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TOA
President's
Update
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By John T. Gill, MD
President, Texas Orthopaedic Association
In September of 2007, AAOS President Dr.
Jim Beaty sent all Academy members a letter addressing the Department
of Justice's investigation and ruling of the relationships
between five hip and knee surgical implant manufacturers and
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encourage you to re-read Dr. Beaty’s letter and the AAOS Standards of
Professionalism position statement concerning industry relations. More
information resources can be viewed at this AAOS website
location.
This site will offer an overview of the Relationships with Industry
issue, as well as allow you to download Patient-Physician Communications
forms.
AAOS and TOA have taken this matter very seriously. We have invited Rick
Peterson, the Academy’s General Counsel to participate in a discussion
of industry relations during our
TOA
Annual Meeting.
We hope that you will support the on-going efforts to assist orthopaedic
surgeons and the relationship with our industry partners in the most professional and
ethical manner to provide and enhance patient care.
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UTMB Visiting Professor Lecture
Series: Ethics, Orthopaedics & Industry
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THE UNIVERSITY OF
TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH
DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY AND REHABILITATION
Austin Visiting Professor Lecture Series
“Ethics, Orthopaedics,
and Industry”
Lecture presented by:
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Charles A. Rockwood, Jr., MD
Professor and Chair Emeritus
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio,
Department of Orthopaedics, San Antonio, TX
WEDNESDAY,
February 20, 2008
6 P.M.
Doors open @ 5:30 P.M. for reception
Texas Medical Association
401 West 15th Street
Austin, TX 78701
1st floor Thompson Auditorium
Objectives:
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Be aware that there are Standards of
Policies dealing with Industry and physicians
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Violators of the SOP could be censored
or worse
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The Federal government is working
closely with the Orthopaedic Industry to evaluate fraud of
physicians
The University of Texas Medical Branch
at Galveston (UTMB) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education
to physicians. The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 (one) AMA PRA
Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate
with extent of their participation in the activity.
Dr. Rockwood discloses that he has
no financial interests or affiliations.
Please RSVP to Lane Carpio-Fess
@
dlcarpio@utmb.edu or 409-747-5757.
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This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
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By Mignon McGarry
TOA Legislative Advocate / Memo: Wed. November 28th,
2007
TOA Online Version: All Memos
February 7th, Thursday
Rep. Robert Puente (D-San
Antonio) has resigned his House District 119 seat, effective
February 1st. Puente, who previously announced his
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retirement, moved up the date in order
to give his successor a few months of seniority over other incoming
House members. Democrat Roland Gutierrez is the only candidate on the
November ballot. Governor Perry will now call a special election to
fill the vacancy. Expect that election to be held on May 10th, the
next uniform election date.
The Senate Committees are beginning work on their Interim Charges. The
Senate Finance Committee held a joint meeting with the Senate
Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security on Tuesday, February
5th to discuss the Texas Department of Transportation’s 2008-2009
appropriation. In a series of heated exchanges, Senators expressed
concern at the lack of coordination between the planning and
forecasting divisions at TxDOT. Agency commissioners and Executive
Director Amadeo Saenz faced tough questions about their budget and
their rationale behind their delaying 54 road projects in 28 counties
until the next fiscal year.
Nationally, it looks as if the Texas primaries will matter after all.
With no clear front runner in either major party after Super Tuesday,
voters in Texas will have their say in choosing the party nominees.
Early voting begins February 19th followed closely by Texas Primary
Day on March 4th.
Governor Perry appointed Janiece M. Longoria of Houston to The
University of Texas System Board of Regents. Longoria was appointed to
a term to expire on February 1, 2011 and replaces Robert Estrada of
Fort Worth on the Board.
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Hill Country Sports Medicine Seeks Orthopaedic
Surgeon
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We are seeking a BC/BE orthopaedic
surgeon interested in joining a busy sports medicine practice. Our
practice serves as the team physicians to Texas State University, a
division 1-AA program, as well as multiple high schools in the
area. PT is offered on site. In addition, we are affiliated with a
profitable physician owned surgery center. Also, we
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have a satellite location in SW
Austin, approximately 25 minutes from our main location.
The practice is in the heart of
the Texas Hill Country, at the center of the Austin-San Antonio
corridor. Our community offers both small city convenience and big
connections. Three of the ten largest cities in the U.S. are within 200
miles of San Marcos.
Please contact Gerard M. Pennington, M.D.
via phone at (512) 787-3566
or via email at this
address:
gmp@hcsm.net or visit our website at
www.hcsm.net.
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