History of TOMA
TOMA Past Presidents
The nonprofit, Austin-based Texas Osteopathic Medical Association was formally organized by five osteopathic physicians on November 29, 1900, in Sherman, Texas, under the name, Texas Association for the Advancement of Osteopathy. At the organizational meeting David L. Clark, D.O., of Sherman was elected president with an initial state membership of approximately ten; a constitution was adopted; and, first officers were elected. The association was formed because of the Wilson Bill, then pending in the state legislature, which threatened the osteopathic profession, along with occult or unorthodox practitioners. Cecil Smith, a former senator from Sherman, was hired to lobby against the bill, and an amendment protecting the profession was adopted. The first Texas Medical Practice Act, passed in 1907, permitted the licensing of doctors of osteopathy. John F. Bailey, D.O., of Waco was appointed by Governor Thomas M. Campbell as the first osteopathic physician on the composite State Board of Medical Examiners. In 1901, during the group's second meeting in Fort Worth, the name was changed to Texas Osteopathic Association. The name was changed again in 1930 to Texas Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, and the association was first incorporated in 1946 in Dallas County. Its purpose was to support the science of osteopathic medicine. On September 14, 1971, the name was changed to Texas Osteopathic Medical Association.
During the presidency of Joseph L. Love of Austin (1944-46) the profession made significant legislative gains. Another key figure in the association's growth was Phil R. Russell, D.O., of Fort Worth, who served as president in 1923-24 and in 1949 limited his practice in order to take over as executive secretary of the association. In the early 1950s, he built the first state headquarters at 512 Bailey in Fort Worth and was instrumental in achieving recognition for Texas osteopathic physicians by Blue Cross Insurance, which had previously refused to pay osteopathic hospitals or physicians. In 1925, when Governor Miriam A. Ferguson appointed Russell to serve on the Texas State Board of Health, he became the first osteopathic member. He was subsequently appointed to a six-year term on the State Board of Medical Examiners by Governor Ross S. Sterling and reappointed by Governor James Allred. President Franklin Roosevelt awarded him a Citation for his work on the medical advisory board of the United States Selective Service System during World War II. Under Tex Roberts, executive director from 1968 to 1987, the association made further gains for the profession. By 1980, osteopathic representation on the Board of Medical Examiners had dropped to one; after strong lobbying efforts, the Medical Practice Act of 1981 was passed, mandating three osteopathic physicians on the board and at least one on each of its committees. In 1987, Joel D. Holliday, D.O., became the first osteopathic physician ever to serve as president of the board. In 1981 and 1983 the association was also successful in getting a nondiscriminatory clause into the Medical Practice Act. During Roberts's tenure, a new headquarters was built at 226 Bailey Avenue in Fort Worth and the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine became a reality.
In 1987, upon the retirement of Mr. Roberts, Tom Hanstrom was hired as executive director. Under his direction, a TOMA owned medical malpractice company was incorporated to provide TOMA members with medical malpractice insurance. Upon Mr. Hanstrom's untimely death in 1991, Terry Boucher was hired as the executive director. In 1993, the association's office was moved from Fort Worth to Austin so that the profession could have a stronger presence in the political arena. Under Mr. Boucher, the association was successful in getting a nondiscriminatory hospital staff law passed; the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners began accepting the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners test for licensure in Texas; and, the association restored and moved into its new headquarters building in Austin at 1415 Lavaca Street. After a million-dollar renovation, the building has been designated as an Austin Historic Landmark.
Wives of osteopathic physicians were originally combined with women osteopathic physicians in an organization known as the Osteopathic Women's National Association; Mary Lou Logan, D.O., of Dallas was a prime mover in Texas. Separation of the groups began at the 1938 convention of the American Osteopathic Association held in Ohio, and in 1939, wives of osteopathic physicians in Dallas County formed the first auxiliary in Texas. In 1940, the Dallas County auxiliary president, Mrs. Robert Morgan, was asked to form a state auxiliary, which was founded that year with ten charter members and Mrs. Morgan served as the first president. From Texas, the idea of state auxiliaries later developed at the national level and the Auxiliary to the American Osteopathic Association was formed at a meeting in Dallas.
Growth of the osteopathic profession in Texas has risen from about ten in 1900 to approximately 150 in 1929. Due to the increase, eighteen divisional districts were formed to promote better communication. In 1998, the House of Delegates approved a nineteenth district in the Laredo area. The association publishes the Texas DO, formerly Texas Osteopathic Physicians Journal and an Annual Directory. It also holds an annual convention and an annual MidWinter/Legislative seminar. As of 1999, regular members numbered 1,782. The association exists to serve as an advocate for the needs of Texas osteopathic physicians, act as a referral service to the public, strives to improve public health, maintain high standards of osteopathic care, and ensure that the public has an alternative when selecting physicians.
