TMA Cheers Appellate Court Ruling in Third NSA Lawsuit
June 3, 2025 Statement by Texas Medical Association (TMA) President Jayesh “Jay” Shah, MD, in response to Friday’s order by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit granting TMA’s petition for rehearing en banc in TMA’s third No Surprises Act (NSA) lawsuit, which vacates the circuit panel’s Oct. 30, 2024 opinion and will result in […]
Trump Policies at Odds With ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Push
In his March address to Congress, President Trump honored a Texas boy diagnosed with brain cancer. Amid bipartisan applause, he vowed to drive down childhood cancer rates through his “Make America Healthy Again (MAHA)” initiative. A few days later, the administration quietly dropped a lawsuit to cut emissions from a Louisiana chemical plant linked to […]
Impact of PEPFAR Funding Freeze; Gun Injuries During Hunting Season
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, look at the top medical stories of the week. This week’s topics include a way to avoid […]
TMA Foundation Elects Officers for 2025-26
May 20, 2025 Five new officers were elected to lead the Texas Medical Association Foundation (TMAF) board for the upcoming two years. TMAF elected the officers on May 8 during TexMed, the annual conference of the Texas Medical Association (TMA), which took place in San Antonio. The foundation supports the philanthropic vision of TMA, and […]
San Antonio Physician Installed as TMA President
May 10, 2025 The Texas Medical Association (TMA) installed on Saturday Jayesh “Jay” Shah, MD, as its 160th president during TexMed, the association’s annual conference, held in San Antonio this year. Dr. Shah is an internist, hyperbaric medicine, and wound care specialist in San Antonio. He is the first Indian American to serve as president in the association’s 172-year […]
Cervical Artery Dissection and Stroke; Preventing Clotting in Cancer Patients
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, look at the top medical stories of the week. This week’s topics include stroke after cervical artery […]