San Antonio Medical Student Elected to TMA Board of Trustees

May 15 2021

Swetha Maddipudi, a medical student entering her fourth year at UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine, was elected to serve on the Texas Medical Association (TMA) Board of Trustees, the association’s governing body. TMA’s House of Delegates policymaking body announced election winners today at TexMed, TMA’s annual conference, held virtually this year. She will serve a one-year term representing the TMA Medical Student Section (TMA-MSS) on the board. 

 “I am very honored to be selected to serve as the student representative to the TMA Board of Trustees for the upcoming year,” Ms. Maddipudi said. “I hope to specifically work on fostering physician-student mentorship and advancing TMA’s commitment to women’s health care and public health, elevating the student voice, and working to further the impact of medical students across Texas.” Swetha Maddipudi

The future physician is no stranger to TMA leadership in her three years as a member. She is vice chair of the TMA-MSS Executive Council, planning virtual advocacy events to involve medical student members in the policymaking process. She’s worked with student leaders across Texas who are passionate about many topics regarding the care of patients and the training and well-being of students and physicians.

Ms. Maddipudi is a past president of her medical school’s TMA student chapter, where she spearheaded student visits with state legislators as part of TMA’s First Tuesdays at the Capitol advocacy efforts. She also wrote policy resolutions on medical education, encouraged fellow medical students to write resolutions themselves, and helped secure two TMA Foundation grants to host a flu and hepatitis vaccine clinic for local medically underserved people. Her chapter won TMA’s MSS Chapter of the Year Award in 2020, during her presidency.

“Over the past three years, I have learned a great deal about the importance of student advocacy within organized medicine and have felt empowered to advocate for change due to the passion of my peers,” she said. “I have had the pleasure of working with a vocal and active caucus and I am very excited to continue serving our MSS within this new role.”

Outside of TMA, Ms. Maddipudi is a regional chair of the American Medical Association Medical Student Section, and a student member of the Bexar County Medical Society.

Ms. Maddipudi will receive her medical degree in 2022. She also is working toward a master of public health degree at UTHealth School of Public Health. After graduation she plans to pursue medical residency training in obstetrics and gynecology. Ms. Maddipudi previously received a bachelor of science degree in biomedical engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.

TMA is the largest state medical society in the nation, representing more than 55,000 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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Last Updated On

May 17, 2021

Originally Published On

May 15, 2021