Feb.10, 2025
● WHAT: Amarillo residents of all
ages are encouraged to lace up their walking shoes and join Nicole Lopez, MD, a
family physician at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Amarillo, for
the area’s first Walk with a Doc Texas event.
● WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 15, at 9:30 am (recurring monthly every third
Saturday)
● WHERE: Medi Park, 1100 Wallace Blvd., Amarillo (Meet near the
playground between the Discovery Center and Botanical Gardens. Please check the
chapter’s Walk with a Doc website as the location will alternate
between two sites.)
● WHO: Dr. Lopez, other physicians from the Potter-Randall County
Medical Society, and community members interested in participating.
● WHY: Walking is one of the simplest, best things people can do to
live a long, high-quality life. Walk with a Doc makes it easy by providing the
time, place, motivation (a brief health information talk), and fellow
participants for a fun walking experience.
The Walk with a Doc concept is simple: Physicians organize walks in their
communities and invite their patients, their patients’ families, and community
members to join them. Walkers will enjoy a refreshing and invigorating walk
with Dr. Lopez and other health care professionals, who will provide support to
participants and answer questions during the walk. Walk with a Doc Texas is overseen by a national nonprofit
organization to get people active and healthy, and is backed by the Texas
Medical Association (TMA) in Texas.
This is a FREE program, and
preregistration is not required. Information about future walks will be
announced on this chapter’s Walk with a Doc website.
TMA is the largest state medical society in the nation,
representing more than 59,000 physician and medical student members. It is
located in Austin and has 110 component county medical societies around the
state. TMA’s key objective since 1853 is to improve the health of all Texans.
TMA’s Walk with a Doc Texas is funded in 2025 by TMA Foundation with generous support from TMA Insurance Trust, and gifts from other institutions, physicians and their
families. To learn more, visit the TMA Foundation website.
Walk with a Doc is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire
communities through movement and conversation with physician-led walking
groups. Walk with a Doc was started in 2005 by David Sabgir, MD, a
board-certified cardiologist in Columbus, Ohio. To learn more, visit the Walk with a Doc website.
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TMA contacts:
Brent Annear (512) 370-1381; cell: (512) 656-7320
Swathi Narayanan (512) 370-1382; cell: (408) 987-1318