cians and alliance members to make a big impression! TMA will provide a shuttle to and from the Capitol and the Hilton for your convenience.
EDUCATE From practice management to holis- tic medicine, TexMed 2015 is packed with a variety of continuing medical education (CME) tracks — some 80 hours in total. This year’s free CME program-
Attend TexMed at the Capitol to meet with elected officials face- to-face to urge support for medicine’s priorities this legislative session.
ming includes allergy, asthma, and immunology; anesthesiology; colon and rectal surgery; emergency medi- cine; ethics in medicine; geriatrics; heart failure; holistic medicine; oc- cupational medicine; ophthalmology; otolaryngology; pain medicine; patient blood management; physical medicine and rehabilitation; physician health and wellness; poster session; practice management; psychiatry; and quality and patient safety. For a little something different, get
CME for your morning workout with “Let’s Get Active!” or view the latest in quality improvement initiatives by vis- iting the third annual TexMed Poster Session — an author-hosted walk- through on Saturday from 8 to 9 am. Categories have been expanded this year to offer physicians and medical practice staff more opportunities to participate. TexMed 2015 will feature two gen-
eral sessions, each with its own stimu- lating speaker. During the Opening General Session on Friday, Ira Byock, MD, will address palliative care and dying in America. Dr. Byock, author of The Best Possible Care and one of the foremost palliative care physicians in the country, argues that to ensure the best of end-of-life care possible, we must not only remake our health care system but also move past our cultural aversion to talking about dying. (See “End-of-Life Care: The Long Conver- sation,” pages 57–62.)
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On Saturday, Trisha Shands, MD,
will share her unique journey through health care during the Closing Gener- al Session. An orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Shands lives and works in Anchorage, Alaska, and for the Alaska Native Trib- al Health Consortium. Her motiva- tional speech recounts her work with Native/Inuit tribes at the hospital and in their remote villages. She provides an extraordinary look at the path med- icine has taken her on. (See “Adven- tures in Alaskan Medicine,” page 59.)
COLLABORATE Thousands of your colleagues will be in Austin to experience TexMed 2015, and there’s no better opportunity to meet, network, or just get together to have some fun. Activities in the Expo Hall, networking lunches, local at- tractions, and the 22nd annual TMA Foundation Gala all offer a wonderful chance to strengthen your bond with other Texas physicians. Drs. Michelle A. Berger and David
N. Tobey, of Austin, and Drs. Harry T. Papaconstantinou and Susan M. Pike, of Georgetown, will cochair this year’s foundation gala, titled A Lawn Party. The stylish garden gathering will be held at the Hilton Austin at 7 pm on May 1 and features dinner, entertain- ment, and a live auction. More than 500 physicians, their spouses, guests, and friends of medicine are expected to attend. Purchase tickets online at
www.texmed.org/foundation or call (800) 880-1300, ext. 1664. For a full schedule of events, CME,
exhibitors, lodging information, and fun things to do in and around Austin, visit
www.texmed.org/texmed. Be sure to register today to reserve your spot so that you can enjoy this free benefit of your TMA membership.
TexMed Poster Session application :
www.texmed.org/QualityPosters
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