loader image
Monday, November 4, 2024
81.9 F
McAllen
We Welcome your Press Release
- Advertisement -

TMA Names New General Counsel 

Translate to Spanish or other 102 languages!

The Texas Medical Association (TMA) has named Kelly M. Walla, JD, LLM, as its next general counsel beginning July 1.  Courtesy Image
The Texas Medical Association (TMA) has named Kelly M. Walla, JD, LLM, as its next general counsel beginning July 1.  Courtesy Image

Mega Doctor News

- Advertisement -

The Texas Medical Association (TMA) has named Kelly M. Walla, JD, LLM, as its next general counsel beginning July 1. 

Ms. Walla’s promotion to head TMA’s Office of the General Counsel (OGC) follows 42 years of successful service by her predecessor, General Counsel Donald P. “Rocky” Wilcox, JD, who is retiring in June. 

“It’s an honor to be selected as TMA’s next general counsel  and to carry forward the legacy of my predecessor. I am  excited for the opportunity to represent TMA in this new role  and to continue advancing the organization’s physician and  patient-focused mission,” Ms. Walla said. “The state and the  nation have witnessed the courage of Texas physicians over the course of the pandemic, and I am proud to advise TMA as it works to support its physician members.” 

- Advertisement -

TMA Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Darrouzet said Ms. Walla has been a valued member of OGC during her 15 years of service to TMA, first as an assistant general counsel and most recently as associate vice president and deputy general counsel. 

“I am confident that Kelly will continue the respected leadership of the association’s in-house legal team, and I am so pleased she is taking on this new leadership role,” Mr. Darrouzet said. 

With this transition, “TMA can continue to stand up boldly for Texas physicians, on both the state and federal levels,” Board of Trustees Chair Rick Snyder, MD, said. 

Ms. Walla has 21 years of legal experience and 15 years of legislative advocacy experience. Prior to joining TMA, she was an associate in the private law firms Arter & Hadden, LLP in Dallas and Bean & Bean, LLP in Houston. Ms. Walla earned her bachelor of arts degree in political science, summa cum laude, from Southeastern Oklahoma State University in 1997, and her juris doctor, with honors, from The University of Texas School of Law in 2000. She received her master of laws in health law from the University of Houston Law Center in 2008. 

- Advertisement -

Ms. Walla currently serves on the council for the Health Law Section of the State Bar of Texas and on the board of the Texas Alliance for Patient Access, and she is immediate past president of the American Society of Medical Association Counsel. She also chairs the policy subcommittee for TMA’s staff diversity and inclusion committee. Ms. Walla is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. 

- Advertisement -
- Advertisement -

- Advertisement -

More Articles

Groundbreaking for New Behavioral Health Hospital, Nov. 12th

Mega Doctor News PHARR, Texas – The City of Pharr and DHR Health will...

STHS Edinburg Serving as Official Polling Location for Hidalgo County Residents, Nov. 5th

Mega Doctor News Through Hidalgo County’s Countywide Polling Place Program, STHS Edinburg...

STHS Behavioral’s Webinar to Discuss Substance Use Disorder, Nov. 7th

Mega Doctor News Every day across the Unites States, substance use disorder – formerly...

STHS Introduces New Digital Resuscitation Training & Education

Mega Doctor News Patients who suffer a cardiac arrest must receive the...
- Advertisement -
×