Medical Legislation Committee

Constitution and Bylaws Committee

Mediation Committee

Public Relations Committee

Physician Health and Rehabilitation Committee

ED/EMS Committee

Communications Committee

Membership Committee

Standing Committees

Medical Legislation Committee

The Medical Legislation committee assists in securing the enactment and enforcement of appropriate medical and health care legislation, in cooperation with the TMA Council on Legislation.

Robert Cowan, MD–Chair  (512) 451-8211
Toni Funicella, MD
Mary Gonzales, MD
Dana Sprute, MD
Eric Tiblier, MD
Gordon Marshall, MD

Greg Kronberg, MD
Ruy Carrasco, MD

James Prentice, MD

Consultants:
Archie Alexander, MD, JD

Stephen Barnett, MD

Dawn Buckingham, MD
Lisa Doggett, MD
David Duhon, MD
Grace Grant-Jennings, MD

Al Gros, MD
Jeffrey M. Jekot, MD
Deborah Peel, MD
Patrick Pevoto, MD
Clift Price, MD
Catherine Scholl, MD
Sharilyn Stanley, MD
Susanne Tetzlaff

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Constitution and Bylaws Committee

Dawn Buckingham, MD-Chair  (512) 583-2020
Ira Bell, MD
Christopher Chenault, MD

David Garza, MD, JD

Pradeep Kumar, MD

Bruno Ybarra, MD

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Mediation Committee

The Mediation Committee has the responsibility of receiving, investigating, and mediating complaints from patients against members of the Society.

James Prentice, MD – Chair, (512) 472-5137

Harish Gagneja, MD

Patrick Garcia, MD
Jeff Jekot, MD
Jeffrey Jobe, MD

Anand Joshi, MD

James Merryman, MD

Abilio Munoz, MD
Drew Sawyer, MD

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Public Relations Committee

The Public Relations Committee is responsible for supervising or promoting activities which shall result in a proper evaluation by the public of the services of the medical profession, as well as a proper evaluation by the medical profession of its obligation to the public.

Pradeep Kumar, MD– Chair, (512) 448-4588
Vanessa Chiapetta, MD

Harinder Dhir, MD
Mathew Heinrick, MD
Manuel Joe Martin, MD
Robina Poonawala, MD

Mark Queralt, MD
David Wishnew, MD

Consultants
Ed Buster, MD
Jerald A. Mankovsky, MD
Erik Pronske, MD

Michael Rotman, MD

Rita Schindeler-Trachta, MD

Rose Schneier, MD

Catherine L. Scholl, MD
Charlotte Smith, MD
Allen Sonstein, MD

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Physician Health and Rehabilitation Committee

This committee operates as a medical peer review committee as that term is defined in the Texas Medical Practice Act. The committee identifies and urges treatment and rehabilitation, where appropriate, to physicians of Travis County and Central Texas. The committee aids physicians whose ability to practice medicine is impaired, or reasonably believed to be impaired, by drug or alcohol abuse or mental or physical illness. It identifies and offers assistance to physicians who are impaired. It shall coordinate its activities with and abide by the guidelines issued by the TMA Committee on Physician Health and Rehabilitation.

Larry Tokaz, MD – Chair, (512) 328-1948
Herbert Munden, MD – Co-Chair
William Franklin, MD
Tim Hines, MD
James Maynard, MD
Ann Messer, MD

Beth Miller, MD
William Nemeth, MD

Rodney Schmidt, MD

Dennis Tweedy, MD
Marilyn Vache, MD

Joseph Wakefield, MD
Mark White, DO
Jane Wray, MD
Mrs. Margene Beckham - Consultant

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Annual Committees

ED/EMS Committee

The ED/EMS Advisory Committee advises the Medical Director of Austin Travis County EMS on strategic clinical issues, standards and protocols and such other issues as may be requested by the Medical Director.

Corey Jones, MD-Chair  (512) 404-8080
Mark Ackrell, MD
Michael Albrecht, MD
Brian Aldred, MD
Arthur Boone, MD
Carlos Brown, MD
Edward Chafizadeh, MD
Tom Coopwood, MD
Patrick Crocker, DO

Amanda Dupont, MD

Drew Fielder, MD
Laurence Hauser, MD

Duke B. Kimbrough, MD
Todd Maxson, MD

Thomas McMinn, MD
Robert D. Mills, MD
Todd Nash, MD

Charles Owen, MD
Edward M. Racht, MD
Rhett Reed, MD

Sam S. Roberts III, MD
Eric Schroeder, MD

Ross Tobleman, MD

Dennis Watts, MD

Christopher Ziebell, MD

Consultants
Stephen Benold, MD

David Dolinak, MD-Ex-Officio

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Communications Committee

The TCMS Communication Committee provides policy oversight for offered publications of the TCMS including editorial and advertising policy for the Journal, Pictorial Directory, Newsletter and Website.

Owen E. Winsett, MD – Chair, (512) 451-5788
John Austin, MD
Thomas Blevins, MD
John Costanzi, MD
John J. Horan, MD
Vivek Mahendru, MD
Frank G. Mazza, MD
William Munyon, MD
Robert Northway, MD
Audelio Rivera, MD
Douglas Rivera, MD
Drew Sawyer, MD
James Sharp, MD
Vani Vallabhaneni, MD

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Membership Committee

The Membership Committee will be active in recruiting, retention, and welcoming new members. Involve new members and make them feel welcome. Plan activities for the members of TCMS.

Daniel Leeman, MD-Chair  (512) 478-2273

C. Mark Chassay, MD

Charles "Bill" Bailey, MD
Brian Berger, MD
Michelle Berger, MD
Judith A. Betts, MD
Sean Blaydon, MD
May Bowman, MD
Randy Eckert, MD
Jerry Fain, MD
Patrick Garcia, MD

Harish Gagneja, MD
Ashwin Gowda, MD
Katherina Hathaway, MD
Earl Kilbride, MD
Jerald Mankovsky, MD
Patrick Pevoto, MD
Todd Shepler, MD
Karen Stierman, MD
Karen Swenson, MD
David S. Wishnew, MD
Jennifer York, MD

Guadalupe Pete Zamora, MD

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