Paris Physician Appointed to TMA Leadership Position

September 6, 2019

Sucharu Prakash, MD, a Paris hematologist-oncologist in practice for 22 years, was appointed to serve on the Texas Medical Association’s (TMA’s) Committee on Cancer. He will begin his three-year term during the TMA Fall Conference next week.

The Committee on Cancer supervises TMA’s cancer-related activities, educates physicians and patients about cancer, and works with other groups on cancer-related care and issues.

TMA member physicians and medical students can be appointed or elected to one of TMA’s 25 boards, councils, and committees. They are responsible for studying health care-related issues and making recommendations on important health care policy affecting Texas patients and their physicians.

Dr. Prakash is a member of the Lamar-Delta County Medical Society.

TMA is the largest state medical society in the nation, representing nearly 53,000 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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September 06, 2019

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September 06, 2019

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