16 DALLAS MEDICAL JOURNAL • June 2021
Whitney Stuard, a sixth-year
MD/PhD student in the
Medical Scientist Training
Program at UT Southwestern
Medical School (UT Southwestern),
received the 2021 Texas Medical
Association Medical Student Section
(TMA-MSS) Student of the Year Award.
TMA’s House of Delegates policymaking
body announced Ms. Stuard’s award today
during TexMed, TMA’s annual conference,
held virtually.
“The members of TMA have been
upholding a commitment to health care,
leadership, professionalism, and service
for many years,” said Ms. Stuard, of
Dallas. “I am truly honored to be placed in
the ranks of those past honorees from the
Medical Student Section.”
Tanooha Veeramachaneni, a fellow UT
Southwestern student who nominated Ms.
Stuard, said, “The passion and sincerity
she brings to every project inspires
others, like myself, to dream bigger
and aim higher.” Medical student Sarah
Miller, president of the TMA-MSS, called
Ms. Stuard “a standout among the TMA
student community.”
Ms. Stuard joined TMA in 2015. She
also is a member of TEXPAC, TMA’s
political action committee, and serves
on its Candidate Evaluation Committee,
and has served on the TEXPAC Board of
Directors. Ms. Stuard also is a delegate
representing her region in the American
Medical Association (AMA) Medical
Student Section. She is co-president of
the TMA medical student chapter at UT
Southwestern, as well as medical student
outreach leader. Ms. Stuard serves as
a peer counselor and teaches her fellow
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TMA
Student of
the Year
“I am truly honored to
be placed in the ranks
of those past honorees
from the Medical
Student Section.”
Whitney Stuard, a sixth-year
MD/PhD student