Administration

Amarillo School of Health Professions

Joan Potter Brunet PT, EdD, DPT, MS, is the regional dean in Amarillo for the Texas
Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Health Professions. She also serves
as the assistant program director for the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program. Potter
Brunet earned her Doctorate in Higher Education Administration from Texas Tech
University and her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from AT Still University in Mesa,
Ariz. She has been a physical therapist since 1991 and on faculty with the physical
therapy program since August 1999. Potter Brunet has served in many roles with the
PT program including the director of clinical education and her current roles as an
assistant professor and the assistant program director. Her clinical interests include
vestibular rehabilitation, neurological rehabilitation, prosthetic management and training,
LSVT Big and Loud treatment for Parkinson’s disease, post-concussion treatment and
general post-operative management. Her research interests include student outcomes,
student success in graduate school and the socialization process into health care
professions. 

Amarillo School of Medicine

Brian Weis, MD, PhD, FACP , began in the role of interim regional dean for the Texas
Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine on May 1, 2023. Weis has a
history with TTUHSC dating back to January of 2005 when he joined the internal
medicine faculty after having spent 17 years at UT Southwestern/Parkland Hospital in
Dallas. While in Dallas, Weis completed his M.D., a Ph.D. in biochemistry, and his
postgraduate training in internal medicine before joining the faculty at UT Southwestern.
He was recruited by TTUHSC in Amarillo with the intent of serving as the program
director for the TTUHSC Internal Medicine Residency Program; he served in that role for
more than seven years. In the summer of 2015, Weis became the chief medical officer
(CMO) at Northwest Texas Hospital having served in multiple medical staff leadership
roles at the hospital since 2005. Weis had the privilege of helping lead the hospital and
community through the COVID-19 pandemic as the CMO and member of the Mayor’s
COVID-19 Advisory Board. Yearning to return to a teaching role with residents and
medical students, Weis returned to TTUHSC in the Spring of 2023.
Weis is the proud recipient of the Mario Feola M.D. Outstanding Faculty Award in 2007
and 2011, the Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award by the internal medicine residents
seven times from 2006 through 2012, the Dean’s Clinical Science Teaching Award in
2007, and the Dean’s Award in Educational Innovation in 2011. He is the only physician
to have been awarded the Northwest Texas Hospital “Physician of the Year” twice in
2009 and 2021. Finally, he is a recipient of an Amarillo Key to the City along with his
physician colleagues on the Mayor’s Advisory Committee for COVID-19.
Weis is married to Joanna Wilson, DO, a provider of gender-specific health care in the
Amarillo community. They are the proud parents of two children, Cannon and Valerie.

 Weis and his wife play in the band, Liquid Jimi, who focus on original instrumental rock

Amarillo Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy

Krystal Haase, Pharm.D., was named regional dean in Amarillo of the Texas Tech
University Health Sciences Center Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy in 2023.
Before becoming regional dean, Haase served as a faculty member for more than 23
years at TTUHSC, division head of adult medicine for ten years and program director for
various residency programs in Amarillo.
Haase has served in multiple committees and actively participated in professional
organizations, including the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, the American
Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties, the
American Society of Health System Pharmacists, and the Society of Critical Care
Medicine

Amarillo School of Nursing