John G. Flores, MD - Candidate for Vice Speaker

The Denton County Medical Society and the Lone Star Caucus are proud to present Little Elm internist John G. Flores, MD, for the position of vice speaker of the Texas Medical Association. 

HOD Candidate 2021 Flores.190x190Dr. Flores was born in Dallas and grew up on the southern border of Dallas County in the city of Duncanville. He graduated 15th in his class of more than 800 students. He was a drum major, president of the Spanish club, newspaper writer and photo editor, and graduated with honors in government. He attended The University of Texas at Austin and graduated with Plan 1 honors. He graduated in 1993 from the UT Southwestern Medical School, where he was editor of the student newspaper, The Murmur, and also served as president of the Texas Association of Mexican-American Medical Students. After graduation from the Methodist Central Hospital Internal Medicine program in 1997, he opened a private internal medicine clinic in Little Elm, where his wife Jill, also an internist, joined him in 2003.

Dr. Flores has been actively involved in organized medicine since early in his career. He chaired the TMA Council on Socioeconomics and the Council on Health Service Organizations. He is currently serving as a TMA alternate delegate to the American Medical Association (AMA) and he cochairs the Lone Star Caucus. At the AMA, he has served on the AMA Organized Medical Staff Section’s Governing Council since 2017 and was elected as its secretary in 2020. He previously served as the legislative chair and president of the Denton County Medical Society. Dr. Flores has been with his wife, Jill, for 26 years and has four boys. He has enjoyed watching them grow and participating as their Boy Scout cub master and associate scoutmaster. He enjoys reading thick books, graphic novels, and golfing. 

Personal Statement: “The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated how far our state has come to improve the health care of Texans and yet how far it still has to go. The health of our brothers and sisters in the Valley and rural and urban areas is especially at risk. We must continue efforts at all levels to erase the smoldering social iniquities that these populations suffer from. By improving the broadband infrastructure and with our quick and timely adoption of telemedicine, we have made inroads in this process. Our pandemic-induced wins with the insurance industry on this front must be secured with the appropriate legislation. In addition, the pandemic has also altered the way we interact with each other. The TMA has made great strides in how its House of Delegates conducts business using virtual technology; this is a paradigm shift which has increased participation throughout the state and with our younger physicians who lacked the time needed to participate in our initiatives because they were building their practices or raising a family. My involvement in TMA leadership has always been centered around creating and cementing relevancy for its members and improving the health of Texans in the process.”

Profile

Specialty: Internal Medicine

Medical School (with year graduated): UT Southwestern Medical School 1993

Residency Program:

  • University of Tennessee Chattanooga General Surgery Internship 1993-94 
  • Methodist Central Hospital Dallas Internal Medicine Residency 1994-97 

Board Certification(s): American Board of Internal Medicine 1997-2027

Primary Residence (City, State): Carrollton 

Practice Type/Employment Status: Direct Patient Care: solo, small group, or shared overhead, 100% 

Primary Practice/Employment Location (City, State): Little Elm Medical Clinic, Little Elm, Texas. Full-time outpatient primary care.

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? If yes, what is the nature of that work and how many days each month do you work outside of Texas. No 

Including the past five years, list all other organizations from which you have received payment, reimbursement, or financial consideration for consulting, advisory, or leadership responsibilities exceeding $1,000 per year in excess of actual expenses:

  • Novo Nordisk: Speaker for GLP-1 diabetic medicine 
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield: member of Physician Advisory Board 
  • Southwestern Health Resources: regional medical director for community physicians 
  • Concord hospice: medical director 
  • ARC Home Health Care: medical director, delegating physician for two nurse practitioners.

Have you been convicted of a felony of is your medical license restricted? Please explain. No

What TMA positions have you held? 

Current

  • Alternate Delegate, Texas Delegation to the AMA 

Past

  • Chair, Council on Socioeconomics 
  • Chair, Council on Health Service Organizations 

Disclosures

  • Little Elm Medical Clinic, PA, private practice, 50% owner 
  • Texas American College of Physicians Services, President 2020-21 
  • Southwestern Health Resources (Integrated Accountable Care Organization) 
  • AMA Organized Medical Staff Section 2019-present 
  • AMA Governing Council Secretary 2020-22 

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Last Updated On

March 17, 2021

Originally Published On

March 15, 2021