Sandra Williams, DO, MPH, FACEP
TCEP President

President's Message

Greetings! It was wonderful to see many of you this past April in Austin at Connect. We had a successful annual meeting as well as our first ever TCEP Legislative Day that was well attended. At our annual meeting we elected new board members: Drs. Jessica Best, Julian Mahler and Ciaura Brown as well as re-elected Drs. Marcus Sims, Bryan Dunn and AJ Kirk. We also ...

Legislative Update

Now that Texas has reached the end of the regular 88th Legislative Session (Sine Die), the work to sort out what actually happened and how it impacts emergency medicine actually begins. The legislature worked up until the very end to pass the budget and other key pieces of legislation, but the Governor has indicated that he will call the Legislature back for a series of special sessions to renew efforts to pass his high-priority issues that failed during the regular session. In fact, he called the first of these only hours after the legislature adjourned to take up property tax relief and border security.

Prior to the legislative session, TCEP had identified several policy areas that it wanted to focus on. Priorities included protecting physician liability, increasing psychiatric access in the emergency department, improving telemedicine capabilities, and curtailing scope of practice expansion. Overall, the organization aimed to address these policy areas through advocacy, education, and collaboration with stakeholders ...

Lauren Bayliss, MD
UT Health, Houston

Lee Boyle, DO
UT Health Science Center, San Antonio

Julio Jayes, MD
UTMB, Houston

Denise Manfrini, MD
UT Health Science Center, San Antonio

Joya Singh, DO
UT Southwestern, Dallas

Austin Attorney Chosen as New TAPA Leader

Jackson will Protect Texas’ Historic Medical Liability Reforms

Austin attorney Brian Jackson has been named the new executive director of Texas Alliance for Patient Access. Jackson replaces the retiring Jon Opelt, who led the organization for 19 years ...

Medical Student Committee Update

Katy Wyszynski, Chair

The TCEP Medical Student Committee (MSC) wants to congratulate all the graduating medical students entering emergency medicine residency in the state of Texas. The MSC is lucky to be a part of your journey, and hope that you stay involved through residency! I believe the future of emergency medicine is bright in Texas ...

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Welcome Carol Carlton to TCEP staff.

Carol joins the TCEP staff with 13 years of non-profit association experience. Highlights of her previous roles include membership and operations management, event planning, and bookkeeping. She is enthusiastic to represent TCEP where she hopes to help support its mission through team collaboration and member engagement.

Carol has a B.S. in Human Environmental Sciences with a focus on food and nutrition from The University of Alabama (UA). She is a graduate student through UA’s distance learning program working to earn her M.S. in Human Nutrition. She currently lives in her hometown of Austin, Texas with her fiancé, Dan.

Her direct email is Carol@texacep.org.

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TCEP Board meeting

2023 ACEP Council

ACEP23 Scientific Assembly

TCEP Connect 2024

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