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 Listen to medicine's leaders discuss the issues that matter to you. Tune in on your computer or download the shows to your iPod or other MP3 player. You can even subscribe to Podcast TMA through iTunes so you won't miss the next episode.
Here's what you can hear:
- New Medical School Opens on the Border, featuring Jose Manuel de la Rosa, MD, founding dean of the Foster School of Medicine; Manuel Schydlower, MD, professor of pediatrics and associate dean for admissions; and Brian Tobin, PhD, associate dean of medical education and founding chair of the Department of Medical Education. (Oct. 1, 2009)
- Me and My Doctor campaign for health system reform, featuring TMA Council on Legislation Chair Dan McCoy, MD; and Bryan Eppstein of Capital Alliance. (Sept. 11, 2009)
- Doctors Surviving the Recession, with Lindsay Irvin, MD, a San Antonio pediatrician who owns Alamo Heights Pediatrics, and Carlos Diaz, MD, a Boerne ophthalmologist who opened Diaz Vision Center last year, share their stories and some tips other physicians can use to weather this economic recession. (Sept. 1, 2009)
- Doctor's Orders Followed, featuring Drs. Dan McCoy and Lewis Foxhall discussing medicine's victories in the 2009 session of the Texas Legislature. (Aug. 4, 2009)
- Swine Flu as Tea Leaves for Seasonal Flu, with Edward Sherwood, MD, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System chief of staff, chair of TMA's Committee on Infectious Diseases, and Williamson County health authority; and Pedro Piedra, MD, professor of molecular virology, microbiology, and pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, discussing what physicians need to know to cope with H1N1 flu and seasonal influenza this fall. (July 1, 2009)
- Rohack Takes the Stage, the installation address of Jim Rohack, MD, as the 164th president of the American Medical Association. (June 22, 2009)
- Patients-First Health System Reform, with Athens family physician Douglas Curran, MD, and former American Medical Association President Nancy W. Dickey, MD, discussing the state of the national health system reform debate and what TMA hopes to bring to the table. (June 1, 2009)
- HIT Incentives and Pitfalls, featuring Joseph Schneider, MD, a chair of TMA's Health Information Technology Committee, and David Fleeger, MD, immediate past chair of TMA's Council on Practice Management Services, on making the transition from a paper-based records system to an EMR. (May 1, 2009)
- Achieving Quality and Patient Safety: In this installment of Podcast TMA, TMA President Josie Williams, MD, and Don Kennerly, MD, vice president for patient safety for the Baylor Health Care System in Dallas, discuss the case studies report and why they believe all physicians should become involved continuous quality improvement efforts. (April 1, 2009)
- Texas in the Health Cellar: Texas has lost ground in the fight against obesity and tobacco use. That's according to a report by United Health Foundation, the American Public Health Association, and Partnership for Prevention. Kimberly Edwards, MD, an Austin pediatrician and chair of the Texas Pediatric Society's Obesity Committee, and Jeffrey Levin, MD, chair of the TMA's Council on Public Health and a Tyler occupational medicine physician, discuss the findings of this report and suggest ways the state can improve its overall public health performance. (March 2, 2009)
- The Magic of First Tuesdays, featuring more than a dozen TMA and TMA Alliance leaders captured live at 2009's first First Tuesdays at the Capitol. (Feb. 5, 2009)
- Top 2009 Legislative Concerns, presented by TMA Council on Legislation Chair Albert Gros, MD, and PatientsFirst Coalition Chair David Teuscher, MD. (Jan. 1 2009)
- Medicare: Staying Out of Trouble, featuring featuring Genevieve Davis and Erin Gregorcyk, reimbursement specialists in TMA’s Division of Medical Economics. (Dec. 23, 2008)
- Survey: Primary Care Under Attack, featuring retired Georgia pediatrician Walker Ray, MD, vice president of the Physicians' Foundation, and Juan Jose Ferreris, MD, a San Antonio pediatrician (Nov. 25, 2008)
- Cracking the Code, featuring Drena James and Erin Gregorcyk, reimbursement specialists in TMA’s Division of Medical Economics. (Oct. 7, 2008)
- Obama v. McCain on Health System Reform, a conversation with Jim Rohack, MD, and Roland Goertz, MD, about the health care platforms of the two presidential candidates. (Sept. 19, 2008)
- Medical Liability Reform, a conversation with Melissa Garretson, MD, and David Teuscher, MD, about the successes of medical liability reforms in Texas, and the challenges to those reforms (August 1, 2008)
- Medical Records and Privacy: What You Need to Know, featuring TMA Associate General Counsel Lee Spangler and Shannon Moore, director of the TMA Health Information Technology Department. (July 28, 2008)
- Rohack for President - What's In It for You, featuring TMA's candidate for president-elect of the American Medical Association, cardiologist Jim Rohack, MD, of Temple, Texas (June 6, 2008)
- Getting Ripped Off From the Inside, a discussion of embezzlement and how to prevent it, featuring Jeppe Gustin-Ross, TMA's associate vice president for human resources, and Peggy Pringle, director of TMA Practice Consulting (May 21, 2008)
- The Race for the Vaccine, featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Davis Oshinsky, PhD. the keynote speaker for TexMed 2008 (March 12, 2008)
- How Many Doctors do We Need? featuring Jordan Cohen, MD, president-emeritus of the American Association of Medical Colleges (Feb. 22, 2008)
- The Texas Medicare Manifesto, featuring TMA President William W. Hinchey, MD (Feb. 6, 2008)
- Health Care and the 2008 Presidential Elections, featuring nearly a dozen TMA leaders (Jan. 10, 2008)
- What's Wrong with Medicare? featuring TMA President-elect Josie Williams, MD, of Bryan-College Station; Temple cardiologist Jim Rohack, MD, a member of the AMA Board of Trustees and former TMA president; and Charlotte Smith, MD, a physical medicine and rehabilitation medicine specialist from Austin (Nov. 16, 2007)
- What Did the House Do? featuring Fort Worth allergist Sue Rudd Baiely, MD, chair of the Texas Delegation to the AMA (July 6, 2007)
- The Students Speak, featuring four Texas medical students who are new to the AMA Medical Student Section House of Delegates (June 29, 2007)
- Taking the Lead, featuring Jim Rohack, MD, a member and former chair of the AMA Board of Trustees; Joe Annis, MD, another member of the AMA board; and Russ Kridel, MD, who is running for the AMA Council on Science and Public Health (June 25, 2007)
- Why a House? featuring William Fleming, MD, the speaker of the TMA House of Delegates, and Steve Brotherton, MD, the vice speaker (June 14, 2007)
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