VOLUME 31, ISSUE 1

ACTIONS OF THE BOD

SUMMARY OF ACTIONS
TSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

TSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  1. Recognized new TSA Board members.
  2. Recognized Mr. Gerardo Trejo, Texas Society of Anesthesia Technologists and Technicians (TSATT) President.
  3. Requested that Drs. Charles E. Cowles and Shannon Hancher-Hodges as well as Mr. Trejo explore hotel options for the TSATT members attending the TSA Annual Meeting.
  4. Requested that Drs. Charles E. Cowles and Shannon Hancher-Hodges assist with drafting a letter requesting sponsorships from hospitals for the TSATT members to attend the Annual Meeting.
  5. Recognized Girish P. Joshi, MD for his extraordinary service as TSA President.
  6. Approved the minutes of the May 20, 2018 TSA Board of Directors Meeting as written.
  7. Continued sponsorship of $1000 each to three Texas anesthesia programs, to send residents to the ASA 2019 Practice Management Conference. The three programs will be Baylor Scott & White, TTHSC-Lubbock and UTMB-Galveston.
  8. Recognized Drs. Zachary Jones (Metro Anesthesia Consultants), Brian Masel (UTMB), Jacob Stetler (USAP), Shital Vachhani (UT MD Anderson), Wendell Williams, III (UT MD Anderson), John Zaki (UT McGovern), and Acsa Zavala (UT MD Anderson) for being selected to participate in the TMA Leadership College Class of 2019.
  9. Approved sponsorship for an additional 3 members to attend the TMALC Class of 2019. TSA will be the sponsoring organization for Drs. Stetler, Vachhani, Williams, Zaki, and Zavala.
  10. Appointed the Ad-hoc Committee to Review Future TMALC Sponsorships. Members of the Ad-Hoc Committee are: Drs. Charles E. Cowles (Chair), Anna M. Allred, Shannon Hancher-Hodges, George W. Williams and Crystal C. Wright. The Committee should develop criteria and create an order on how to incorporate and bring the sponsored members back into the TSA, but more importantly how they show their value. A report is due to the Board in January 2019.
  11. Confirmed recommendation of Dr. Charles E. Cowles to the TMA for the office of TSA Delegate to the TMA Interspeciality Society Committee.
  12. Appointed Dr. Jose M. Soliz to the office of Interim Director for District 7.
  13. Appointed an Ad-Hoc Committee on Leadership Development. The members of the Committee are: Drs. Patrick Giam (Chair), Amr Abouleish, Anna Allred, Stephanie Bradley (Resident), Jeremie Perry, Jeff Plagenhoef, John Scott, and Crystal Wright. The Committee should target young leaders and develop an appropriate professional development program. In addition, the Committee was charged with exploring the possibility of the TSA developing a leadership/mentorship program similar to the TMA Leadership College.
  14. Recognized Dr. Patrick Giam for his service and future candidacy as the ASA 1st Vice President in 2023.
  15. Approved motion to add the oversight of the ASA PAC traveling booth to the duties of the ASA Director. The TSA Bylaws will be amended to reflect the additional responsibility of the ASA Director.

  1. Approved comments to the CMS supporting the AMA and 150 other medical associations in opposition of the proposed changes to E/M codes.
  2. Acknowledged and recognized Dr. Vijaya Gottumukkala, the entire Education Committee, Chris Bacak, the TSA meeting staff with applause.
  3. Approved motion to increase the early registration fee for Anesthesiologists Days at the Capitol to $35.00. The late and on-site registration fees will be $45.00.
  4. Informed members that the TSA will be providing both CPR Anytime Training as well as Stop the Bleed Training in 2019. Encouraged members to ask their groups for financial support to purchase CPR kits, Stop the Bleed kits for legislative offices, and training tourniquets for attendees.
  5. Requested that a communication be created to poll members regarding their network status.
  6. Approved a motion as recommended by the Communications Committee to review and select a system to deliver blast emails and text messages to our members.
  7. Approved motion that a members’ name, mobile number, email address, and home address all be mandatory fields in the TSA database.
  8. Recognized Claire Foster for her social media work. Ninety-eight percent of TSA posts on social media are created by Claire.
  9. Announced that the TSAPAC raised $163,421.00 during the 2018 Annual Meeting. This is the highest amount ever raised.
  10. Thanked the entire TSAPAC Board, Bonnie Bruce, Ashlee Quick, Chris Bacak, and the entire TSA team for their assistance and organization of the TSAPAC activities.
  11. Informed the Board that the TSAPAC will be creating a new level of Diamond Club membership for TSA retired members.
  12. Recognized Dr. Ray Callas for contributing the largest amount ever received by the TSAPAC from one member.
  13. Appointed Dr. Scott Meril as the new Arts Committee Chair.
  14. Recognized Dr. James Sims for his service as the Arts Committee Chair for the past 5 years.
  15. Thanked Dr. Jeremie Perry for his efforts as Chair of the Professional Development Committee.
  16. Recognized and applauded Dr. Debbie Plagenhoef for establishing the TSA Women in Anesthesiology Breakfast.
  17. Approved motion to schedule the first 2019 Board meeting in Austin on January 26th.
  18. Approved motion to host the TSA Strategic Planning Retreat on January 12th in Austin.

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