Articles sorted by author's last name.

Student Article

An Open Letter to Medical Students
Enrique Alvarez-Ventura, OMS-III

The workload of my first two years of medical school completely overshadowed everything else in my life. This included my reason for wanting to be a doctor in the first place. Studying for classes and exams and then doing it all again, seemingly without end, made me feel jaded.
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President's Paragraph

TEXPAC
Opt In: Educate
By David J. Donahue, MD

      The TMA/TCMS membership dues statements will arrive in your mailbox soon.  Please renew!  When you do, “Opt in” to TEXPAC by checking the TEXPAC entry on your dues statement...
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President's Paragraph

Responsibility
by David Donohue, MD

Does use of the "p word" further demoralize physicians?  Or is "provider" (short for “healthcare provider”) merely a technical term employed while discussing healthcare issues or workforce requirements? 
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Gold-Headed Cane Award

M. Ebadat Ali, MD
By Allison Howard

Dr. Ali's road to medical school was far from easy. At the young age of 14 his father passed away, and Dr. Ali soon realized that he would have to work hard and be patient to come up with funds for medical school...
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Struggles & Triumphs

A History of the Tarrant County Medical Society - Beginnings & Birth
By Margie Peschel, MD

Our lives are made of story: stories of the past, stories of work and experiences, stories of family and friends, stories of struggles, and stories of triumphs. The story of doctors and the Tarrant County Medical Society is such a story...
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Struggles & Triumphs

A History of the Tarrant County Medical Society - A Stouthearted Young Society
By Margie Peschel, MD

During the early years of the newly-formed medical society, resolutions were sent from TCMS to Texas legislators in support of the Medical Practice Act and the Anatomical Bill which would advance science and medicine. The public owed a real debt...
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Struggles & Triumphs

A History of the Tarrant County Medical Society - World War I and the 1914 Flu Pandemic
By Margie Peschel, MD

World War I was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918. World War I, described as "the war to end all wars," led to the mobilization of more than 70  million personnel, making in one...
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Struggles & Triumphs

A History of the Tarrant County Medical Society - The Great Depression - 1929-1932
By Margie Peschel, MD

The Great Depression started in the United States after a major fall in stock prices that began around September 1929 and became worldwide with the New York Stock Exchange collapse on October 29, 1929, known as Black Tuesday. Between...
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Struggles & Triumphs

A History of the Tarrant County Medical Society - World War II
By Margie Peschel, MD

In his Address to Congress on January 6, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt set forth the cause of democracy in these immortal words: "In future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded...
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Struggles & Triumphs

A History of the Tarrant County Medical Society - The Gold-Headed Cane
By Margie Peschel, MD

Doctors today do not use a cane entwined by a single serpent to conjure up a cure as Aclepius the Greek god did. The rod and snake together were used to drive off evil spirits and bring healing. This act of healing was abandoned around 400 BC...
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A Part of the Exodus

My Journey Through Medicine
By Angela Self, MD

I remember being in medical school and imagining what my life would be like after I finished training. I would picture the conversations I would have with my patients, and envisioned what my waiting room would look like, with comfortable chair...
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The Last Word

(April 2016 Republish)
By Hujefa Vora, MD

Why do you want to become a doctor? I remember working so hard through high school and college thinking about this question. It confronted me at every turn of my early career.
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