Tennessee Medical Association
The Tennessee Medical Association (TMA) is a professional organization for Doctors of Medicine (M.D.) and Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) in Tennessee. The group predates the national association, the American Medical Association, by well over a decade.
History
[edit]Felix Robertson was a charter member of the TMA and president of the "Medical Society of Tennessee" (original name) in 1834–1840 and 1853–1855.[1]
Projects
[edit]The TMA organizes an annual conference and publishes a journal, Tennessee Medicine.
People
[edit]In May 2013 Christopher E. Young became the 159th president of the TMA.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "We are the Tennessee Medical Association". tnmed.org. 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ "Former Knoxville man installed as TMA President". knoxvilledailysun.com. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
Further reading
[edit]- Hamer, Philip M. (1930). The centennial history of the Tennessee State Medical Association. 1830-1930. Tennessee State Medical Association.
ASIN B000P99PDE
- Kampmeier, Rudolph H (1981). History of the Tennessee Medical Association, 1930-1980. Tennessee Medical Association.
ASIN: B0006XQCSA