Medical Legislation Committee

Constitution and Bylaws Committee

Mediation Committee

Public Relations Committee

Physician Health and Rehabilitation Committee

ED/EMS Committee

Communications Committee

Membership Committee

Women in Medicine Sub Committee

Standing Committees

Medical Legislation Committee

The Medical Legislation committee assists in securing the enactment and enforcement of appropriate medical and health care legislation, in cooperation with the TMA Council on Legislation.

Ruy Carrasco, MD

Ernest Graves, MD

Grace Grant-Jennings, MD

Greg Kronberg, MD

Gordon Marshall, MD

James Prentice, MD-Chair

Veerabhadra Reddy, MD

Dana Sprute, MD
Eric Tiblier, MD

Consultants:
Archie Alexander, MD, JD

Dawn Buckingham, MD

Robert Cowan, MD

Lisa Doggett, MD
David Duhon, MD

Toni Funicella, MD

Mary Gonzales, MD
Al Gros, MD
Jeffrey M. Jekot, MD
Deborah Peel, MD
Patrick Pevoto, MD
Clift Price, MD
Catherine Scholl, MD
Sharilyn Stanley, MD
Susanne Tetzlaff

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Constitution and Bylaws Committee

Dawn Buckingham, MD-Chair  (512) 583-2020
Christopher Chenault, MD

David Garza, MD, JD

Pradeep Kumar, MD

Russell Neuhaus, MD

David Wishnew, MD

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Mediation Committee

The Mediation Committee has the responsibility of receiving, investigating, and mediating complaints from patients against members of the Society.

Tony Aventa, MD

Roberta Braun, MD

John Duggan, MD

Harish Gagneja, MD

Jeffrey Jobe, MD

Anand Joshi, MD-Chair

James Merryman, MD

Abilio Munoz, MD

George Pazdral, MD

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Public Relations Committee

The Public Relations Committee is responsible for supervising or promoting activities which shall result in a proper evaluation by the public of the services of the medical profession, as well as a proper evaluation by the medical profession of its obligation to the public.

John Austin, MD
Vanessa Chiapetta, MD

John Costanzi, MD

John Duggan, MD

Patricia Gunter, MD

Vic Mahendru, MD-Chair
Robina Poonawala, MD

Roberto Rodriguez, MD
Ester Yaniv, MD

Consultants
Ed Buster, MD
Jerald A. Mankovsky, MD
Erik Pronske, MD

Rita Schindeler-Trachta, MD

Catherine L. Scholl, MD
Charlotte Smith, MD
Allen Sonstein, MD

Owen Winsett, MD-Journal Editor

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Physician Health and Rehabilitation Committee

This committee operates as a medical peer review committee as that term is defined in the Texas Medical Practice Act. The committee identifies and urges treatment and rehabilitation, where appropriate, to physicians of Travis County and Central Texas. The committee aids physicians whose ability to practice medicine is impaired, or reasonably believed to be impaired, by drug or alcohol abuse or mental or physical illness. It identifies and offers assistance to physicians who are impaired. It shall coordinate its activities with and abide by the guidelines issued by the TMA Committee on Physician Health and Rehabilitation.

Larry Tokaz, MD – Chair, (512) 328-1948
Herbert Munden, MD – Co-Chair
William Franklin, MD
Tim Hines, MD
James Maynard, MD
Ann Messer, MD

Beth Miller, MD
William Nemeth, MD

Rodney Schmidt, MD

Dennis Tweedy, MD
Marilyn Vache, MD

Joseph Wakefield, MD
Mark White, DO
Jane Wray, MD
Mrs. Margene Beckham - Consultant

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Annual Committees

ED/EMS Committee

The ED/EMS Advisory Committee advises the Medical Director of Austin Travis County EMS on strategic clinical issues, standards and protocols and such other issues as may be requested by the Medical Director.

Corey Jones, MD-Chair  (512) 404-8080
Mark Ackrell, MD
Michael Albrecht, MD
Brian Aldred, MD

Carlos Brown, MD
Edward Chafizadeh, MD
Tom Coopwood, MD
Patrick Crocker, DO

Amanda Dupont, MD

Drew Fielder, MD
Laurence Hauser, MD

Corey Jones, MD-Chair

Duke B. Kimbrough, MD

Daniel Mackay, MD
Todd Maxson, MD

Thomas McMinn, MD
Todd Nash, MD

Michael Nguyen, MD

Charles Owen, MD
Rhett Reed, MD

Sam S. Roberts III, MD
Eric Schroeder, MD

Ross Tobleman, MD

Dennis Watts, MD

Christopher Ziebell, MD

Consultants
Stephen Benold, MD

David Dolinak, MD-Ex-Officio

James Kempema, MD-Medical Director

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Membership Committee

The Membership Committee will be active in recruiting, retention, and welcoming new members. Involve new members and make them feel welcome. Plan activities for the members of TCMS.

Daniel Leeman, MD-Chair  (512) 478-2273

C. Mark Chassay, MD

Charles "Bill" Bailey, MD
Brian Berger, MD
Michelle Berger, MD
Sean Blaydon, MD
Harish Gagneja, MD
Ashwin Gowda, MD

Arden Harkins, Alliance Consultant
Lindsey Hicks, MD
Earl Kilbride, MD
Jerald Mankovsky, MD
Todd Shepler, MD

Sarah Smiley, DO
David S. Wishnew, MD
Guadalupe Pete Zamora, MD

Women in Medicine Sub Committee

Michelle Berger, MD

Bridget Brady, MD

Fotini Chalkias, MD

Edith Lepgold, MD

Rosalind Martz, MD-Chair

Melinda Rainey, MD

Mona Ridgeway, MD

Simona Scumpia, MD

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