Medical Advisory Board

Meet our team of healthcare experts who offer guidance and expertise on medical matters, ensuring informed decision-making and high-quality care.

Professor Paul Barach

MD, MPH, Maj (Ret.)

Briana T. Costello

M.D.

Thomas H. Glimp

M.D.

Debra Martin Emmite

MD

Professor Paul Barach

MD, MPH, Maj (Ret.)

Critical Care expert and Anesthesiologist, university professor, digital health expert, senior hospital executive.

Dr Barach is a digital health expert and a serial entrepreneur with a passion for creating real world solutions which improve the quality and efficiency of the healthcare system for both patients and physicians. Dr Barach is double boarded anesthesiologist and critical care physician-scientist, trained at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston’s Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Dr. Barach has served on the faculty of the Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, University of Chicago, University of Miami, University College Cork, Ireland, Imperial College London, University of Birmingham, UK, and University of Queensland, Australia. Paul has worked as an expert advisor to World Health Organization (WHO) on patient safety, patient participation and hospital to private care transitions and integrated care delivery.

Recipient of federal grants of over $100,000,000 related to implementation of care pathways, digital health methods, tools and system transformation from the EU, US, Australia, and UK.

Briana T. Costello

M.D.

Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology, FSCAI

Dr. Briana Costello trained at the Texas Heart Institute and Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center hospital as a general and interventional cardiologist after earning her medical degree from Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine with Alpha Omega Alpha honors. She completed her internal medicine residency at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. She currently works at Texas Heart Medical Group in Houston, Texas. In addition to general and interventional cardiology, Dr. Costello is passionate about cardiovascular prevention and women’s heart health.

Thomas H. Glimp

M.D.

Thomas H. Glimp, MD is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. He received his medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School with Alpha Omega Alpha honors in 1980.

Tom completed training in Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas/Presbyterian Hospital and in Emergency Medicine at the University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics.

Dr. Glimp is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine and has extensive Occupational Medicine and workplace injury experience. He is additionally certified in Health Informatics and Health Information Technology by the University of Texas McCombs School of Business.

His professional interests include clinical workflow systems development and quality process design and operations.

Tom is an avid snowboarder and known by many as “The Oldest Living Shredder.”

Debra Martin Emmite

Diplomat, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Over 35 years practicing psychiatry in various settings including private practice, hospital care, community care and forensic care. Dr. Emmite is currently taking care of our veterans at a VA community clinic. Her most difficult task has been working with patients to assure treatment and medication compliance. She currently teaches UT psychiatry residents.