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NEWSLETTER: FEBRUARY 2019
Although my year is winding down, TCEP actions have only increased. Here are some of the key items we are continuing to work on.Dr. Theresa Tran, our lobbyists, and other TCEP members have been active in monitoring bills effecting our priorities for this session...
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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Gerad Troutman, MD, MBA, FACEPTCEP President
2019 Board of Directors Nominees
Click photos for more information and responses from the nominees.
REGULAR BOARD MEMBERS
Justin Fairless, MD, FACEPColleyville
Justin Hensley, MD, FACEPCorpus Christi
Doug Jeffrey, MD, FACEPAustin
Shane Jennings, MD, FACEPSan Antonio
Theresa Tran, MD, FACEPHouston
YOUNG PHYSICIAN NOMINEES
Mohammed Hagahmed, MDSan Antonio
Marcus Sims, MDMissouri City
CANDIDATE/RESIDENT NOMINEES
Joseph Martin, MDTexas Tech HSC, El Paso
Lee Wood, MDBaylor College of Medicine, Pearland
MEDICAL STUDENT NOMINEES
Lorelle KnightUTSA Long School of Medicine, San Antonio
Lindsey WencelTTUSC, El Paso
Government Relations Committee
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REPORT
Theresa Tran, MD, MBATCEP Legislative Committee Chair
Welcome along on the 140-day marathon that is the 86th Texas Legislative Session. Representative Dennis Bonnen (R-Angleton) waselected as the Speaker of the House and has since announced house committee assignments. This included new chairs for theInsurance and Public Health Committees. Most of the assignments reflect significant changes since the last session...
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Vidor E. Friedman, MD, FACEP and Gregory Henry, MD, FACEP
Great education, networking, and events.
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Are You Ready for Changes to Opioid Prescribing in Texas?
Involuntary Psychiatric Admissions in Texas...YOU CAN’T DO THAT!
By David Doolittle
In case you didn’t know, several changes to the state’s prescription process for certain controlled substances are taking place. SinceSeptember, the Texas State Board of Pharmacy (TSBP) has been issuing new official prescription forms that include advancedsecurity features designed to help deter fraud....
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LEGAL UPDATE
Kenneth Totz DO, JD, FACEP
The Fourth Amendment of The United States Constitution provides that people should be free in their persons from unreasonablesearches and seizures. A seizure can be defined as the exercise of control over a person or thing. While the Fourth Amendmentprecludes unreasonable seizures, there are situations under which the law condones reasonable seizures of persons...
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The Lessons Patients Teach Us
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The 50th ASAM Annual Conference: Join the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) in Orlando, FL April 4th thru the 7th forthis premier Addiction Medicine conference covering best practices, science, and research in the field. Register today and save!
By Lindsay WencelProject Coordinator | TCEP Medical Student CouncilPaul L. Foster School of MedicineTTUHSC - El Paso
The young woman’s limbs were moving nonstop in sharp spastic jerks, seemingly entirely of their own accord. Her head lolled to theside and her eyes, while open, showed no sign of recognition. It seemed so unreal, like something out of a movie. As the doctorbegan his exam, it came out that this all began after the patient got a new prescription...
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Looking for a new opportunity? Check out our full and part-time openings available throughout Texas and the surrounding states.
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ACEP Award Nominations Due March 1
Just a friendly reminder the nomination process for the ACEP awards is open. Please submit your nominations by March 1.
Information for the 2019 ACEP Leadership & Excellence Awards is available on the ACEP website, and in the attached brochure. Thenomination form may be submitted electronically or with the attached form. The deadline for all nominations and material submissionis March 1, 2019.
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ATTENTION ALL ACEP COUNCILLORS
If you are currently an ACEP councilor and DON’T want to run again for the October 2019 Scientific Session, please notify DianaFite ([email protected])
Creating an Identity
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We know that seeing patients and providing excellent care is your primary goal. And we work hard to find new ways to support you.Contact us today to learn more about what TMLT can do for you at 800-580-8658 or www.tmlt.org.
TMLT - protection for a new era of medicine.
By Jonathan Brewer, MS-IVTexas A&M College of Medicine ‘19
Looking back at the end of my fourth year of medical school, it is astounding to realize how my classmates and I have been shapedand molded from first year medical students struggling to cram basic sciences for hours on end to young physicians with a uniqueidentity. But how did we develop these unique characteristics? What takes a general class of incoming medical students...
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Calendar of Events
2019
Mar 5 First Tuesdays at the Capital Austin, TX
Mar 23-25 TCEP Connect 2019 Austin, TX
Mar 25 TCEP Legislative Day at Capitol Austin, TX
Mar 25 TCEP Board of Directors meeting TMA building, Austin, TX
Apr 2 First Tuesdays at the Capital Austin, TX
Apr 10 Houston area residency visit Houston, TX
May 2 Residency visit at JPS Ft. Worth, TX
May 5-8 ACEP Leadership & Advocacy Washington, DC
May 7 First Tuesdays at the Capital Austin, TX
May 17-18 TexMED 2019 Dallas, TX
Sep 13-14 TMA Fall Conference Bastrop
Oct 12 Board meeting Houston, TX
Oct 27-30 ACEP Scientific Assembly Denver, CO
Dec 6-7 TMA Advocacy Retreat Austin, TX
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