May 4, 2017
Susan M. Pike,
MD, a Round Rock board-certified plastic surgeon in practice for 14 years, was
elected vice president of the Texas Medical Association Foundation (TMAF) Board
of Trustees. She was elected today during TexMed, Texas Medical Association’s
annual conference, in Houston.
TMAF, the
philanthropic arm of TMA, raises funds to support the population health,
quality of care, and science priority initiatives of the association and the
family of medicine. TMAF raises funds and connects medicine, business, and
community groups that carry out these programs at the local and state levels.
TMA’s Hard Hats
for Little Heads, Be Wise — ImmunizeSM, Walk With a Doc Texas (WWAD),
Minority Scholarship Program, and Ernest and Sarah Butler Awards for Excellence
in Science Teaching are several of the better-known programs TMAF supports. The
foundation also funds local health improvement initiatives across the state through
its community grants.
The TMAF board
comprises TMA physician members, TMA Alliance members (TMA physicians and
spouses who volunteer for TMA initiatives such as the outreach programs to
improve health), and community leaders. Each member serves a three-year term
and may be reappointed to serve two additional terms.
Dr. Pike has
been a TMA member for 13 years and a member of the TMAF Board since 2012. She is
a member of TMA’s Board of Councilors; a consultant to TMA’s Council on Health
Promotion; and a district vice chair for TEXPAC, TMA’s political action
committee. She is an avid WWAD supporter, having led the first TMA walk in
Texas. In addition, Dr. Pike is a graduate of the inaugural class of TMA’s Leadership
College for young physicians. She also is a past president of the Williamson
County Medical Society, of which she is a member.
Dr. Pike is
director of the Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Baylor Scott
and White Healthcare in Round Rock, as well as director of the Cosmetic Surgery
Center. She also is an assistant professor at Texas A&M Health Science
Center at Round Rock.
Dr. Pike earned
her medical degree from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.
She completed her residency at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center,
where she served as chief resident in plastic surgery. Dr. Pike also completed
a fellowship at Plastic Surgery Associates in Miami.
TMA is the largest state medical society in
the nation, representing more than 50,000 physician and medical student
members. It is located in Austin and has 110 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 population health, science and quality-of-care
priority initiatives of TMA and the family of medicine.
Be
Wise — Immunize is a service mark of the Texas Medical Association.
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