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Diana L. Fite, MD Was the 2020-2021 President of TMA

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  • TMA President Diana L. Fite, MD Farewell Address

    Houston emergency room physician Dr. Diana L. Fite reflects on her term in office as the 155th president of the Texas Medical Association in her farewell speech to TMA members and friends.

     

  • TMA President Diana L. Fite, MD Installation Address

     

  • TMA Brings its Fite: Incoming TMA President Diana Fite, MD

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    Meet incoming TMA president Diana Fite, MD, who lives up to her last name when it comes to her dedication to easing the long list of frustrations plaguing today’s physicians: quality measures, electronic health records, prior authorizations, and low Medicaid pay, among others.

    Ready to Live Up
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  • TMA to Texas: Follow the Science To Protect Against COVID-19

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    As it has done throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the Texas Medical Association continues to stress the importance of wearing masks, practicing social distancing, washing hands frequently, and receiving a vaccine when eligible as the most effective ways to stop the disease.

    TMA Details Its Recommendation  

  • Texas Physicians Get First Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine

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    Fast, smooth, relatively painless. That’s the way Texas Medical Association President Diana L. Fite, MD, described her experience as part of the state’s first batch of essential health care workers to receive initial doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.

    Texas Physicians Lined
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  • TMA President: Stay Vigilant Against COVID-19

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    In many parts of our state, COVID-19 is making a terrifyingly strong return. Hospitals are activating surge plans to make room for more seriously ill patients – whether with COVID-19, other diseases, or significant trauma. If we don’t handle this correctly, the consequences will be severe for us, our patients, and large swaths of the Texas health care system.

    We Must Handle This Correctly  

  • Racism: A Very Important Health Problem

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    Americans should not be surprised that it took the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, under the knee of a white police officer to take the COVID-19 pandemic off the lead of every newscast, off the top of every mind, and off the tip of every tongue. Our great country was born with a big problem with racism. Today – 155 years after the end of the Civil War, 65 years after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus, 28 years after Rodney King implored us to “all get along” – our great country still has a big problem with racism.

    Speak Up Because Racism Is a Very Important Health Problem  
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  • Biography of TMA President Diana L. Fite, MD

    Dr. Fite is board certified in emergency medicine and has practiced in Houston for 40 years.

    The Amarillo native earned her bachelor of science degree from West Texas State University at Canyon, and her medical degree from The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, now known as McGovern Medical School at UTHealth.

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