The TMA House of Delegates unanimously chose Austin orthopedic surgeon Bruce Malone, MD as the association's president-elect. He will take office at TexMed 2011 in Houston next spring. "My focus will be to protect the patient-physician relationship and strengthen the viability of Texas physicians' practices in this era of health care reform," Dr. Malone said.

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Show off your membership in style with a TCMS logo shirt and/or t-shirt. Port Authority Easy Care shirts are a 55/45 cotton/poly blend. Eco friendly t-shirts are a 50/38/12 poly/rinspun cotton/rayon blend. Click on the links below for styles, sizes, and colors.

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Stop the Medicare Meltdown

Networking Social

Business of Medicine

Retired Physicians' Organization

Austin Trauma & Critical Care Conference

A/TCHHS Health Advisory

Scholarships Available for Medical School Students

Membership Applicants

Spanish Meducation

Spanish Meducation Summer Immersion Program

The Texas Medical Association along with TCMS and other Texas county medical societies united to launch a petition drive to collect one million signatures by May 31. The petition simply asks Congress to stop the Medicare meltdown so that patients can choose their doctors and so their doctors can remain in the Medicare program.

Since April 5, the other 49 state medical associations, along with numerous national and state specialty societies have joined the petition drive. Be sure to pass the link to family, friends, and colleagues.

Make your voice heard to ensure Medicare patients have a doctor to care for them when they need one! Tell Congress to finish its work and permanently fix the Medicare SGR formula. Go to www.ipetitions.com/petition/meltdown and sign the petition today.

Join your colleagues at the Grove, 6317 Bee Caves Road on Thursday, May 13 at 6:00 pm. Come as you are – bring your spouse, physician colleagues, and your business cards. Complimentary appetizers and cash bar.

RSVP not necessary. For more details, contact the Society at (512) 206-1146, or tcms@tcms.com.

This event sponsored in part by these Friends of the Society: MSB; TMAIT; TMLT; Austin Radiological Association; Cedar Park Regional Medical Center; and
On-Air Development.

On Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 6:00 pm in the TMA Thompson Auditorium, Dan Ballard, JD a partner with Ballard & Simmons, LLP, will present Complexities in Beginning and Ending the Physician-Patient Relationship.

Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to identify when a physician-patient relationship has been established; recognize difficult situations in termination of the physician-patient relationship; and develop strategies to appropriately terminate the physician-patient relationship.

TMLT is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. TMLT designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation in the activity. This course has been designated by TMLT for 1 hour of education in medical ethics and/or professional responsibility.

For more information or to RSVP, contact the Society at (512) 206-1146 or tcms@tcms.com.

This event is sponsored in part by these Friends of the Society: MSB; TMAIT; TMLT; and Austin Brokerage Company.

The next meeting of the TCMS Retired Physicians’ Organization (RPO) will be Tuesday, May 18 at Tarrytown Methodist Church, 2601 Exposition at 11:30 am. Laura Huffman, Director of the Nature Conservancy of Texas will present Texas: Land of Wild Beauty. All retired physicians or those who are contemplating retirement are invited to attend.

For more information or to RSVP, contact Ann Jeansonne at (512) 206-1249 or ajeansonne@tcms.com.

The Austin Trauma & Critical Care Conference offers comprehensive continuing education for physicians in the treatment of critically ill and injured patients, stressing
current basic and cutting edge guidelines and technology for evaluation, diagnosis, and management.

The course is designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of those caring for ill and injured patients in rural, urban, and suburban hospitals. The conference will be held at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center on Thursday and Friday, June 3-4.

For registration or questions contact Katie Foarde at (512) 324-8351. Registration deadline is May 15. Sponsored by the Seton Family of Hospitals.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has received reports of dengue fever among relief workers returning from Haiti, where the disease is endemic. Health care providers in the United States should consider dengue in the differential diagnosis of febrile illness in any person who has recently been in Haiti or other countries where dengue is being transmitted, and are encouraged to submit samples to state health departments (available from AZ, CA, CT, FL, NY, PR, and TX) or the CDC for proper laboratory testing. In US areas with Aedes mosquitoes present, infected travelers may also present a risk for local spread of dengue virus(es).

For more information visit:
http://www.cdc.gov/dengue/
http://www.cdc.gov/Dengue/resources/TestpolEng_2.pdf.

Texas medical students who graduated from a Travis County high school are invited to apply for the Travis County Medical Society Foundation Evans Swann Scholarship which was established by the Evans Swann Memorial Trust. Applicants are judged on character and ability; financial need is considered, but not mandatory; and scholarships are renewable annually if students demonstrate progress and ability in their medical studies.

Download an application from the TCMS Web site.

For more information contact the Medical Society office at (512) 206-1270. Deadline for applications is July 1, 2010.

The following physicians have applied for TCMS membership. Under the provisions of the Bylaws, names of applicants are presented to the membership for review. Written objections to the applicant’s membership must be directed to the TCMS Board of Ethics within 30 days of publication.

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The summer session of Spanish Meducation®, the practical medical Spanish program offered through the Travis County Medical Society since 1994, starts on May 10. The 10-week session (meeting once a week) promotes beginning, intermediate and advanced communication in general Spanish with concentration on health care situations.

Listening and speaking skills are developed, while grammar takes a back seat. All handouts are included in the tuition cost - no textbook is required.

Free booster make-up lessons are provided in case of absence from the level I class. TCMS members and their staff are invited to participate. Tuition is $250 for new students and $230 for continuing students. A $25 early registration discount is available to those who register by April 19.

For questions and forms, please contact program director Jill Snyder, PhD at jld@io.com or 835-7612.

The next one-week medical Spanish immersion program is scheduled for August 7-15 in the beautiful interior colonial city of Querétaro. Since 2001, Spanish Meducation® has joined with the Centro Intercultural de Querétaro to provide an immersion program that features daily classes in general and medical Spanish, homestay with local families, workshops in Mexican cooking and salsa dancing, cultural events, guided tours of local medical facilities, side trips to San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato, and much more. The program cost (not including round-trip fare) is $915 per adult and $815 per child. The due date to register with deposit is June 4 and with full payment July 1. The orientation meeting is set for mid-July.

For questions and forms, please contact Jill at jld@io.com or (512) 835-7612.