May 2022 Vol. 108 No. 5
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & CEO
Jon R. Roth, MS, CAE
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Samuel Chantilis, MD (President)
Donna Casey, MD (President-elect)
Deborah Fuller, MD (Secretary/Treasurer)
R. Elizabeth Kassanoff -Piper, MD
(Immediate Past President)
Gates Colbert, MD
Emma Dishner, MD
Shaina Drummond, MD
Carolee Estelle, MD
Vijay Giridhar, MD
Angela Moemeka, MD
Wendy Parnell, MD
A. Joe Saad, MD
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CONTENTS
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PRESIDENT’S PAGE
Tort Reform 2003:
The Texas Miracle!
7EVP/CEO LETTER
Mental Health
Awareness Month
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HOUSE CALL
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Female Physicians in the Workplace:
Are We at a Tiping Point?
RESEARCH
Project Mental
Health Awareness
HEALTH ALLIES
Legislating the Mind: How Texas
Has Taken Steps to Address the
Growing Mental Health Crisis
PHYSICIAN WELLNESS
Lift Up Your Heart by
Dr. Jack Coulehan
DCMS Participates In The 2022
Dallas Regional Virtual Science Fair
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