May 22, 2023
Kimberly E. Monday, MD, a Houston neurologist, was reelected to the Texas Medical Association (TMA) Board of Trustees. TMA’s House of Delegates policymaking body elected Dr. Monday on Saturday during TexMed, TMA’s annual conference, held this year in Fort Worth.
"I am honored to represent my colleagues across the state of Texas,” Dr. Monday said. “Our geography is vast, but our focus is singular: to preserve the sanctity of the patient-physician relationship. We must clear the patient’s room of anyone or anything that interferes with our ability to provide the best care for each unique patient.”
An active member of TMA since 1997, Dr. Monday has served on the TMA Council on Legislation; Council on Socioeconomics; Prior Authorization Task Force; and Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Task Force (which she co-chaired); as a delegate to the TMA House of Delegates; and in TEXPAC, TMA’s political action committee.
“For years we have struggled with those who compromise the sanctity of the patient-physician relationship by valuing revenue over patient care, and now we are fighting against those who want to control what we say to patients and how we practice,” she said. “As physicians, we are trained to render a medical judgment that is devoid of monetary or political bias; our patients deserve nothing less.”
Dr. Monday, who has practiced for 26 years, is vice chair of clinical operations in the Department of Neurology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. She co-founded the Houston Neurological Institute.
Dr. Monday was president of the Harris County Medical Society, where she also served on the Board of Medical Legislation and the Executive Board, among other roles. Her leadership extends also to the community at large, including as chair of the Harris Health Care System Board of Trustees and on the Memorial Hermann Physician Network Board of Directors.
She completed her medical training, neurology residency, and chief residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, followed by fellowship training in clinical neurophysiology at Emory University in Atlanta.
TMA is the largest state medical society in the nation, representing more than 57,000 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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Contact: Brent Annear (512) 370-1381; cell: (512) 656-7320; email: brent[dot]annear[at]texmed[dot]org
Swathi Narayanan (512) 370-1382; cell: (408) 987-1318; email: swathi[dot]narayanan[at]texmed[dot]org
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