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Doctors from San Antonio and BCMS NEWS
New Braunfels, along with BCMS staff,
pause for a photo with Sen. Donna 84th
Campbell, MD (center) during the
Feb. 3 First Tuesdays. LEGISLATURE
UNDER WAY
BCMS physicians, BCMS Alliance member and staff visit with Rep. Justin Rodriguez FIRST TUESDAYS
on Feb. 3 at the Capitol. Standing (from left) Ryan Van Ramshorst, MD; Rodriguez; A SUCCESS
Janet Realini, MD; Danielle Henkes; David Henkes, MD; Mary Nava and Jim
Humphreys, MD. By Mary E. Nava, MBA
BCMS Chief Governmental and
UTHSCSA residents listen Community Relations Officer
as BCMS President Jim
Humphreys, MD (foreground) Doctors, Alliance members, resi-
discusses some of medicine’s dents and medical students joined
issues, as Margaret Frain- their colleagues from around the state
Wallace, chief of staff for during the Feb. 3 First Tuesdays visit
Rep. Roland Gutierrez, to the Capitol. A special thanks to
listens Feb. 3. the following individuals who partic-
ipated: BCMS President Jim
Visiting with Rep. Lyle Larson during the Feb. 3 First Tuesdays visit to the Capitol Humphreys, MD; TMA Board of
are (from left) Raymond Osbourn, MD; Ryan Van Ramshorst, MD; David Henkes, Trustees member David Henkes,
MD; Mary Wearden, MD; Alex Kenton, MD; Jim Humphreys, MD; Mary Nava; MD; Michael Battista, MD; David
Larson; and Danielle Henkes. Holck, MD; Alex Kenton, MD;
Thomas Mohr, DO; Ray Osbourn,
BCMS physicians visit with newly Representing BCMS during the MD; Janet Realini, MD: David Shul-
elected State Rep. Rick Galindo (seated at Feb. 3 TMA and Border Health man, MD; Ryan Van Ramshorst,
desk), who represents House District 117, Caucus news conference on Medi- MD; Mary Wearden, MD; BCMS
during the Feb. 3 First Tuesdays. caid issues is Michael Battista, MD. Alliance President Rebecca Christo-
pherson, joined by her daughter,
Aiden Christopherson; Alliance
members Cindy Comfort and
Danielle Henkes; and 20 resident
members from the University of Texas
Health Science Center San Antonio,
led by Gillian Schmitz, MD.
The next First Tuesdays visit is
March 3. If you are interested in at-
tending, please visit the TMA website
at www.texmed.org to register.
For local discussion on this and
other advocacy topics, consider join-
ing the BCMS Legislative and So-
cioeconomics Committee by
contacting Mary Nava at
mary.nava@bcms.org.
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