June 5, 2023
● WHAT: Lewisville-area residents of all ages are encouraged to lace up their walking shoes and join Mark W. Holt, MD, of MD Pediatric Associates, for his first Walk with a Doc Texas event.
● WHEN: Saturday, June 10, at 8 am (recurring monthly every second Saturday)
● WHERE: Memorial Park near the Thrive Recreation Center, 1950 S. Valley Parkway, Lewisville (meet near the playscape)
● WHO: Dr. Holt, MD Pediatric Associates staff members, and any 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.
● HOW: Please adhere to all COVID-19 recommendations and guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and applicable local and state health authorities.
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. Holt 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 57,000 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. The TMA Foundation, TMA’s philanthropic arm, raises funds to support the public health and science priority initiatives of TMA and the Family of Medicine, including Walk with a Doc Texas. Walk with a Doc Texas is funded by a grant from the TMA Foundation with generous support from TMA Insurance Trust, Prudential, and Baylor Scott & White Health. 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) 656-7320
Swathi Narayanan, (408) 987-1318