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TMA Foundation SOLUTIONS Fall 2022 Newsletter

  • Fall 2022

    President's Message

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    From “I Care” to “Ways to Help”

    The health care needs we see in our practices and in our communities can be, well, overwhelming at times. But when we care, we’re fortunate that TMA Foundation provides ways to help. Here are four ways we can make a difference: 1. Set up a recurring gift to TMAF, 2. join a TMAF leadership circle, 3. volunteer to carry out a TMA Hard Hats for Little Heads or Walk With a Doc Texas event, or 4. spread the word among friends and colleagues by sharing this newsletter, our annual report or our monthly email with friends and family. Every donation enables physicians and their families and medical students and collaborators to make a lasting impact  on the health of ALL Texans. Visit www.tmaf.org to learn more.

    Thank you and Happy New Year,

    Michael E. Speer, MD
    President, TMA Foundation

  • Putting Dollars Where They Matter

    There’s still time to make a year-end gift, get an additional tax-deduction and feel good that you’re putting your dollars where they matter. That’s what Amy Whited, a TMAF board member from Austin, shares in her short video message about the importance of instilling the value of good health in children. 

    Your year-end donation, particularly to our Greatest Need and General Endowment, strengthens our position in the New Year to support innovative programs and affords operational stability. Please make your secure online year-end gift today. For personal assistance or questions, call Marilyn Anderson, TMAF Data Manager, at (512) 370-1466.

  • Communities Address Diverse Health Needs

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    Chronic health conditions, physician health and wellness and health improvement for justice-involved youth are just a few of the community-based initiatives that soon will be conducted by TMA and TMA Alliance members and their community collaborators thanks to grants TMAF recently approved for these and other local programs. Pictured above: TMA Medical Student Chapters were congratulated for winning a TMAF community grant by Carla Ortique, co-chair TMAF Grants Committee (far left).

    Among the 11 new grants is one to Texas Tech University Health Science Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine TMA Medical Student Chapter. Recognized at the recent TMA Fall Conference in Austin, HOLA (Health Outreach and Literacy Alliance) Amigos Mobile Clinic will enable students to bring health services from its RotaCare Clinic to El Paso’s homeless center one Saturday each month. This mobile clinic will provide basic primary care, health screenings for hypertension and diabetes, and vaccinations for TB, hepatitis A and B, Tdap, COVID-19, and influenza. It also will provide vouchers for low/no-cost health resources such as cancer screenings.

    Another new grant supports the Travis County Medical Society’s Physician Wellness Program.

    The TMA Foundation grant has enabled the Travis County Medical Society to continue offering anonymous counseling to physicians in need, Finding Meaning in Medicine small group meetings, and CME with nationally known speakers. In a year where the need was greater than ever and fundraising was harder than ever, this is a lifesaver for our program.
    Brian Sayers, MD, Chair, TCMS Physician Wellness Program

    Read about all programs funded through the 2022 TMAF Medical Community Grant Program.

  • New Name, Same Mission

    TMA recently changed the name of one of its long-standing scholarship programs to better describe the diversity it is seeking in the physician population relative to the Texas population it serves. But to Robert Mbilinyi, a 2022 scholarship recipient who now attends Texas A&M University School of Medicine, “Diversity is important as an inspiration to future generations of physicians.” In September the TMA Board of Trustees approved changing the name of its minority scholarship to the Diversity in Medicine Scholarship on recommendation from TMA's Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Task Force. This scholarship has been funded by the Foundation since 2004 with major support from a trust fund established by Dr. Roberto J. and Agniela Bayardo and H-E-B. Read more.

     

  • 2022 Gala Sets a Record with Plans for 2023 Underway

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    Joining in person to see friends and colleagues and raise funds for TMAF’s mission resulted in a record-breaking gala on April 29 at the Hilton Americas Houston during TexMed.

    More than 460 guests attended thanks to a record 61 sponsors and raised $431,260 for the outstanding TMA and family of medicine programs that the foundation makes possible. Sincere thanks go to co-chairs, Diane and Clifford Moy, MD and the Honorable Morris Overstreet and Carla Ortique, MD, all of Houston, as well as alliance and medical student members and TMA staff who volunteered.

