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Staff & Contact Information

Debbie Voyles
Director of Telemedicine (Bio)
Debbie.Voyles@ttuhsc.edu


Claudia Cortez
Project & Clinic Coordinator (Bio)
Claudia.Cortez@ttuhsc.edu


Melanie Clevenger
Administrative Assistant (Bio)
Melanie.Clevenger@ttuhsc.edu


Mark Watts
Technology Manager 
Mark.Watts@ttuhsc.edu


 Mailing Address:


Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Telemedicine Department
3601 4th Street STOP 9416
Lubbock, Texas 79430-9416

Map of Lubbock

Phone: (806) 743-4440
Fax: (806) 743-4010


Please contact the Telemedicine Office
if you are interested in a Video Conference call.



Debbie Voyles

Debbie VoylesDebbie Voyles is the Director for the Texas Tech Telemedicine Program. Prior to becoming the Assistant Director, Debbie served as the Telemedicine Clinic Coordinator for four years working directly with the physicians and patients. She oversees the day to day operations of the Telemedicine department. Debbie is also responsible for coordinating and conducting all Telemedicine training within the Texas Tech Telemedicine Network. In addition, Debbie works with internal departments as well as outside communities to provide health care coverage through the use of telemedicine. Debbie has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Lubbock Christian College and a Masters in Business Administration, with a certification in Health Organization Management from Texas Tech University. Debbie is involved in youth sports activities in Lubbock and youth church activities. She has also published several articles on Telemedicine related issues.

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Claudia Cortez

Claudia CortezClaudia Cortez is the Clinic Coordinator for the F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health, Center for Telemedicine at TTUHSC Lubbock. She assists in the training and implementation of policy and procedure programs for telemedicine clinics. The Center for Telemedicine sees approximately 3000 correctional offenders in the TDCJ prisons, and 4000 rural patients in a year. She also develops and coordinates all monthly telemedicine clinic schedules and works with six departments for coverage of telemedicine clinics. In this capacity, Claudia creates and controls the telemedicine data management system. In addition, she is responsible for the Burn Unit Telemedicine Project as well as the El Paso Dermatology Telemedicine Project. Claudia conducts quality assurance reviews and the generation of productivity reports for statistical analysis.

Claudia also works as a Certified Recreational Therapist with South Plains Community Action's-CLASS, where she plans, organizes, and directs medically approved recreation programs for people with disabilities, to become more independent in their communities. She�s also a board member of two nonprofit organizations, LIFE/RUN and HUB City Access, which provides individuals with disabilities the information and skills necessary to become independent and to achieve full inclusion in every aspect of their life.

Claudia has a Bachelor of Science degree in Recreation and Leisure Services with a concentration in Recreation Therapy, from Texas Tech University. She holds a national certification in Recreational Therapy.

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Melanie Clevenger

Melanie ClevengerMelanie is the Administrative Assistant for the Center for Telemedicine at Texas Tech University Health Science in Lubbock, Texas. Melanie comes to the position from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, where she worked as Senior Secretary for the Upward Bound and Educational Talent Search programs. These are federal grant programs geared toward low-income and first-generation high school students and assist them in preparation for college. Prior to Melanie’s time at OSU, she worked in an administrative/managerial capacity in various industries such as hotels, PC repair, virtual instrumentation, and CD replication, all in Austin, Texas

Melanie and her family, a husband and one daughter, relocated from Oklahoma to the Lubbock area to be closer to family. She volunteers for the Girl Scouts of Caprock Council as a troop leader and mom. She also enjoys beading, scrapbooking, and watching Big XII football and basketball.

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