FEDERATION OF TEXAS PSYCHIATRY

             A United Voice for Texas Psychiatry

The Federation of Texas Psychiatry unites Texas' professional psychiatric organizations. Voting member organizations - the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians, the Texas Academy of Psychiatry, and the Texas Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Associate member organizations - the Texas Foundation for Psychiatric Education and Research, the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association and the Texas Medical Association - together represent about 45,000 physicians in Texas united in advocacy for patients and quality psychiatric care.

TEXAS OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

The nonprofit, Austin-based Texas Osteopathic Medical Association was formally organized by five osteopathic physicians on November 29, 1900, in Sherman, Texas, under the name, Texas Association for the Advancement of Osteopathy. At the organizational meeting David L. Clark, D.O., of Sherman was elected president with an initial state membership of approximately ten; a constitution was adopted; and, first officers were elected. The first Texas Medical Practice Act, passed in 1907, permitted the licensing of doctors of osteopathy. John F. Bailey, D.O., of Waco was appointed by Governor Thomas M. Campbell as the first osteopathic physician on the composite State Board of Medical Examiners. In 1901, during the group's second meeting in Fort Worth, the name was changed to Texas Osteopathic Association. The name was changed again in 1930 to Texas Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, and the association was first incorporated in 1946 in Dallas County. Its purpose was to support the science of osteopathic medicine. On September 14, 1971, the name was changed to Texas Osteopathic Medical Association.

The mission of TOMA is:

• to promote health care excellence for the people of Texas;
• to advance the philosophy and principles of osteopathic medicine; and,
• to loyally embrace the family of the osteopathic profession and serve their unique needs.

Officers 2005-2006

President – Kenneth S. Bayles, DO
President-Elect – Daniel W. Saylak, DO
Vice President – Jack McCarty, DO
Immediate Past President – Hector Lopez, DO
Past President & Special Liaison to the TOMA Foundation – Jim W. Czewski, DO

Board of Trustees

Terms Expire 2008:
George N. Smith, DO
James Marshall, DO
Steven L. Gates, DO
Audrey R. Jones, DO

Terms Expire 2006:
George M. Cole, DO
Ronald Brenz, DO
Elizabeth Palmarozzi, DO
P. Steve Worrell, DO

Terms Expire 2007:
Patrick J. Hanford, DO
David Garza, DO
Monte E. Troutman, DO
John L. Wright, Jr., DO

Officers of the House of Delegates

A. Duane Selman, DO, Speaker
Ray L. Morrison, DO, Vice Speaker

Staff

Robert "Sam" Tessen, Executive Director
Lucy Gibbs, Associate Executive Director
Patty Martinez, Executive Assistant, Exhibits Coordinator
Susi Tyler, CMP, Conference Coordinator, Financial Operations Specialist
Kris Beavers, TxACOFP Executive Director

For more information about the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association, visit their website at www.txosteo.org.

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Last modified: 05/06/09