    If you missed this year’s gala, we hope to see you for the next one set for Fri., May 19, 2023 during TMA’s TexMed at the Omni Fort Worth! Co-chairs are G. Sealy Massingill, MD, and his wife, Debbie, and Melanie Lagomichos, DO and husband Russell Thomas Vanelli, all of Fort Worth.

    Celebrate the theme, The Art of Medicine, which recognizes Fort Worth for its vibrant art scene and honors how physicians treat each patient individually and with care. Your ticket or table sponsorship supports TMAF-funded initiatives that amplify TMA’s vision: to improve the health of ALL Texans.

    TMA Foundation is grateful that H-E-B has joined again as a $30,000 Picasso Sponsor. H-E-B also annually supports TMA’s Vaccines Defend What Matters and Diversity in Medicine Scholarship (formerly Minority Scholarship Program).

    Table sponsorships for institutions are now available for purchase online from $3,500 to $50,000. Individuals may sponsor a table starting at $2,750. Learn more online or contact TMAF at (800) 880-1330, ext. 1664 with questions.

  • Read Past Issues

    Spring 2022 Issue

    Fall 2021 Issue

    Spring 2021 Issue

    Fall 2020 Issue

    Spring 2020 Issue

  • Delivering the News: A 15-Year Collaboration  

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    Thanks to TMA Insurance Trust and Frost, the Foundation has delivered its news and mission-accomplishments to donors, TMA and TMAA leaders and others around the state for the past 15 years. That’s because that together, they underwrite the bi-annual SOLUTIONS you are now reading. Bravo TMA Insurance Trust and Frost!

    Celebrating are Guy Patterson, Executive Director, TMA Insurance Trust; Ryan Meyer, Senior Vice President, Frost; and TMAF Board Members David Landry, Executive Vice President, Frost, and Amy Whited.

     

  • Donors: Nothing is Possible Without YOU

      • Whether you are an individual or an institution (business, organization or foundation), nothing that you read about in SOLUTIONS would be possible without YOU.  The board and staff are deeply grateful for how you care deeply about improving the health of ALL Texans. Please visit our Donor Thank You List.

    Donor Thank You List

  • Good Teachers
    Are the Key

    "Helping young people experience science positively will open their minds to opportunities far beyond what they may otherwise imagine. Good teachers are the key,” said Ernest C. Butler, MD, Austin who with his wife, Sarah, established a TMAF endowment that funds the TMA Awards for Excellence in Science Teaching. Nominations are accepted through Jan. 2, 2023. Learn more.

    Not only does this award recognize teachers that improve science literacy, but the award resources can lead to true scientific discoveries in the classroom. Read more.

    Join the Butlers and other physicians and their families in supporting this program

  • Thinking Ahead?  

    Planned Giving

    Simplify your charitable giving in the New Year by becoming a TMAF Pulse Donor. Pulse Donors make a recurring gift, which can be a great convenience and may allow you to provide a more generous gift that is paid over the year. TMAF will provide you with a year-end statement for your records and taxes! Call Marilyn Anderson, TMAF Data Manager, at (512) 370-1666 or email at Marilyn.anderson@texmed.org.

     

  • Ready to Launch: TMA’s 2023 Programs Take Off with TMAF Support

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    With more than $300,200 granted to 2023 programs, TMA will launch its signature community health improvement programs, as well as scholarship and science teacher award programs. Thanks to individual donors as well as community-minded businesses like H-E-B, TMA Insurance Trust, numerous county medical and specialty societies and others, TMA and TMA Alliance members will have the resources they need to be health advocates in their communities.

    “Preventing brain injury is among the priorities of the Texas Neurological Society and that’s why we’re proud to support TMA’s Hard Hats for Little Heads and encourage more of our members to carry out this worthy program in their community, ” said Eddie Patton, MD, TNS president.

    Make your year-end, tax-deductible donation to any of TMA’s 2023 programs and know you are helping to improve the health of ALL Texans.

  • Have a question?

    Contact Sean Dunham.

    (800) 880-1300 ext. 1664 or
    (512) 370-1664
    Fax (512) 370-1642

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    Got TOPIC questions? Call the Knowledge Center.

    (800) 880-7955