • Melissa Tilley, MD
  • Lucy G. Willis, PhD
  • Joe Hernandez, CEO, Secretary
  • Troy Villarreal, President of Gulf Coast Division

Our Medical Executive Committee

  • William A. Tucker, DO, Chief of Staff
  • Andrew Escamilla, MD, Vice Chief of Staff
  • Asim Zamir, MD, Past Chief of Staff
  • Gerardo J. Sanchez, MD, Secretary
  • Jaime Gomez, MD, Chief of Medicine
  • Oscar Hernandez, MD, Chief of OB/GYN
  • Yesroon Patel, MD, Chief of Pediatrics
  • Edgar Moncada, MD, Chief of Surgery