students how to draft resolutions to
propose policy changes at TMA and AMA.
Tina Zhu, one of the UT Southwestern
students Ms. Stuard mentors, said, “She
is highly committed to making a difference
in medicine through both advocacy and
policy, and will no doubt be a leader in
the future.” Ms. Stuard is active in the
Dallas County Medical Society, serving as
a member of its board of directors. She
also helped expand opportunities for other
medical students to serve on the society’s
boards, councils, and committees.
“I am overjoyed my work in policy,
education, and advocacy has made a
positive difference for others,” Ms. Stuard
said. “I hope through my work to inspire
other students, they too can make a
difference.”
While at UT Southwestern, Ms. Stuard
also has developed programs to aid
the local community. She created a
hepatitis B screening program for people
in underserved areas of Dallas, and
secured a grant to develop a web-based
STEM course to empower local high
school students to pursue their interests
in science, technology, engineering, and
math. Ms. Stuard graduated summa
cum laude from The University of Texas
at Dallas (UTD) in 2015 with a bachelor’s
degree in biological sciences. She is
enrolled in the UT-PACT Program, which is a
combined seven-year UTD/UTSW medical
program. Ms. Stuard is a member of the
UT Southwestern class of 2023.
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Published by the Texas Medical
Association on April 29, 2021: https://www.
texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=56675
DCMS Student Member
Receives 2021 TMA
Minority Scholarship
Congratulations to DCMS student
member Eryn Patin! Ms. Patin graduates
from Tulane University in New Orleans this
month with a bachelor of science degree
in neuroscience. She plans to practice
obstetrics-gynecology in underserved areas
of Dallas/Fort Worth. Ms. Patin will attend
UT Southwestern Medical School in Dallas.
The TMAF Bayardo Minority Scholarship
Fund, the Dallas County Medical Society,
and St. David’s Foundation are providing
Ms. Patin’s scholarship.
Fifteen minority students entering Texas
medical schools this fall each will receive
a $10,000 scholarship from the Texas
Medical Association (TMA). Physicians
selected the students for their academic
achievement, commitment to community
service, and desire to care for Texas’
increasingly diverse population. TMA
created the Minority Scholarship Program
in 1998 to help diversify the physician
workforce to meet the health care needs
of Texans. Recipients are known as the
“Bayardo Scholars” in recognition of the
majority support provided by the TMA
Foundation Trust Fund of Roberto J.
Bayardo, MD, and the late Agniela (Annie)
M. Bayardo of Houston. Other generous
gifts from H-E-B; St. David’s Foundation;
and the TMAF Patrick Y. Leung, MD,
Minority Scholarship Endowment support
this year’s scholarships, as well as TMAF
donor physicians and their families, and
TMA county medical societies.
“Meeting and hearing from the medical
students I have helped continues to be
one of the most rewarding experiences of
my life,” said Dr. Bayardo. “Their dedication
and aspiration to care for Texans,
particularly those in need, makes me feel
that the future of medicine is indeed in
good hands.”
Published by the Texas Medical
Association on May 17, 2021:
https://www.texmed.org/Template.
aspx?id=56959
Dr. Steven Hays Named
TXACP Advocate of the Year
Dallas Nephrology Associates is
proud to announce that Steven R. Hays,
MD, FACP, is the recipient of the TXACP
Services Snyder-Chumley Advocate of the
Year award. Dr. Hays was presented the
award in a virtual reception on Friday, April
30. TXACP is the advocacy arm of the
Texas Chapter of the American College of
Physicians.
“I am honored to be the Snyder-Chumley
Award recipient,” says Dr. Hays. “I hope
this award refl ects my efforts to be an
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