Beaumont Physician Reelected to TMA, AMA Leadership Roles
G. “Ray” Callas, MD, a Beaumont anesthesiologist, was reelected to serve Texas medicine at the state and national level. Physician leaders in the Texas Medical Association (TMA) House of Delegates policymaking body today ratified Dr. Callas ’ reelection to serve on the TMA Board of Trustees, the association ’s governing body, and as a representative of Texas doctors in the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates. The TMA House of Delegates met virtually to verify the last of this year ’s TMA elections. The pandemic forced TMA to alter its governance and meeting processes in 2020....
Source: TMA News Room - September 12, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dallas Pediatrician Elected Young Physician Rep to TMA ’s Board of Trustees
Dallas adolescent medicine physician M. Brett Cooper, MD, has been elected to the Texas Medical Association (TMA) Board of Trustees, representing TMA ’s Young Physician Section . TMA ’s House of Delegates policymaking body ratified Dr. Cooper’s election today during a virtual meeting to verify the last of this year’s TMA elections. The pandemic forced TMA to alter its governance and meeting processes in 2020. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - September 12, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Keller Physician Chosen for Third Term on TMA ’s Board of Trustees
Gary W. Floyd, MD, a Keller pediatrician, was reelected to serve a third term on the Texas Medical Association (TMA) Board of Trustees, the association ’s governing body. TMA’s House of Delegates policymaking body met virtually on Saturday to ratify the elections. The pandemic forced TMA to alter its governance and meeting processes. Physician leaders have used virtual meetings and special governance provisions this year to elect or appoint phy sicians and medical students to one or more of TMA’s 25 boards, councils, and committees. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - September 12, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Houston Neurologist Elected to TMA Board of Trustees
Kimberly Monday, MD, a Houston neurologist, was elected to the Texas Medical Association (TMA) Board of Trustees. TMA ’s House of Delegates policymaking body ratified Dr. Monday ’s election today during a virtual meeting to certify the last of this year’s TMA elections. The pandemic forced TMA to alter its governance and meeting processes in 2020. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - September 12, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
TMA to Air Pro-Vaccine Ads During Political Conventions
“Vaccines defend what matters – our health, jobs, families.” A new Texas Medical Association (TMA) ad campaign featuring that message will air during the Democratic and Republican conventions to remind Texans of the many ways vaccinations protect us. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - August 20, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Texas Physicians Encourage Plasma Donations to Fight COVID-19
Texas physicians are calling on COVID-19 coronavirus survivors to make a donation that can help others fight the infectious disease. Some former patients already have answered the call, and doctors and patients are seeing results of convalescent plasma treatments to fight COVID. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - August 19, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
TMA COVID-19 Task Force Backs CDC Guidance: No Test Needed to Return to Work, School
People who have recovered from the coronavirus should not need a test to get back to work. The Texas Medical Association (TMA) COVID-19 Task Force announced support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendation that individuals should not be required to provide a negative COVID-19 test result or a note from a physician to return to the office or classroom after being sick, unless in specific circumstances. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - August 18, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
TMA Physicians Release Tools to Navigate School Reopening
School officials and parents across Texas are consumed with a pressing issue: How to minimize the risk of reopening schools during a pandemic. To help, physicians from the Texas Medical Association (TMA) have released a comprehensive package of materials to aid with reopening schools as smoothly and safely as possible. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - August 17, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Texas Youth Artists: Enter TMA ’s Mask Hero Art Contest
Superheroes come in all shapes and sizes, and they wear all kinds of masks. Right now, during the COVID-19 pandemic, heroes among us are wearing masks to protect others from the potential spread of the disease. The Texas Medical Association (TMA) invites Texas youth to get creative and send their best drawing or painting of a mask-wearing hero by Aug. 24 for a chance to win a $150 gift card. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - August 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Visitation Principles Proposed for Critical Patients During Pandemic
End-of-life patients and those with serious illnesses may soon be able to have visitors under specific recommendations, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Texas. The Texas Medical Association (TMA) and several other statewide health organizations addressed the need for in-person visitations for patients in health care and long-term care facilities in a letter to the governor and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - August 13, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
TMA Chart Shows COVID-19 Risks for Various Activities
Texas Medical Association (TMA) physician experts recently created a chart to help Texans make informed choices about which activities are safest to do during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - July 22, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
