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By Leanne DuPay
TEXMED 2023
TCMS President Dr. Jonathan MacClements.
ee Haw! It was a darn good
time at TexMed 2023 in
YFort Worth. TCMS President
Dr. Jonathan MacClements purchased a TCMS Delegation to TMA at work.
Stetson hat, and Billy Bob’s Honky Tonk saw a few of
us take to the floor. In addition to keynote speakers and
CME offerings, important business was accomplished, Fund were pleased to award Anthony Lopez of
including the election of several TCMS members to key Corpus Christi a $10,000 scholarship. Anthony will
Texas Medical Association (TMA) leadership positions. pursue his medical degree at The University of Texas
Tony Aventa, MD, was elected to the TMA Board at Austin Dell Medical School and intends to practice
of Trustees (BOT). The BOT manages the business and internal medicine in South Texas.
financial affairs of the Among several organizational
association, implements decisions, the house voted to pilot
policies of the House of virtual voting in HOD elections.
Delegates (HOD), establishes The resolution enacts a two-year
interim policy of the pilot trial of virtual HOD election
association between meetings voting, through which time TMA can
of the HOD, and monitors determine its effectiveness for
program activities of representation and participation.
association councils As Texas continues to face health
and committees. care workforce shortages, particularly
Scott Clitheroe, MD, was Tony Aventa, MD elected TMA Board of Trustees. in rural areas, the HOD responded to
confirmed as a vice councilor on the TMA Board those concerns with new policies aimed at bolstering
of Councilors, the organization’s ethics body. the ranks of medical students, residents, physicians, and
Kimberly Avila Edwards, MD, and Robert bedside nurses.
Emmick Jr., MD, were reelected as American In addition to renewing TMA’s support for growing
Medical Association (AMA) alternate delegates. In this the state’s graduate medical education programs,
role they will advocate for Texas doctors and patients maintaining a strong Texas Medical Board capable of
on the national level. processing record-setting applicant numbers, and taking
TMA announced the winners of the Diversity in other measures to keep up with Texas’ exploding
Medicine scholarships during TexMed. These students are population growth, the house voted in support of
selected for academic achievement, community service, preparing, recruiting, and retaining more physicians in
and a desire to care for Texas’ increasingly diverse rural areas.
population. TCMS and the TMAF Bayardo Trust In the realm of public health, several important
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