Name: Cynthia Jumper, MD
Specialty: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases
City: Lubbock
County Medical Society: Lubbock CMS
When Cynthia Jumper, MD, was re-elected to the TMA Board of Trustees in 2022, she was honored to continue working at the board level on initiatives like preserving the patient-physician relationship.
“My goals are to carry out the priorities set by the House of Delegates and to truly provide a voice for the members of TMA,” she said. In addition to protecting patients’ access to their physicians without interference, she said recent priorities have included “providing resources needed to maintain a medical practice during COVID-19 and forcing an even playing field on out-of-network billing.”
Having served on the TMA board since 2019, Dr. Jumper said she is amazed by its diversity. “We have many different values and viewpoints, yet we all come together for Texas physicians and patients.”
Dr. Jumper believes contributing to organized medicine is important because physicians need to have their voices heard. “My hope is that Texas physicians continue to stay involved in advocacy, that they continue to donate hundreds of hours to further our profession, and that they never lose sight of what is best for patients,” she said.
The internist and pulmonologist with more than three decades of experience joined TMA while she was a medical student. Over the years, she has chaired the TMA Council on Medical Education, and served on TMA’s Councils on Legislation and Socioeconomics. She is active in TEXPAC, TMA’s political action committee, and was a member of TMA’s Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Task Force.
Active at the national level, Dr. Jumper serves as a Texas delegate to the American Medical Association (AMA) and on the AMA Council on Medical Education.
And as a community caregiver and health care educator in Lubbock, Dr. Jumper supervises medical students who train at local medical clinics serving homeless patients and who participate in global health care electives. She donates both time and money to many local organizations and is proud of her hometown of Lubbock “and all that it has to offer.”
Last Updated On
March 13, 2023
Originally Published On
March 13, 2023