BIBLOGRAPHY: Phil R. Russell and Judy Alter, The Quack Doctor (Fort Worth: Branch-Smith, 1974). Texas Osteopathic Physicians Journal, April 1969.
Written by Lydia Anderson Hedges and Terry R. Boucher
TOMA Past Presidents
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2022-2023 Katarina Lindley, DO
2021-2022 Heather Aguirre, DO
2020-2021 Brandon Lewis, DO
2019-2020 Brent Sanderlin, DO
2018-2019 John McDonald, DO
2017-2018 Steve Bander, DO
2016-2017 David Garza, DO
2015-2016 Steven Gates, DO
2014-2015 John Wright, DO
2013-2014 P. Steve Worrell, DO
2012-2013 A. Duane Selman, DO
2011-2012 Patrick Hanford, DO
2010-2011 Elizabeth A. Palmarozzi, DO
2009-2010 George Cole, DO
2008-2009 Monte E. Troutman, DO
2007-2008 Jack McCarty, DO
2006-2007 Daniel W. Saylak, DO
2005-2006 Kenneth S. Bayles, DO
2004-2005 Hector Lopez, DO
2003-2004 Jim W. Czewski DO
2002-2003 James E. Froelich, III, DO
2001-2002 Mark A. Baker, DO
2000-2001 Bill V. Way, DO
1999-2000 Rodney M. Wiseman, DO
1998-1999 Nelda Cunniff-Isenberg, DO
1997-1998 R. Greg Maul, DO
1996-1997 Arthur J. Speece, III, DO
1995-1996 William D. Hospers, DO
1994-1995 T. Eugene Zachary, DO
1993-1994 Brian G. Knight, DO
1992-1993 Jerry E. Smola, DO
1991-1992 Donald F. Vedral, DO
1990-1991 Robert L. Peters, Jr., DO
1989-1990 Joseph Montgomery, DO
1988-1989 Merlin L. Shriner, DO
1987-1988 Bill H. Puryear, DO
1986-1987 Jerome L. Armbruster, DO
1985-1986 Donald M. Peterson, DO
1984-1985 Royce K. Keilers, DO
1983-1984 Robert G. Maul, DO
1982-1983 William R. Jenkins, DO
1981-1982 Frank J. Bradley, DO
1980-1981 Dwight H. Hause, DO
1979-1980 John J. Cegelski, Jr., DO
1978-1979 Gerald P. Flanagan, DO
1977-1978 Samuel B. Ganz, DO
1976-1977 David R. Armbruster, DO
1975-1976 Michael A. Calabrese, DO
1974-1975 H. Eugene Brown, DO
1973-1974 John H. Boyd, DO
1972-1973 Robert G. Haman, DO
1971-1972 Richard M. Hall, DO
1970-1971 Bobby G. Smith, DO
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1969-1970 Richard L. Stratton, DO
1968-1969 Robert H. Nobles, DO
1967-1968 Wiley B. Rountree, DO
1966-1967 Fred E. Logan, Sr., DO
1965-1966 John H. Burnett, DO
1964-1965 J. Warren McCorkle, DO
1963-1964 Loren R. Rohr, DO
1962-1963 L. G. Ballard, DO
1961-1962 G. W. Tompson, DO
1960-1961 Glenn R. Scott, DO
1959-1960 Raymond D. Fisher, DO
1958-1959 Mickie G. Holcomb, DO
1957-1958 Lester I. Tavel, DO
1956-1957 John L. Witt, DO
1955-1956 Wayne M. Smith, DO
1954-1955 A. L. Garrison, DO
1953-1954 Merle Griffin, DO
1952-1953 Elmer C. Baum, DO
1951-1952 Samuel F. Sparks, DO
1950-1951 George J. Luibel, DO
1949-1950 Lige C. Edwards, DO
1948-1949 H. George Grainger, DO
1947-1948 J. Francis Brown, DO
1946-1947 Robert E. Morgan, DO
1944-1946 Joseph L. Love, DO
1943-1944 Reginald Platt, DO
1942-1943 Marille E. Sparks, DO
1941-1942 Lester J. Vick, DO
1939-1940 Howard R. Coats, DO
1937-1938 Ted R. Krohn, DO
1935-1936 J. R. Alexander, DO
1933-1934 Louis H. Logan, DO
1930-1931 R. H. Peterson, DO
1927-1928 Charles F. Kennedy, DO
1924-1925 H. B. Mason, DO
1923-1924 Phil R. Russell, DO
1918-1919 D. W. Davis, DO
1917-1918 Davis S. Harris, DO
1915-1916 H. M. Walker, DO
1914-1915 John S. Crawford, DO
1912-1913 Sam L. Scothorn, DO
1911-1912 George Cobb, DO
1909-1910 R. Norwood, DO
1906-1907 James L. Holloway, DO
1905-1906 A. D. Ray, DO
1904-1905 Paul M. Peck, DO
1901-1902 Thomas L. Ray, DO
1900-1901 D. L. Clark, DO
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