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A. Tomas Garcia III, MD, Houston, Chair


Carlos J. Cárdenas, MD, Edinburg, Vice Chair Dan McCoy, MD, Dallas, Secretary Douglas W. Curran, MD, Athens Lewis E. Foxhall, MD, Houston


David N. Henkes, MD, San Antonio Austin I. King, MD, Abilene Don R. Read, MD, Dallas


David D. Teuscher, MD, Beaumont


Daniel M. Williams, MD, Temple, Resident Member Joanna Gibbons, Arlington, Student Member Michael E. Speer, MD, Houston, President


Stephen L. Brotherton, MD, Fort Worth, President-Elect C. Bruce Malone, MD, Austin, Immediate Past President Art L. Klawitter, MD, Needville, Secretary/Treasurer Clifford K. Moy, MD, Dallas, Speaker, House of Delegates


Susan M. Strate, MD, Wichita Falls, Vice Speaker, House of Delegates


Texas Medicine Editorial Board John C. Jennings, MD, Chair, League City John J. Costanzi, MD, Austin Gordon Green, MD, Dallas


John R. Pettigrove, MD, Corpus Christi Alina Saldarriaga, MD, Houston Charlotte H. Smith, MD, Austin Surendra K. Varma, MD, Lubbock Alexis Wiesenthal, MD, San Antonio


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Key Objective: To improve the health of all Texans by furthering dialogue and understanding within the Texas Medical Association membership.


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1. To promote integrity in the prac- tice of medicine among Texas physicians.


2. To further the practice of medi- cine as the artful application of scientific knowledge in the health care of Texans.


3. To ensure that Texas physicians are informed on political, legal, and administrative activities that influence the practice of medicine through the publication of timely, credible, and relevant articles.


4. To encourage balanced debate on issues that affect health care in Texas.


5. To enhance the character and reputation of Texas physicians through the promotion of profes- sionalism, advocacy, and service.


6. To enhance the desirability of membership in the Texas Medical Association.


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