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DELEGATION
NEWS

BCMS DELEGATION TO TMA ANNOUNCES TWO
CANDIDATES FOR HOUSE OF DELEGATE POSITIONS

The BCMS Delegation to TMA has announced the names of two physicians who are running for elected positions in the TMA House
of Delegates. The candidates are: Jayesh Shah, MD, for TMA Board of Trustees and Alexander Kenton, MD, for AMA Alternate Delegate.
Elections are set for Saturday, May 19 during TexMed 2018, TMA’s annual meeting, which takes place here in San Antonio this year at the
JW Marriott Hotel.
For more information about TexMed 2018, visit the TMA website at www.texmed.org. To learn more about how you can get involved
with the BCMS Delegation to TMA, contact Mary Nava, chief government affairs officer at mary.nava@bcms.org.

DR. JAYESH B. SHAH
TOP 5 REASONS
for
TO VOTE
TMA BOARD OF TRUSTEES
ALEXANDER B.
KENTON, MD LEADER IN ORGANIZED
MEDICINE
• Alternate Delegate to AMA from
for TMA (7 years)
• Past President, BCMS
AMA ALTERNATE • Past Chair, AMA IMG Section
• Past President, American
DELEGATE Association of Physicians of
Indian Origin
• President, American College
of Hyperbaric Medicine
• Past Chair, American College
• Engaged leader in organized medicine at the state of Certified Wound Specialists
and local level; • Vice Chief of Staff,
Southwest General Hospital
“I treat my roles with the TMA as a second full time job.” • Chief of Staff, Uvalde
Memorial Hospital
• Knowledgeable and perceptive when advocating • Market Physician Advisor,
Tenet Health
for the House of Medicine’s state and
federal issues EXPERIENCE WITH TMA
• Gala Co-chair TMA Foundation Gala 2018
• TMA Council on Healthcare Service Organization (3 years)
• Currently is a key contact with many elected • TMA Membership Committee (6 years)
officials and TEXPAC-supported candidates • Chair, TMA IMG Section
• Chair, BCMS Delegation to TMA
• Texas Delegate to American Medical Association
• Proven hospital staff leader in pediatric • Chair & Member of numerous TMA Ad Hoc Committees
(neonatal/perinatal) medicine combined • TMA Council on Health Promotion (1 year)
with previous experience and work in
Internal Medicine ACTIVELY PRACTICING PHYSICIAN
• Full-time, Actively Practicing Physician
• Practices in a multi-hospital system with a Very High Percentage
• Will fight to keep physicians as the lead voice of Medicare, Medicaid & Uninsured patients
for healthcare policy • Directly involved in the unique issues that affect the Delivery of
Health Care along the Texas border
• Knowledgeable of issues caused by Uninsured, Underinsured,
Medicaid & Medicare
• Finishing Master of Healthcare Administration 2018
“I respectfully ask for your vote and support!”
- Alex PHYSICIAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE
• Active on Medical Issues at the national & state levels
• Vice Chair of TEXPAC, District 21

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