Outgoing President Dr. Robert Hancock presents Outstanding Volunteer Award to Dr. David Pinto, who helped TCEP distribute over 68,500 N95 masks during the past year.
TCEP President Dr. Robert Hancock presents Dr. Rick Robinson with the prestigious James Hayes Award. Dr. Robinson continues to serve TCEP and does an outstanding job as Chair of EMPACT.
2021 Board of Directors Election
The TCEP Annual Business meeting was held on June 26, 2021 as a hybrid meeting – both virtually and in-person in Austin. All elections were held online via ElectionBuddy. We would like to congratulate our newly elected Board members, as they join the Board:
Executive Committee
Newly-elected Board members
We are proud to have another great group of leaders to serve as the TCEP Board for 2021 – 2022
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Congratulations to our incoming TLAF class of 2021-22!
Brett Bartels, MD Mark Dresselhouse, MD Owais Durrani, DO Justin Evans, MD Benjamin Morrissey, MD, FACEP Chi-Tam Nguyen Colten Philpott, MD Richard Thompson, DO
Theresa Q. Tran, MD, MBA, FACEP Chair Government Relations Committee
Legislative Update
I am glad the legislative session is over. This year, the uncertainty that you faced on the front lines was paralleled on the legislative front. As I reflect on our work to combat unfavorable events during the past legislative cycle (from June 2019-June 2021), I can’t help but share with you a quote ...
Report on Legislative actions from Imperium Public Affairs
The 2021 Texas Legislature was a drastically different session as compared to the previous session in 2019. When the 87th Texas Legislature gaveled in on January 12th, the state and the world was grappling with the impacts of a global pandemic. Social distancing measures meant access to the Capitol was drastically reduced, and all visitors during session were required to take a COVID-19 test or show proof of vaccination prior to entry and wear masks throughout the building ...
Price Ashley and Michael Grimes of Imperium Public Affairs, with TCEP Government Relations Chair Dr. Theresa Tran
Increasing Access to Vaccination Opportunities: COVID-19 Vaccination upon Discharge from Hospitals, Emergency Departments, and Urgent Care Facilities
To promote access to COVID-19 vaccination, jurisdictions are encouraged to administer vaccinations at discharge to patients in hospitals, emergency departments (EDs) and in urgent care facilities (UCs). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will continue to provide technical assistance to support jurisdictions to distribute vaccine and enroll new facilities with a focus on reaching disproportionately affected communities.
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2021 TCEP Award Winners
James E. Hayes Legacy Award
Rick Robinson, MD, FACEP
Michael Wainscott Legacy Award
Renita Goetz, MD
President’s Award
Juan Francisco Fitz, MD (posthumously)
Outstanding Service and Leadership as TCEP President
Robert Hancock, DO, FACEP
Outgoing TCEP Board members
Hemant Vankawala, MD, FACEP Immediate Past President
Jessica Ann Best, MD Young Physician Representative
Chi-Tam Nguyen, MD Candidate Member
Kayla Nussbaum Medical Student Representative
Outstanding Legislator Award
Senator Donna Campbell, MD
Outstanding Volunteer Award
David Pinto, MD
Committee Leadership Award
Jomari Guerrero Medical Student Committee Chair
TCEP Virtual Research Forum Abstract Winners
Tommy Pham Best Student Abstract Presentation
Eduardo Mejia, MD Best Resident Abstract Presentation
The Lubbock County Medical Society and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center have set up the Juan Francisco Fitz, M.D. Memorial Scholarship
Help us honor our friend and colleague. We have raised $8,000, the required amount of $25,000, to make this an endowed scholarship.
Your generous donation can help us reach our goal.
The Scholarship will be awarded to a student within the school of medicine. Preference is given to students who are members of the Latino Medical Student Association of Medical Spanish Club.
Lubbock County Medical Society Foundation 2204 Ithaca Ave., Ste. A Lubbock, TX 79410
Texans recognized as outstanding leaders with ACEP awards
Congratulations to three TCEP members who have been named as recipients of 2021 ACEP awards:
Council Horizon Award
Outstanding Contribution in EMS
Outstanding Contribution in Research Award
Hilary Fairbrother, MD, FACEP
Craig A.Manifold, DO, FACEP (posthumously)
Ahamed H. Idris, MD, FACEP
New Statewide health information exchange for disasters in remote areas
Using Texas’ statewide health information exchange (HIE), the state has launched a new system that gives disaster response volunteers remote, secure access to patients’ electronic health information when treating them in alternate care sites during declared emergencies.
The Texas Health Services Authority (THSA) recently stood up the Patient Unified Lookup System for Emergencies (PULSE) platform in Texas in partnership with Audacious Inquiry. PULSE falls under a suite of statewide HIE services known as “HIETexas” overseen by THSA, a public-private partnership. ...
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Few could have predicted the pandemic of 2020 or the crisis it caused. But through all the uncertainty we’ve already experienced and all the uncertainty yet to come, TMLT stands by you. We fight to defend you. We fight for tort reform. We will fight for you in the aftermath of COVID-19.
Legal Update
Effective Documentation For The 21st Century
Kenneth Alan Totz, DO, JD, FACEP
I know there are numerous current and former medical directors out there that are tasked with routinely reviewing the clinical care and medical record documentation of your colleagues. How many times have you reviewed a chart with a chief complaint of eye pain, ear pain, or sore throat, and there was a full GU exam also documented ...
