The Texas Medical Association has assembled the TMA COVID-19 Task
Force to help Texas physicians prepare their practices to protect and
treat their patients in the event of a community outbreak of the 2019
novel coronavirus.
The task force is chaired by Wendy Chung, MD, chief epidemiologist at
Dallas County Health and Human Services and chair of the TMA Council on
Science and Public Health. Dr. Chung leads the team of front-line
infectious disease and primary care physician experts who will stay
informed of the latest epidemiological information regarding COVID-19
and advise fellow physicians across the state about developments. The
idea is for this TMA blue-ribbon group to empower front-line physicians
to have their practices ready to answer the call and help their
community’s patients if cases develop in their hometown.
Members of the TMA COVID-19 Task Force are:
- Wendy M. Chung, MD, MSPH - Dallas (Chair)
- Ogechika K. Alozie, MD - El Paso
- John T. Carlo, MD - Dallas
- Mark A. Casanova, MD FAAHPM - Dallas
- Robert L. Fine, MD, FACP, FAAHPM - Dallas
- Robert D. Greenberg, MD - Temple
- C. Mary Healy, MD - Houston
- Thomas A. Kaspar, MD - Victoria
- David L. Lakey, MD - Austin
- Charles J. Lerner, MD, FSHEA - San Antonio
- Donald K. Murphey, MD - Austin
- Jan E. Patterson, MD - San Antonio
- Trish M. Perl, MD - Dallas
- Valerie B. Smith, MD - Tyler
- Erica W. Swegler, MD - Austin
Last Updated On
April 06, 2020