TCEP EMphasis Newsletter

AUGUST 2022

This month’s EMphasis newsletter features:

Ukraine: One TCEP Member’s experience
Uvalde Emergency Room: Texas ER Physician tells his story
Legislative update regarding SB 4 and SB 8
Save the date: TCEP CONNECT 2023
EM Cert Prep course discount
TCEP Committee sign up

Sterling Overstreet, MD, FACEP
TCEP President

President's Message

Last month the Board of Directors traveled to Lubbock, Texas for its first meeting in the Hub City. It was a great opportunity to take TCEP out west to meet our members including faculty, residents, and medical students. I want to thank all those that made it out for the meeting to make it successful. Several issues were addressed by the Board in the two-day strategic planning meeting. We spend a portion of each meeting on our financial situation and the investments that the college has ...

TCEP member returns from serving in Ukraine

El Paso ED physician and TCEP member, Dr. Michael Parsa, has just returned from serving with Samaritan’s Purse in Ukraine. He is a core faculty member at the Texas Tech-El Paso EM residency. Prior to El Paso, he spent 3 years at Rumginae Hospital in Papua New Guinea.

Dr. Parsa behind the wheel during a patient transfer

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How the Scene Unfolded in Uvalde

By Jordan Grantham

This article first appeared in the July 2022 issue of ACEP Now. Reprinted with permission.

When Gilberto Arbelaez, MD, arrived for his shift at Uvalde Memorial Hospital on May 24, he hit the ground running as usual. Though Uvalde, Texas only has 15,000 residents, Memorial has an emergency department that stays busy. That morning, Dr. Arbelaez had already managed a flash pulmonary edema patient who required intubation ...

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TCEP Connect 2023 - Save the Date - April 16-18

SAVE THE DATE! TCEP CONNECT 2023

Austin, TX ∙ April 16-17th

Legislative Update

The recent US Supreme Court decision in the Dobbs case has been only one of the factors in the seismic shift in abortion laws in Texas in the last year. The court’s decision to allow states to regulate abortions in Texas has added emphasis to several laws passed during the state’s 2021 regular and special legislative sessions. This article is designed to provide a broad overview ...

Interested in EM advocacy efforts in Texas? Join the Gov't Relations committee

The Texas College of Emergency Physicians is looking for members who want to get engaged in advocacy efforts at the state level by being a member of the Govt Relations Committee. During the session, monthly phone calls will be held to give you "in the know" information about bills filed that affect EM, and actions taken by the TCEP legislative team).

If you want to be informed, sign up now! Please use the link below to sign up.

If you have been on this committee in the past, please register again.

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TCEP Board Meets in Lubbock

July 15th and 16th, the TCEP Board traveled to Lubbock for a 2 day Board meeting and reception with local EM physicians, residents and students. Dr. Gerad Troutman, Past President, welcomed everyone to Lubbock.

Session begins in January, and TCEP’s here to advocate for you.

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Going to ACEP Scientific Assembly in San Francisco?

It’s been a tough year. It’s time to reconnect at ACEP22

Join your TCEP friends and colleagues from across the country as we reconnect and recharge. Set for Oct. 1-4 in San Francisco, ACEP22 features all the world-class education you expect, but there’s no shortage of options outside of the classroom. Spend time with colleagues who truly understand what the last year has been like. Learn, laugh, connect and be restored...

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