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BCMS LEGISLATIVE
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FEB. FIRST TUESDAYS

NOW IN THE BOOKS

The first ‘First Tuesdays’ of the 86th Legislative Session took
place on Feb. 5. Physicians, BCMS Alliance members and students
participated in several meetings with legislators and staff. A num-
ber of topics were discussed, including: graduate medical educa-
tion (GME); physician loan repayment; Medicaid reimbursement;
maternal mortality and telemedicine.
Many thanks to the attendees, who made our visits at the Capitol 2
a success: Physicians - Dan Deane, MD; Pam Hall, MD; Alex
Kenton, MD; Jayesh Shah, MD and John Shepherd, MD; Alliance
members – James Duerr; Jennifer Lewis and Jenny Shepherd; and
medical students, Marc Ghoson from UIW; and from UT Health
– Phil Acosta; Dana Glaser; Karan Vir Goenka; Glory Hughes;
Jessie Larouere; Swetha Maddipudi; Sharon Mathi; Jen Nord-
hauser; Cory Nun; Sushmitha Ramesh; Sabi Shrestha; Vanessa
Trivino; Luke Verlinsky; Ryan Wealther and Chelsea Wu. Also in
attendance was Brissa Vela, BCMS director of membership and
special events.
The next First Tuesdays is on March 5. We encourage all
our members to get involved and participate in at least one First
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Tuesday this session. To register, please visit:
www.texmed.org/FirstTuesdays

For local discussion on these and other legislative
advocacy topics, consider joining the BCMS Legislative
and Socioeconomics Committee by contacting Mary Nava,
chief government affairs officer at mary.nava@bcms.org.

From the top:
1 BCMS physicians, Alliance members and medical students visit
with District 26 State Senator Jose Menendez (far left) during the
Feb. 5 First Tuesdays visit to the Capitol.
2 BCMS physicians (l-r) Dan Deane, MD; Alex Kenton, MD and John Ed-
wards, MD met with District 120 State Representative Barbara 4 5
Gervin-Hawkins during the Feb. 5 First Tuesdays visit to the Capitol.
3 Freshman legislator, District 121 State Representative Steve Allison
(leaning against desk), meets with BCMS physicians, Alliance
members and medical students during the First Tuesdays visit to
the Capitol on Feb. 5.
4 BCMS physicians, Alliance members and students representing
the UIW and UT Health medical schools stop to visit with District
25 State Senator Donna Campbell on Feb. 5 during the First Tues-
days visit to the Capitol.
5 First Tuesdays attendees Dan Deane, MD; John Shepherd, MD and
UIW medical student Marc Ghosen look on as Sweetwater Jaycees
representative shows off the special guests in the state Capitol
on Feb. 5.

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