TMA Cares

TMA supports Texas physicians, their families and the health of all Texans by providing caring solutions to meet the challenges they encounter.

Welcome to Giving Back

  • Circle of Hands

    Taking Medicine’s Trusted Leadership into the Community

    If you are looking to impact the health of your community, help medical students, take part in political action or help physicians and their families in need, we have the resources to make it all possible. Giving Back is about translating TMA’s patient advocacy and trusted leadership goals into actions that not only benefit patients, but specifically highlight the role of the physician in partnership with their patients and their community. Read More

Giving Back Articles

  • Hard Hats for Little Heads
    Your Chance to Protect Little HeadsThree great times to host a TMA Hard Hats for Little Heads helmet giveaway are approaching. March is Brain Injury Awareness Month, April is Texas Child Safety Month, and May is Bike Month. 
  • AMA Healthier Life Steps
    TMA, AMA Promote Healthier LifeAre you routinely counseling your patients about how their lifestyles impact their health? Are you encouraging your patients to exercise, quit smoking, eat healthier, and reduce risky alcohol use? If so, check out the American Medical Association (AMA) Healthier Life Steps® program.
  • PUBLIC HEALTH
    Sign Up 18-Year-Olds for ImmTracUnless children fill out an ImmTrac Adult Consent Form when they turn 18, the state will purge their immunization records from the ImmTrac immunization registry one year later.
  • Public Health Outreach
    TMA Outreach Events Promote HealthIf "giving back" made your list of New Year resolutions, TMA's outreach programs – Hard Hats for Little Heads and Be Wise — Immunize – are a perfect fit. Help your community stay healthier by offering free or low-cost vaccinations or free helmets in 2013.

Opportunities

Bring Your Vision of Good Health To Life

Each year, TMA Foundation invites county medical societies and others to apply for grants to support a locally designed community health outreach effort.  Show your community how medicine cares. Read More