Newsmakers
Kathleen F. Archer, MD, Houston, is the new president of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS). A fellow member of the society since 1990, Dr. Archer has served in various leadership roles, on numerous committees, and as a member of the ASOPRS Foundation Board of Trustees since 2011.
Rep. Michael Burgess, MD (R-Texas), TMA’s nominee for the 2015 Dr. Nathan Davis Awards, was selected by the American Medical Association’s panel of judges as the winner for “Outstanding United States Representative.” The Davis awards recognize career and elected government oficials “for outstanding public service in the advancement of public health.”
Ray Callas, MD, of Beaumont, was reappointed by then-Gov. Rick Perry to the Jefferson and Orange County Board of Pilot Commissioners to serve a term to expire in August 2016. Dr. Callas serves as chair of the board. He is speaker of the house for the Texas Society of Anesthesiologists and a past president of the Jefferson County Medical Society.
Marvin Forland, MD; Ruth Berggren, MD; and George Crawford, MD, faculty members of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) School of Medicine, will receive honors at the national meeting of the American College of Physicians (ACP) this month. Dr. Forland, professor emeritus of medicine who helped launch the School of Medicine at UTHSCSA, will receive the Texas Chapter Centennial Award. Dr. Berggren, director of the Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics, will receive the Nicholas E. Davies Memorial Scholar Award for Scholarly Activities in the Humanities and History of Medicine. Dr. Crawford, associate director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, will be installed as governor of the Southern Texas Region of the ACP.
San Antonio surgeon Jaime R. Garza, MD, was elected chair of the Texas State University System Board of Regents for 2014–15. Dr. Garza is a professor of surgery and otolaryngology and assistant dean for South Texas Affairs at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He is a past president of the Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons.
Then-Gov. Rick Perry appointed Claudia Harsh, MD, of Dallas, to the Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners.
Jan E. Patterson, MD, of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Medicine, was appointed to serve on the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The committee provides advice and guidance to the Health and Human Services secretary, the CDC director, and others regarding infection control practices and strategies for surveillance and prevention of health care- associated infections, antimicrobial resistance, and related events.
Ten basic guidelines for collaborative comanagement of glaucoma
SINCE 1999, therapeutic optom- etrists in Texas have been permitted to diagnose and treat patients with untreated glaucoma under a limited set of circumstances with a comanag- ing ophthalmologist. The Texas Medi- cal Board (TMB) outlined the 10 basic guidelines for this collaborative co- management. (Read the full article on- line at tma.tips/GlaucomaComanage.) They are:
1. The ophthalmologist will confirm the diagnosis within 30 days of the diagnosis of glaucoma made by the optometrist. While the ophthalmol- ogist may, in his or her discretion, require that the patient visit the ophthalmologist for a face-to-face visit, such a face-to-face visit is not mandated. The ophthalmologist may, at the ophthalmologist’s dis- cretion, rely upon the results of di- agnostic tests performed originally by the optometrist, unless reaffir- mation is needed.
2. The ophthalmologist must com- municate in written form the con- firmation of the diagnosis within 30 days, as well as the refinement of the treatment plan as recom- mended by the optometrist.
3. A proper medical record must be generated for each patient by the ophthalmologist and shall include all correspondence and testing results. The medical record must also include a written note made in the record by the ophthalmologist or a copy of the written informed consent demonstrating that the pa- tient understands that he or she is participating in a comanagement of primary open angle glaucoma.
4. The necessity for follow-up visits will be at the discretion of the oph- thalmologist based on the commu-
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