Travis County Medical Society

04/24/2026

TCMS leaders Drs. Monge, Wolf, and Nordhauser were at Dell Medical School this afternoon 🎓 sharing legislative wins ✅, future initiatives 🚀and ways physicians can get involved to help shape policies impacting the practice of medicine across Texas.🏛️🤝 Dell Medical School - UT Austin Texas Medical Association

04/19/2026

TCMS Women in Medicine came together today to pause, reset, and reconnect 🧘‍♀️✨ Taking time to breathe and find our center is so important.

A huge thank you to Dr. Esther Yaniv Logan for sharing your expertise and guiding our incredible group of female physicians 💙👏

04/18/2026

Congratulations to TCMS member Dr. Tony Aventa on his re-election to the the TMA Board of Trustees and BCMS for their newly elected member Dr. Zeke Silva III. ✨🎖

Bexar County Medical Society Texas Medical Association

04/17/2026

✨Congratulations to Dr. Huseng Vefali, 2026 Outstanding Physician Award Recipient for Exemplary Contribution to Medicine and Community Service by the Texas Medical Association International Medical Graduate Section. ✨🎖👨‍⚕️ Texas Medical Association

04/16/2026

A message from our Friends of the Society ✨ TMA Insurance Trust ✨
Your income protection should be as portable as your stethoscope. TMA Member Long Term Disability insurance stays with you regardless of your employer and includes "own-specialty" coverage to protect the specific career you trained for.

04/09/2026

Check out the Risk Management Podcast from our Friends of the Society ✨ ProAssurance ✨

https://riskmanagement.proassurance.com/rapid-risk-review-podcast

04/06/2026

Years in the making… The Healing Road: Meditations on Life in Medicine is now available.

"I’m deeply grateful to my PWP colleagues who encouraged me, read drafts, and believed in this story that combines 40 years of medical practice with the wisdom of ancient faith traditions and contemporary writers, ethicists and spiritual leaders.

These 50+ short essays explore our lives in medicine, the nature of healing, and our deep need for connection with our patients, our families, and ourselves." - Dr. Brian Sayers

Proceeds from the sale of the book will be shared with PWP’s Safe Harbor Counseling Program. 🕊

http://bit.ly/4mabWOt

03/30/2026

Happy National Doctors’ Day! We’re proud to support the TCMS physicians who keep Travis County healthy and strong every day. 👏

03/25/2026

Spot the TCMS member 🔍✨

In a new episode of the Let Doctors Be Doctors podcast, David Lakey, MD, a former commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, talks to TMA President Jayesh “Jay Shah, MD, about his experiences handling public health emergencies like the Ebola outbreak in Dallas in 2014, and what goes into managing a statewide emergency response.

“When you get that call to say, ‘Yeah, it's Ebola, and you're the first case in the United States ever,’ you take your pulse, you take a deep breath, and just say, ‘All right, let's work through this,’ ” said Dr. Lakey.

https://hubs.li/Q047f93M0

03/24/2026

Guest host Karen Johnson, PhD, VP of Practice Advancement for the AAFP, talks with Dr. Tina Philip, DO, a solo family physician in Round Rock, Texas, and AAFP CEO, Shawn Martin, about payer downcoding, where insurers reduce billed evaluation and management levels (e.g., 99214 to 99213), lowering...