Executive Board

Ethics

Delegation

Medical Legislation

• Charge: This Committee shall consist of nine members and shall assist in securing the enactment and enforcement of appropriate medical and health care legislation, in cooperation with the TMA Council on Legislation.
• Members:
  Sara G. Austin, MD - Chair
  Sullivan Armando Ayuso, MD
  Srikant Das, MD
  Madeline Kaye, MD
  Paul Daniel Kivela, MD
  Katherine M. Leicht, DO
  Michael Austin Loesche, MD, PhD
  Deepa Narayanan, MD
  Devin Bennett Peck, MD
  Emily Nicole Quach, MD
  Maria C. Scranton, MD
  Huseng Vefali, MD
  Blair E. Walker, MD
• Consultants:
  Rania Agrawal
  Nancy Binford, MD
  Julie Cowan
  Ronald G. DeWitt, MD
  Ellis D. Doan, MD
  Robert L. Duhaney, MD
  Robert Harold Emmick, Jr., MD
  Karin H. Foster
  Thomas J. Kim, MD, MPH
  Vishal B. Malpani, MD, MPH
  Erin Alexis Murphy, DO
  Jennifer Elaine Nordhauser, MD
  John W. Saxton, MD
  Shaina M. Sheppard, MD
  Philip Swigon
  J. Stuart Wolf, Jr., MD
  Lindsay E. Young, MD

ED/EMS Advisory Board

• Charge: The Committee advises the Medical Directors of Austin Travis County EMS and other EMS jurisdictions within Travis County on strategic clinical issues, standards, and protocols and such other issues as may be requested by the Medical Directors.

Physician Health and Rehabilitation (PHRC)

• Charge: This Committee shall operate as a medical peer review committee as that term is defined in the Texas Medical Practice Act. The Committee shall identify and strongly urge evaluation, treatment and rehabilitation, where appropriate, to physicians of Travis County and Central Texas. The Committee shall aid physicians whose ability to practice medicine is impaired, or reasonably believed to be impaired, by Substance Use Disorders (SUD) or mental or physical illness. It shall pursue all ethical means available to identify and offer assistance to physicians who have a potentially impairing condition. It will coordinate its activities with and abide by the guidelines issued by the Texas Medical Association’s Committee on Physician Health and Wellness (PHW).

Physician Wellness Steering Committee

• Charge: The Committee shall be responsible for overseeing the Physician Wellness Program including its Safe Harbor Counseling Program, physician wellness blog, communications, activities that create meaningful community connections and opportunities for creative expression, continuing medical education, and future program development.
• Members:
  Richard D. DeBehnke, MD - Chair
  Sujata H. Jere, MD - Co-Chair
  Jennifer M. Cardwell, MD
  Roshni Lani Koli, MD
  Jennifer Blair Pollard Ruiz, MD
  Louis Rosson Robinett, III, MD
  Lisa LaPinta Savage, MD
  Nimmy J. Thomas, MD, MPH
  
  
• Consultants:
  Shannon M. Abikhaled, MD
  Robert L. Duhaney, MD
  Jessica Leigh Hatch, MD
  John W. Hellerstedt, MD
  Thomas J. Kim, MD, MPH
  Regina Ann Koshy, MD
  G. Andrew McIntosh, MD
  Tina J. Philip, DO
  Adam Brian Smith, DO

Public Relations

• Charge: This Committee shall consist of nine members and shall be 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. The committee shall cooperate with the TMA Board of Trustees, with the Council on Communication, and other appropriate organizations of the Association. It shall also perform such other duties as may be required of it by the Society.
• Members:
  Taylor Jobe, MD - Chair
  Marie T. Bui, MD
  Sudeep D. Burman, DO
  John W. Hellerstedt, MD
  Regina Ann Koshy, MD
  Ryan M. Lowery, MD
  Shubhada S. Shrikhande, MD
  Aditi Singh, DO
  Vani S. Vallabhaneni, MD
• Consultants:
  Sanjana Luther, MD
  Maria Claire Monge, MD
  Pooja Pundhir, MD, MPH
  Raymond Christopher Yu, MD
  

Health Equity 

• Charge: The Committee works to foster education, awareness, and actionable information for TCMS members interested in ensuring health equity and health care equity for their patients and incorporating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the health care workforce.
• Renu M. Anupindi, MD - Co-Chair
  Scott W. Clitheroe, MD - Co-Chair
  Brandon Shaun Allport Altillo, MD, MPH
  Danielle P. Arnold, MD
  Lisa M. Boyars, MD
  Nneka Nwanyi Ede, MD
  Anupama Madabhushi Kapadia, MD
  Regina Ann Koshy, MD
  Jonathan E. MacClements, MD
  Michelle L. Markley, MD
  Emily Nicole Quach, MD
  Robin L. Reister, MD
  Holli T. Sadler, MD
  Ricardo L. Solis, MD
  Ashley R. Trust, MD
  Desmar Walkes, MD
  Delawnia Comer-Hagans

Constitution and Bylaws

• Charge: This Committee shall consist of six members appointed for three-year terms with two members appointed each year. The committee shall study and report on all proposed amendments to the Constitution as provided for in Article IX or to the Bylaws as provided for in Chapter 14.

Women in Medicine

• Charge: The Committee works to strengthen female physician engagement and representation in organized medicine through relevant programming. The committee provides opportunities to network with peers and provides a safe space to discuss the unique issues affecting women physicians. All TCMS members are welcome and encouraged to participate in the committee’s activities.
• Arathi A. Shah, MD - Chair
  Shannon M. Abikhaled, MD
  Renu M. Anupindi, MD
  Jennifer M. Cardwell, MD
  Cathy A. Castillo, MD
  Sindhu Chinta
  J. Lauren Crawford, MD
  Samantha Heather Dallefeld, MD
  Nilanjana Sen Dasgupta, MD
  Sarika Shrikant Deshmukh, MD
  Meena Iyer, MD
  Regina Ann Koshy, MD
  Mrinalini N. Kulkarni-Date, MD
  Andrea Zidd Martin, MD
  Aman M. Odeh, MD
  Krupaben Chaturbhai Patel, MD
  Robina N. Poonawala, MD
  Brittany N. Rosales, MD
  Sheila X. Shung, MD
  Naimeh Tashakkorinia, MD
  Xuan Kim Tran, MD
  Vani S. Vallabhaneni, MD
  Blair E. Walker, MD
  Natalie A. Williams, MD
  Esther Yaniv, MD
  Belda Zamora, MD