Newsletter Synopsis
August 2010
President's Message
Hello Fellow Alliance Members,
I hope this newsletter finds everyone having a great end to a fun summer. I know that it has gone way too fast at our house.
As the new President of the Medical Alliance I want to take just a brief moment and introduce myself. My name is Sara Trammell. As you can see, my main job is taking care of three beautiful and active daughters. Maggie is 4 1/2, Claire is 3, and Elizabeth will be one at the end of the month! My husband is Talmadge, and he is a neurosurgeon at Hendrick Medical Center. We have been married for 7 years and have lived in Abilene for 3.
I am trained as a Family Medicine physician, but I currently am not practicing. I am really looking forward to a great year serving as your President. I have put together a fantastic group of ladies to help me with this endeavor. We hopefully will have something for everyone this year.
I hope that each of you will try and come to at least one meeting during the year. Please let me know if you have any thoughts or suggestions. I am always open to new ideas!
Sara
Legislative Update
Go to www.texmed.org for all of the latest information on legislative news. You can also see your TEXPAC dollars in action. Please consider supporting TEXPAC.
Medicare Meltdown Petition: You can go by the Medical Society office and sign the petition to help protect Medicare or you can go to this website and sign electronically: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/meltdown/
Welcome to Abilene
Dr. Alex Landfield, wife Ashley - Neurology
Dr. Pradeep Mohan, wife Sumedha- Plastic Surgery
Dr. JD Cochran, wife Hayley- Emergency Medicine
Dr. Sharisse Stephenson, husband Fred- Neurology
Keeping Up With Friends
Congratulations to Pat and Ralph Mc Cleskey on the birth of their first granddaughter, Paige Catherine. She was born August 4th in Seattle.
Also Congratulations to Diana and Miller Richert on the recent birth of a grandchild.
Condolences to Claudia and Gary Walker on the death of Claudia’s father.
Condolences to the family, friends, and co-workers of Dr. Randy Harrison on his recent death.
Congratulations to Jim and Kathy Webster on being the 2010 Grace Museum Gala Honorees. The Gala is August 28th at the Grace Museum. Tickets are still available. Call 673-4587.
Vice Admiral Mark Fox, son of Nan and the late Irby Fox, recently took command of the Navy in the Middle East.
Sue and Raul Calvo performed with the Texas Tornadoes dance group at Frontier Days in Santa Anna.
The seven children of Shannon and Becky Cooke were recently featured on the front of Abilene Families. The Cooke family will have children at 4 different Abilene schools this fall.
Congratulations to Brett Teague and his friends who climbed Mt. Kilamanjaro this past Spring.
