May 23, 2013
D’Anna Wick, a Tyler community volunteer, was elected secretary of the Texas Medical Association Foundation (TMAF) Board of Trustees. TMAF, the philanthropic arm of the nation’s largest state medical society, makes initiatives possible that stress prevention and healthier lifestyles for more Texans. TMAF raises funds and connects medicine, business, and community groups that carry out these programs at the local and state levels.
Mrs. Wick She serves on the TMAF Grants Committee that develops the annual grants budget, evaluates grant applications, and makes funding recommendations to the full board. She also is active in the TMA Alliance, a volunteer group of physicians and their spouses. In 2009-10, Mrs. Wick served as the TMA Alliance president and currently serves on its board of directors.
Mrs. Wick also volunteers for local Tyler organizations, including the Smith County Medical Society Alliance, Junior League of Tyler, Friends of Hospice of East Texas, Alzheimer’s Alliance of Smith County, and Women’s Symphony League.
She is married to Paul H. Wick, MD, a Tyler psychiatrist. Mrs. Wick received a degree in nursing from the University of Mississippi and a master’s of science in interdisciplinary studies from The University of Texas at Tyler.
TMA is the largest state medical society in the nation, representing more than 47,000 physician and medical student members. It is located in Austin and has 112 component county medical societies around the state. TMA’s key objective since 1853 is to improve the health of all Texans. TMA Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the association and raises funds to support the public health and science priority initiatives of TMA and the family of medicine.
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Contact: Pam Udall
phone: (512) 370-1382
cell: (512) 413-6807
Brent Annear
phone: (512) 370-1381
cell: (512) 656-7320
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Last Updated On
May 06, 2016
Originally Published On
May 24, 2013