Chair
Felicity Kelly
UT – Houston
(716) 228-8243
felicity.l.kelly@uth.tmc.edu
As a fourth year student at the UT-Houston Medical School, I have experienced so much during my time in Houston. My interests in public health, cultural awareness, education and community service have led me to the path of family medicine. Along the way, my involvement in TMA has grown and developed. It is my hope that this year as chair, I will be able to share my passion and excitement for TMA and student involvement in organized medicine. I feel privileged to be selected to work with a great group of students in the 2009-10 TMA Executive Council. I cannot wait to see what we will accomplish this year!
Vice-Chair
Ashley Agan
UTMB
(972) 658-1120
ashleydagan@gmail.com
My name is Ashley Agan and I am a third year student at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. I was raised in the small town of Trenton, Texas, which is just north of Dallas. I attended the University of Texas at Austin for my undergraduate work, and received a degree in Biomedical Engineering.
Reporter
Lena Dixit
Baylor
(512) 663-7559
ladixit@bcm.edu
My name is Lena Dixit and I’m a third year medical student at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. I graduated from The University of Texas at Austin in 2007 with a BS in Biomedical Engineering. This is my third active year in TMA/AMA and I’m extremely honored to help represent Texas on the Executive Council. In my free time, I enjoy all sports, playing soccer, performing in the Texas Medical Center Orchestra, and cooking.
TMA Delegate Co-Leaders
Joanna Gibbons
TCOM
(214) 232-0230
joanna.gibbons@yahoo.com
Gavin Roddy
Texas A&M
gwroddy@medicine.tamhsc.edu
As a future clinician-scientist, I will have the unique opportunity to care for my patients from the hospital bedside as well as from the research laboratory. Serving within the TMA MSS will afford me an understanding of policy making and relevant issues in science and medicine that will allow me to better serve my future patients and bring about change in a positive way to improve health care access and delivery and advance novel treatments of disease.
AMA Delegate Co-Leaders
Elizabeth Carroll
UT – Southwestern
(512) 789-0417
elizabeth.carroll@utsouthwestern.edu
J. Mason Depasse
Baylor
(214) 850-0099
jmdepasse@gmail.com
Mason works with Elizabeth, the other AMA Delegate Co-Leader, to ensure that representatives from all of the Texas medical schools are prepared to speak on the resolutions debated at the AMA-MSS interim and annual conferences. Mason is also responsible for coordinating the Texas and Region 3 delegates if they can agree to vote as a state or region, thus facilitating the passage of TMA legislative priorities through the AMA-MSS.
Alt. Delegate, Texas Delegation to the AMA
Matt Brooker
TCOM
(214) 783-6032
mbrooker@hsc.unt.edu
Special Appointee to the TMA Board of Trustees
Spencer Pruitt
UT – Houston
(713) 423-9972
spencer.a.pruitt@uth.tmc.edu
I am a MS4 at UT-Houston applying to Ob/Gyn. I grew up in Houston, TX and attended Brigham Young University where I majored in History and Microbiology. I took 2 years off to serve a church mission to the Vietnamese in Orange County, CA, and also taught English in Vietnam before medical school. I have served as both Chapter Chair and Region Chair for the AMA, member of the TEXPAC Candidate Evaluation Committee and TMA Delegate Co-leader before currently serving as the Student Representative to the Board of Trustees. Outside of debating health care policy and participating in the TMA and AMA, I enjoy playing basketball and tennis, watching any other sport that exists, reading a good book, cooking, blogging, and spending time with my family. I'm married with a 2 year old son and a girl on the way. I'm enjoying being the link for students to the Board of Trustees and am always willing to listen to any questions, concerns, or comments you might have about organized medicine. Don't hesitate to ask!
Immediate Past Chair
Elizabeth Scherer
Texas A&M
(512) 733-4993
EPScherer@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Last Published: 10/20/2009
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