• Compliance, and • HIPAA.
Each guide contains a customizable
compact disc. Call (800) 880-7955 to order your copy. TMA is accredited by the Accredita-
tion Council for Continuing Medical Ed- ucation to provide continuing medical education for physicians. TMA designates this enduring mate-
rial for a maximum of 8 AMA PRA Cate- gory 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the edu- cational activity.
TMA prepares young physicians to become effective leaders
“Patients have always looked to their physicians for guidance,” says TMA
President C. Bruce Malone, MD. That’s why TMA developed the TMA Leader- ship College (TMALC). “The nine-month intensive leadership
program provides a solid foundation for today’s young physicians to become tomorrow’s medical leaders,” adds Dr. Malone. “And with more and more phy- sicians becoming community and civic leaders at both county and state levels, these young physicians will have many opportunities to use the leadership skills they are learning.” The first part of their training, a four-
day leadership “boot camp,” was held in conjunction with the 2011 TMA Fall Conference in Austin. The program will culminate with a graduation ceremony in May at TexMed 2012 in Dallas. The following physicians make up the TMALC class of 2012:
• John Cole, DO, Abilene, general sur- geon;
• Rouzbeh Khosrovi Kordestani, MD, Amarillo, cosmetic surgeon;
• Kimberly C. Avila Edwards, MD, Aus- tin, pediatrics;
• Katharina Hathaway, MD, Austin, family medicine;
• John F. Villacis, MD, Austin, allergy and immunology;
• Mark A. Casanova, MD, Dallas, inter- nal medicine;
• Benjamin C. Lee, MD, Dallas, pediat- rics;
• Riva Louise Rahl, MD, Dallas, internal medicine;
• Paul Samuel Hackett, MD, Duncan- ville, general surgery;
• John L. Birbari Jr., MD, Fort Worth, general surgery;
• Rebecca Butler Webb, MD, Frisco, pe- diatrics;
• Crystal C. Wright, MD, Houston, an- esthesiology;
• Kelvin S. Shaw, MD, Kingwood, al- lergy and immunology;
• Neha Gupta Mittal, MD, Lubbock, in- ternal medicine;
• Charles E. Cowles Jr., MD, Pasadena, anesthesiology;
• George Marcus Galvan, MD, San An- tonio, neurological surgery;
• Gabriel Rodriguez, MD, San Antonio, emergency medicine;
• David Macnaughtan Bonnet, MD, Temple, internal medicine; and
• Manish Rungta, MD, Webster, gastro- enterology.
For more information on TMALC, visit
the TMA website at
www.texmed.org/ leadership.
Fewer No-Shows.
Medicaid’s transportation services are free and available to Texas Health Steps patients and most others who use Medicaid medical and dental benefits. The services include rides to the doctor or dentist when a patient has no other means of transportation.
That means fewer missed appointments, fewer no-shows, and healthier patients.
To reach the HHSC medical transportation help desk, call 1-877 MED-TRIP (1-877-633-8747).
Taking New Steps 16 TEXAS MEDICINE February 2012
The TMA Leadership College is supported by an educational grant from The Physi- cians Foundation, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) national organization that seeks to ad- vance the work of practicing physicians and to improve the quality of health care for all Americans.
PHR conference to address physician welfare
“Reenergizing the Physician” will be the theme of the PHR Training Session and 19th Annual Retreat Feb. 24–25 at
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