May 19, 2018
The
Texas Medical Association Alliance (TMAA) has installed Sunshine
Moore, a Corpus Christi volunteer, as its 101st president. TMAA is the
volunteer service organization of the Texas
Medical Association
(TMA), comprising physicians and physicians’ spouses. Mrs. Moore was inducted
into office today during TexMed, TMA’s annual conference, in San Antonio. She is married to Jacob
J. Moore, MD, a Corpus Christi ophthalmologist and TMA member.
“I
am proud of our organization and excited to be able to serve as president as we
begin a new century of work,” said Mrs. Moore. “From the start, when our members
rolled bandages for the first World War, the alliance has looked for needs and responded
to them,” she said.
Today,
those needs are as diverse as the communities in which local alliance groups
work, such as weekend meals for school kids and funds to support a camp for
children with cancer. Mrs. Moore said she looks forward to traveling the state
to meet local leaders and learn about projects they are working on in their
areas. TMAA members and their local alliances also support statewide TMA public
health initiatives like Hard Hats for Little
Heads
and Be Wise — ImmunizeSM.
Mrs.
Moore first joined the Cameron-Willacy County Medical Society Alliance North more
than a decade ago when she and her husband lived in Harlingen. Mrs. Moore said the
group fostered a sense of belonging and gave her an avenue to become an active
community volunteer. “Strong medical communities are good for communities at
large,” she said.
Mrs.
Moore remained active in the TMA Alliance when her family relocated to Corpus
Christi in 2009. She has served in a number of local Nueces County Medical
Society Alliance positions, including president and parliamentarian.
Mrs.
Moore has served as TMAA vice president of community health and of membership,
and she worked on the Long Range Planning Committee. She also has represented TMAA
on TMA’s Council on Health Promotion and its Council on Science and Public
Health.
TMAA fittingly returned to San Antonio for its meeting this
year, where the group first organized in 1918. “To reach the 100-year mark is a
huge accomplishment,” said Mrs. Moore. “We’re one of the oldest, strongest, and
largest state alliances in the nation.”
As TMAA moves into a new century and its membership grows more
diverse, Mrs. Moore said the group will adapt and try new things, yet continue to
do what it does best — support
medicine and provide vital programs to show that physicians and their families
care for Texans beyond the clinic.
In
her community, Mrs. Moore serves on the board of the South Texas Lighthouse for
the Blind, and is a member of the Junior League of Corpus Christi. She is an
active parent volunteer at Incarnate Word Academy, her children’s school, where
she has held several fundraising positions and served as president of the high
school Parent-Teacher Organization.
Mrs. Moore received a bachelor of science in chemistry from
Emory University in Atlanta and doctor of jurisprudence from Concord
University. She and her husband have three children.
TMA is the largest state
medical society in the nation, representing more than 51,000 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.
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Association.
Contact: Brent Annear (512) 370-1381; cell: (512) 656-7320; email: brent.annear[at]texmed[dot]org
Marcus Cooper (512)
370-1382; cell: (512) 650-5336; email: marcus.cooper[at]texmed[dot]org
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