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Texas Medical Association

The Texas Medical Association (TMA) is a professional nonprofit organization representing more than 47,000 physicians and medical student members. It is located in Austin, has 120 component county medical societies around the state, and is the largest state medical society in the United States.
== History ==
The Texas Medical Association was established by 35 physicians in 1853 to provide medical and public health education for Texas physicians and their patients as well as legislative and regulatory advocacy and health policy research. The first president of TMA was Joseph Taylor and the current president is Stephen L. Brotherton, MD.
*1853 – TMA founded in Austin with 35 members.
*1893 – Women physicians join TMA as members.〔
*1918 – Woman’s Auxiliary to TMA established. This organization was renamed the Texas Medical Association Alliance (TMAA) in 1992. TMAA is a volunteer organization made up of physicians and physicians’ spouses involved in health-related community service, legislation and political action.
*1922 – TMA library established.
*1957 – TMA Anson Jones, MD, Awards created to recognize excellence in health care/medical news reporting in Texas.
*1960 – TMA elects its first female president, May Owen, MD.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Texas Woman's University Hall of Fame )
*1962 – TEXPAC, the political arm of TMA, established. TEXPAC is a bi-partisan political action committee providing financial support to candidates for both state and federal offices.
*1966 – TMA creates the Texas Medical Association Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization that funds the public health and science initiatives of TMA physicians.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Welcome to the TMA Foundation )
*1972 – Osteopathic physicians join TMA.〔
*1973 – TMA incorporates medical students as members.
*1991 – TMA establishes TMA’s Hassle Factor Log© that allows physicians to document payment hassles from insurance companies.
*1994 – Hard Hats for Little Heads launched to reduce bicycle-related head injuries.
*2000 – Border Health Caucus created to raise awareness of health care disparities existing along the U.S–Mexico border and their impact on border patients and their physicians.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=USMBHC Chronology )
*2003 – TMA helps pass Texas' 2003 Tort Reform Act, which placed a cap of $250,000 for noneconomic damages on medical liability litigation, and supports Proposition 12, a constitutional amendment ensuring the cap could not be challenged in court. This cap can reach $750,000 if the liability for up to two hospitals involved in the care of the same patient is included.
*2004 – Be Wise—ImmunizeSM program created to increase Texas' childhood immunization rate.
* 2013 – Joined the Choosing Wisely campaign.

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