Tony Baird

"Sometimes instead of climbing over barricades, you’ve got to walk around them.""  

~ Bono

Tony, with degrees in respiratory care, nursing, healthcare administration, and a doctor of science in health has 35 years experience in healthcare facilities. While most of his time has been spent in private healthcare facilities, he did spend 3 years as a contract manager for cardiopulmonary departments with the Public Health Service in New Mexico . He has a hands-on, ground-up approach to problem solving, using education and experience to avoid and overcome difficulties. A global knowledge base allows an overview of situations eliminating tunnel vision in problem solving and speeding outcomes.

 He has participated in over 20 Joint Commission surveys and has had projects including physician profiling, core measure compliance achievement, and performance measures taken by the Joint Commission as “Best Practices”.

 He is one of only two individuals elected to two terms as President of the Texas Society for Respiratory Care, and has served a total of 16 years on that Board in various positions. He currently serves as the Research and Disaster Preparedness Chair for that Board and has published national articles on “The Return of our Ancient Adversary, Tuberculosis”, and “the Avian Flu”. Tony has spoken to various groups on management, ethics, avian flu, vaccine development, and other areas of healthcare over 200 times.

Tony was selected by the Texas Department of Health Services in November 2006 to attend the Statewide Committee as a voting representative in the “Plan to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke” project. He was also selected by the Department of Health Services to attend the regional conference held in Austin on Avian Flu/Pandemic Preparedness in Spring of 2006.  

He successfully wrote and coordinated applications and surveys for Chest Pain Centers of Excellence and Disease-specific Stroke Certification.  In March of 2005, Tony added the CPHQ credential to his list of accomplishments. His current areas of concentration include core measures, evidence-based medicine, disaster preparedness, and development of management strategies.

 His life-long home is in El Paso , Texas where he lives with his wife of 34 years.      

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