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THE DATE FOR
BCMS
EVENTS
BCMS Fishing
Tournament
sponsored by
Gateway Mortgage Group LLC
Stefen Brooks, RMLO
NMLS#229142
Departs from Rockport
For information,
click here
Nov. 1
Women in Medicine Appreciation
11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Omni Hotel at the Colonnade
For sponsorship opportunities, call
210-301-4371.
To reserve tables and buy tickets,
click here
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World
Mental Health Day
Observance and Balloon Release
Noon
Oct. 10
Main
Plaza
Downtown
San Antonio
Speakers:
Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff
Bexar
County
Precinct
2
Commissioner
Paul
Elizondo
Wear purple, take purple balloons
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TRENDING TOPICS
TMA President Dr. Austin King provides legislative
update at BCMS General Membership Meeting
By Mary E. Nava, MBA
Chief Governmental and Community Relations
Officer
Texas Medical Association President Austin King, MD, presented a
legislative update during the Sept. 24 BCMS General Membership
Meeting at the Hilton San Antonio Airport Hotel.
It was Dr. King's first
presentation to a county medical society since taking office as
president in May. The focus of his presentation was TMA's 2015
legislative agenda, "Healthy Vision 2020."
To read the agenda, click here.
Dr. King talked about how TMA is
a grassroots organization and that the county medical society is
the grassroots. He went on to say that he has initiated
"Project Prestige" as a way to encourage physicians to
get involved in the community, stating that physicians have siloed
themselves away from the community for a variety of reasons and
when that happens, the community loses respect for physicians as
leaders.
He closed his presentation by
commenting on the importance of membership and member
participation; adding that membership in large numbers gains the
respect of the legislature.
For local discussion on this and other advocacy
topics, consider joining the BCMS Legislative and Socioeconomics
Committee by contacting Mary Nava.
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Lecture: 'The Archaeology of Health in the Ancient
Mediterranean World'
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Dr. Alain Touwaide will present a lecture on "The
Archaeology of Health in the Ancient Mediterranean World"
at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 20 in Chapman Hall at Trinity University.
The event is free and open to the public.
Dr. Touwaide is
a science historian who specializes in the history of medicinal
plants in the cultures that flourished around the Mediterranean Sea
from antiquity to the 17th century CE. His lecture is sponsored by
the Southwest Texas Archeological Society (SWTAS), a branch of the
Archeological Institute of America.
Financial
support is being sought to cover the approximate cost of $2,000 for
expenses. Contributions of all sizes are appreciated by the SWTAS,
which is a 501(c)(3) organization. Contributions can be sent to AIA
SWTAS. The check should be mailed to: Laura Childs, 2858
Burning Log, San Antonio, TX 78247. The check should stipulate
Touwaide Lecture.
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About The Weekly Dose
The Weekly Dose is a service of
the Bexar County Medical Society.
Some of the suggestions conveyed may not be applicable
to your practice today, but the goal is to offer information over
time that returns value in excess
of the cost of your membership.
If you would like to recommend future topics to share
with your colleagues,
please submit them to the BCMS Executive Director at steve.fitzer@bcms.org.
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Copyright © 2014 Bexar County Medical Society, San
Antonio, Texas.
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