Richard W. Snyder II, MD - Candidate for Board of Trustees

The Dallas County Medical Society (DCMS) is pleased to nominate a leader in organized medicine, Rick Snyder, MD, for reelection to the Texas Medical Association Board of Trustees. 

HOD Candidate 2021 Snyder.190x190After graduating with honors from the University of Notre Dame and the L’Universite Catholique de L’Ouest in France, Dr. Snyder earned his medical degree from the UT Southwestern Medical School, where he also completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in cardiology. He is board certified in cardiovascular disease, interventional cardiology, advanced heart failure, and transplant cardiology. 

Dr. Snyder has since 1996 practiced at Medical City Dallas Hospital, where he previously served as department of medicine chair and medical staff president. He also served on the board of trustees. In addition to his full-time clinical practice, Dr. Snyder serves as president of HeartPlace, a 62-physician cardiology practice with more than 25 offices in Dallas-Fort Worth, as well as vice chair of Cardiovascular Provider Resources, Inc., and as a board member for Specialty Physician Assurance Company, Ltd. Dr. Snyder also represents HeartPlace as chair of the board of ASPEN Physician Network, PLLC, a clinically integrated network of independent specialty groups.  

Dr. Snyder is a passionate advocate of protecting the physician-patient relationship. He believes physicians must be the voice for their patients, and he demonstrates that by participating in state legislative and federal congressional advocacy activities. He and his wife, Shelley Hall, MD, host numerous fundraisers in their home on behalf of TEXPAC. 

Dr. Snyder was president (2012) and chair of the board (2013) of DCMS. While president he led the physician response to the West Nile virus epidemic. Dr. Snyder’s leadership resulted in his appointment to the Dallas County Health and Human Services Public Health Advisory Committee by County Judge Clay Jenkins. Dr. Snyder previously served DCMS as secretary/treasurer and as chair of the Legislative Affairs Committee. He continues his volunteerism as a member of the DCMS Community Emergency Response Committee and the North Texas Mass Critical Care Task Force.  

As an American College of Cardiology representative, he was a member of the board of governors and the ACC Political Action Committee board in Washington, D.C., and has served as president of the Texas chapter. Dr. Snyder additionally was vice chair of the National Physicians’ Council for Health Care Policy.  

A member of the TMA Board of Trustees since 2015, Dr. Snyder formally served as secretary/treasurer and is currently vice chair. He has held leadership positions as a member of the TMA House of Delegates, TEXPAC Board of Directors, Committee on Physician and Hospital Issues, Committee on Insurance and Managed Care, Council on Legislation, and the TMA Specialty Services, LLC Board. 

Personal Statement: “We need to make the capitol buildings in Austin and D.C. as familiar as our own hospitals. As physicians, we can have as much impact, if not more, on patient care through our work in legislative chambers and regulators’ offices, as exam rooms and operating rooms. As clinicians we treat one patient at a time, but as physician advocates we can treat everyone all at once.” 

Profile

Specialty: Cardiology 

Medical School and Post Graduate Education (with years): UT Southwestern Medical School, 1983-87 

Residency and Fellowship Programs: UT Southwestern Medical Center,1987-1993 

Board Certification(s):

  • Internal Medicine 
  • Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease 
  • Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology 

Primary Residence (City, State): Dallas 

Practice Type/Employment Status: Direct Patient Care – Large Group Practice (over 20 members), 100% 

Primary Practice/Employment Location (City, State): HeartPlace, Dallas 

Do you expect to maintain your current employment status and location through your term in office? Yes 

Does your current employment situation(s) require you to work outside of Texas? No 

All other organizations from which payment, reimbursement, or financial consideration for consulting, advisory, or leadership responsibilities exceeding $1,000 per year in excess of actual expenses has been received including the past 5 years:

  • HeartPlace, president and legislative director
  • Cardiovascular Provider Resources, Inc., vice chair

Have you been convicted of a felony or is your medical license restricted? No

TMA positions held: 

  • Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, 2020-present 
  • At-Large Member, Board of Trustees, 2015-present 
  • Secretary/Treasurer, Board of Trustees, 2015, 2019 
  • Member, House of Delegates, 2005-present 
  • Secretary/Treasurer, Board of Directors, TMA Specialty Services, LLC, 2017-present 
  • Member, Council on Legislation 2013-15 
  • Member, Council on Legislation Ad Hoc Committee on Transparency, 2015 
  • Member, Council on Socioeconomics Ad Hoc Committee on ACOs, 2008 
  • Member, Committee on Insurance and Managed Care, 2008 
  • Member, Inter-Specialty Society Committee, 2007-10 
  • Member, Board of Directors, TEXPAC, 2006-15 
  • Member, Committee on Physician and Hospital Issues, 2006 
  • Co-Author, TMA Policy Statement on Physician Ownership, 2006   

Disclosures

Self:

  • HeartPlace, PA, president; 
  • Cardiovascular Provider Resources, Inc., board vice chair; 
  • Specialty Physician Assurance Company, Ltd., board of directors; 
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, Texas Physicians Advisory Council; 
  • ASPEN Specialty Physicians Network, board chair; 
  • Novitas Solutions, Inc., Medicare administrative contractor JH, Contractor Advisory Committee; 
  • Dallas County Health and Human Services Public Health Advisory Committee; 
  • American College of Cardiology Political Action Committee; 
  • Medfinity Health Plano.  

Spouse Shelly Hall, MD:

  • Texas Chapter of American College of Cardiology, president-elect; 
  • American Society of Transplantation Thoracic and Critical Care Council, chair; 
  • United Network for Organ Sharing Heart Committee, chair; 
  • Cardiovascular Provider Resources, Inc., board of directors; 
  • Baylor Scott & Whjte Heart and Vascular Hospital board of directors; 
  • Health Texas Provider Network, Baylor University Medical Center; 
  • Consultant for Abbott, Abiomed, Medtronic, SynCardia Systems, Everheart, CareDx, Natera; 
  • Speaker for CareDx. 

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Last Updated On

March 19, 2021

Originally Published On

March 12, 2021