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‘Tremendously Lifesaving’: The Physicians Benevolent Fund Helped Robert Boyd, MD, Fight Depression - 02/27/2025

How The Physicians Benevolent Fund helped Robert Boyd, MD, fight depression, financial stress.

Taking Steps Together: Walk with a Doc Texas Improves Health and Communities - 01/15/2025

Walk with a Doc Texas improves health and builds communities for patients and physicians alike.

I Never Knew TMA: Offered Wellness Resources to Fight Burnout - 12/18/2024

The Texas Medical Association offers a menu of resources to help physicians actively put their wellness first.

I Never Knew TMA: Has Local Community Health and Outreach Programs - 11/27/2024

The Texas Medical Association’s community outreach programs offer a rewarding alternative for physicians to connect with their patients in ways that can have a big impact even beyond the office.  

Happy Hikers: John Shepherd, MD, and Wife, Jenny, Take a Break from Advocacy to hike Colorado Trail - 11/04/2024

John Shepherd, MD, and his wife, Jenny, take a break from medical advocacy to hike the Colorado Trail.

International Medical Graduate Outstanding Physician Award - 11/04/2024

Do you know any physicians who graduated from medical school outside of the United States and have provided outstanding service within their community? Nominate them for the Texas Medical Association International Medical Graduate Section’s inaugural IMG Section Outstanding Physician Award. 

A Party for Medicine: Alliance Advocacy Events Increase TEXPAC Visibility - 09/30/2024

TMAA President and TEXPAC board member Jenny Shepherd’s advocacy events increase TEXPAC visibility and membership. 

On Call for Little Heads: 30 Years of Hard Hats - 09/27/2024

Participants reflect on three decades of TMA’s longest-running outreach program.

Making the Past Present: TMA Committee Preserves Physician Accomplishments - 06/24/2024

TMA’s History of Medicine Committee preserves, promotes physician accomplishments.

Cultivating Healthy Communities: TMA's Strategic Plan Prioritizes Wellness for Patients and Physicians - 04/01/2024

The second goal in the Texas Medical Association's five-pronged strategic plan is to build health communities through physician relations so patients and physicians can achieve peak wellness.

Texas BookShare: The program puts a novel twist on promoting healthy living to youth - 02/14/2024

Since 2021, BookShare has aimed to place big ideas into little hands across Texas by providing funding for books and promoting community collaboration along the way. Today the program has grown to encompass seven counties across Texas and has given away more than 5,000 health-related books to children in Texas.

All You Need to Do Is RSVP: TMA Alliance Leader's Open Invitation - 10/26/2023

TMA Alliance Leader Jenny Shepherd extends an open invitation to join medical advocacy.

Smith County Alliance Launches BookShare Program to Promote Healthy Living to Underserved - 06/26/2023

The Texas BookShare program is now in eight Lone Star State counties and has given away more than 2,000 health-related books to children across the state.

Personal Connections: TMAA President-Elect Strengthens Alliance Chapter Ties - 05/03/2023

TMAA President-Elect Elizabeth Vanexan aims to build closer relationships among alliance chapters.

Miles of Mentorship: Encouraging Medical Careers Early in Students' Education - 05/01/2023

Physicians, medical schools, medical students partner with their communities to encourage medical careers early in students’ education.

Texas House Recognizes TMA Alliance on First Tuesdays’ 20th Anniversary - 05/01/2023

 Texas House Recognizes TMA Alliance on First Tuesdays’ 20th Anniversary 

Community Connections: TMA’s Council on Health Promotion Helps Physicians Boost Hometown Health - 04/03/2023

The Texas Medical Association's Council on Health Promotion oversees the organization's outreach programs and helps develop new ones. These programs are used by county medical societies, alliance chapters, medical student groups, and medical practices to improve community health.

In Times of Need: How PBF Assists Physicians Financially and Emotionally - 12/12/2022

The Physicians Benevolent Fund assists physicians financially and emotionally.

Why the Physicians Benevolent Fund Is Important: A Conversation With TMA Vice Speaker John Flores, MD - 11/08/2022

WHEN PHYSICIANS AND their families encounter personal hardship – such as a widow left with a family to raise following her physician husband’s death, or an elderly couple struggling to make ends meet as their savings dwindle following a dementia diagnosis – the Texas Medical Association’s Physicians Benevolent Fund (PBF) is here to help.

Walk With a Doc Texas Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary - 10/04/2022

Many Walk With A Doc walks relaunch after a long hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Why the Physicians Benevolent Fund Is Important: A Conversation - 07/11/2022

When physicians and their families encounter personal hardship – such as a widow left with a family to raise following her physician husband’s death, or an elderly couple struggling to make ends meets as their savings dwindle following a dementia diagnosis – the Texas Medical Association’s Physicians Benevolent Fund (PBF) is here to help.

Help a Physician in Need With a Referral to The Physicians Benevolent Fund - 06/07/2022

It’s often said that talk is cheap. In the case of The Physicians Benevolent Fund (PBF), the payoff for a little talk could be huge for a colleague or friend in need. By sharing information about PBF or by referring someone to the Texas Medical Association, you could give a friend or colleague a much-needed hand up.

Your Patients’ Health Depends on Your Overall Well-Being - 05/16/2022

Taking care of your patients is obviously your first priority. But while you’re working to improve the lives of people in your community, don’t forget to take care of yourself, too. After all, you can’t treat patients effectively if you’re not treating yourself well.

Martha Pugh, MD: One of TMA’s longest-Serving Members Flourished in Male-Dominated Medicine - 12/01/2021

After growing up on a South Alabama cattle farm in the 1940s and ’50s, Martha Pugh, MD, went on to have a 51-year career in a different male-dominated field: medicine. Often one of few women in the building, whether at medical school or in hospitals, Dr. Pugh – now 82 and retired – found common ground with her male peers and went on to become one of the Texas Medical Association’s longest-serving members for 42 years.

Pair TMA Bike Helmets With Local Holiday Gift Giveaways - 11/08/2021

When kids receive a set of wheels – a bike, that is – from a local holiday gift giveaway, the Texas Medical Association’s Hard Hats for Little Heads is here to help you provide the helmet. As the season of giving approaches, pairing helmets with bikes given through local toy distributions is an easy way to spread joy and safety to local children.