• Encourage state health officials to educate Supplemental Nutrition As- sistance Program (SNAP) recipients about nutrition and healthy food choices, and work with officials to remove sugar-sweetened drinks from SNAP;
• Support state standards requiring general hospitals in urban counties to make sure a physician is on site and able to respond to emergencies 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; and
• Support increased state funding for direct and supervisory nursing home care.
Leadership
Besides choosing Austin I King, MD, as president-elect (see “Delegates Name Dr. King President-Elect,” opposite page), delegates filled numerous leadership positions, including electing two new members to the Board of Trustees. The new trustees are David C. Fleeger, MD, of Austin, and E. Linda Villarreal, MD, of Edinburg.
Incumbent trustees Douglas W. Cur- ran, MD, of Athens, and A. Tomas Garcia
Dr. Brotherton assumes helm of TMA
Fort Worth orthopedic surgeon Stephen L. Brotherton, MD, became the 148th president of the Texas Medical Associa- tion at TexMed 2013 in San Antonio on May 18.
“I am honored to represent the largest
and greatest state medical society and the patients we treat,” said Dr. Brother- ton, an orthopedic surgeon. Dr. Brotherton lists three top priori- ties for his term as president: supporting and shoring up primary care for patients, ensuring patient safety, and strengthen- ing TMA’s local county medical societies. “Primary care is the essence of medi- cine,” Dr. Brotherton said, “and it is ail- ing in Texas.” He plans to work to strengthen pri-
Stephen L. Brotherton, MD, addresses the House of Delegates after taking office as TMA president. In his installation address, he used some familiar nursery rhymes to lay out his presidential agenda. He asked, for example, if all the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty back together again, “Where were the king’s surgeons?” He also stressed the need to maintain strong county medical societies.
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mary care across the state by supporting loan repayment programs and reducing the red tape that can hinder caring for patients who are on Medicaid and Medi- care. He says this is important because studies have shown patients who have a primary care physician, or a “medical
III, MD, of Houston, were reelected. Clifford K. Moy, MD, of Dallas, and Susan M. Strate, MD, of Wichita Falls, were reelected house speaker and vice speaker, respectively. Elected to the Texas Delegation to the American Medical Association from alternate delegate positions were John T. Gill, MD, of Dallas, and Diana L. Fite, MD, of Houston. The house reelected current AMA delegates Drs. Moy; Lyle S. Thorstenson, Nacogdoches; Sheldon Gross, San Antonio; Robert T. Gunby, Dallas; David N. Henkes, San Antonio; and Dan K. McCoy, Dallas.
New AMA alternate delegates are
Gregory M. Fuller, MD, of Keller; Wil- liam S. Gilmer, MD, of Houston; and resident physician Maryann Shambayati, MD, and medical student Ben Karfunkle, of Houston. Delegates reelected current alternate delegates Drs. Villarreal; Kevin H. Mc Kinney, Galveston; Gary W. Floyd, Fort Worth; Michelle A. Berger, Austin; and Jayesh Shah, San Antonio.
Awards
During the House of Delegates’ opening session, three TMA membership sec- tions honored physicians and medical students. They were:
• Young Physician Section Young at Heart Award — C. Bruce Malone, MD, Austin
• Resident and Fellow Section J.T. “Lamar” McNew, MD, Award — Troy Fiesinger, MD, Sugar Land
• Medical Student Section C. Frank Webber, MD, Award — Ste- ven Berk, MD, Lubbock
Chapter of the Year — University of North Texas Health Science Center, Texas College of Osteopathic Medi- cine MSS chapter
Student of the Year — Justin Berk, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Lubbock
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