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BCMS Delegation to BCMS DELEGATION
TMA wraps up House NEWS
of Delegates business
during TexMed 2017

By Mary E. Nava, MBA,
Chief Government Affairs Officer and Delegation Liaison

TexMed 2017, TMA’s annual meeting, convened May 5-6 in John Holcomb, MD, TMA award recipient for his over 15 years of
Houston at the beautiful Marriott Marquis Hotel. Leading up to service on the TMA Select Committee on Medicaid, CHIP and the
the meeting, the BCMS Delegation to the TMA prepared, reviewed Uninsured (center) is joined by Jayesh Shah, MD, Delegation Chair
and approved resolutions to be considered by the TMA House of and Leah Jacobson, MD, BCMS President on May 6 during the Cau-
Delegates. In addition, the group put forth two physicians who were cus meeting of the group.
on the election ballot for seats on the TMA Board of Trustees and
the Texas Delegation to the AMA — John Holcomb, MD and Jen- John Holcomb, MD speaks to the TMA House of Delegates during
nifer Rushton, MD, respectively. Dr. Rushton won election as an nomination speeches on May 5.
alternate delegate to the Texas Delegation to the AMA, in which both
David Henkes MD and Jayesh Shah, MD were reelected to their del- Jennifer Rushton, MD speaks to the TMA House of Delegates during
egate posts, with Dr. Henkes continuing as Chair of the Delegation nomination speeches on May 5.
to AMA.
Marvin Smith, III, MD; Bernard Swift, Jr., DO; Lloyd Van Winkle,
Also, immediately following the conclusion of the business of the MD; and David Webster, MD.
House of Delegates, the TMA Board of Trustees convened and Dr.
Henkes was named Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Stay tuned to this column for updates on the final results of the
2017 business of the TMA House of Delegates.
In a special presentation during the Caucus meeting of the BCMS
Delegation to TMA, BCMS President Leah Jacobson, MD and For more information on how you can become a member of the
BCMS Delegation to TMA Chair, Jayesh Shah, MD, presented Dr. BCMS Delegation to TMA, contact Mary Nava at
Holcomb with the TMA Star Award for his 15+ years of service as mary.nava@bcms.org.
Chair of the TMA Select Committee on Medicaid, CHIP and the
Uninsured. Additionally, the BCMS Delegation to TMA submitted visit us at www.bcms.org 11
a resolution honoring Dr. Holcomb for his years of service on the
Committee, which was recommended for adoption by the TMA Ref-
erence Committee on Financial and Organizational Affairs and was
subsequently adopted by the full body of the House of Delegates.

Many thanks to the members of the BCMS Delegation to TMA
who served as delegates during the two-day business meetings, repre-
sented BCMS in reference committee meetings and participated in the
elections for office during the House of Delegates proceedings: George
Atiee, MD; Chelsea Clinton, MD; Suresh Dutta, MD; John Edwards,
MD; Harold Gaskill, MD; Alice Gong, MD; Donald Gordon, MD,
PhD; Sheldon Gross, MD; David Henkes, MD; John Hinchey, MD;
David Hnatow, MD; John Holcomb, MD; James Humphreys, MD;
Leah Jacobson, MD; Relief Jones, III, MD; Wendy Kang, MD, JD;
Margaret Kelley, MD; Alex Kenton, MD; Malathi Koli, MD; Vijay
Koli, MD; Ashok Kumar, MD; John Lacci, medical student; David
Lam, MD; W. Cannon Lewis, MD; John Menchaca, MD; Darlene
Metter, MD; Jesse Moss, Jr., MD; John Nava, MD; Jennifer Nord-
hauser, medical student; Rajam Ramamurthy, MD; Jennifer Rushton,
MD; Navid Saigal, MD; Jayesh Shah, MD; David Shulman, MD; J.