Wichita Falls Entrepreneur Elected TMA Alliance President, USA

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Article Date: 09 May 2008 - 4:00 PDT

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Wichita Falls businessman Patrick Hearn was elected president of the Texas Medical Association Alliance (TMAA). TMAA is the volunteer service organization of TMA physicians and physicians' spouses. He is married to Yvonne Hearn, MD, a TMA member physician who is a pathologist in Wichita Falls.

Mr. Hearn is the 91st president of the organization. Until now, all TMAA presidents have been female. "It feels odd to be the first male to serve as president of the alliance, but I'm honored to follow in the footsteps of some extraordinary women, who have set the bar high," Mr. Hearn said. He will serve as president for one year.

He has been active in the TMAA since 2002, including serving as vice president of membership and vice president of future planning. He also was the District 30 chair of the Texas Medical Association Political Action Committee. Mr. Hearn served as president of the Wichita County Medical Society Alliance in 2001-02.

Mr. Hearn graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of business administration degree from Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls. The Florida native owns and operates a business, Aqua Azul Divers. He and his wife have a daughter, Hillary.

Mr. Hearn looks forward to the upcoming year. "The alliance adds great value to the profession of medicine. I am pleased to align myself with an organization that is a strong political force and attacks Texas' health care issues head on," Hearn said.

TMA is the largest state medical society in the nation, representing more than 43,000 physician and medical student members. It is located in Austin and has 120 component county medical societies around the state. Organized in 1853, TMA's key objective is to improve the health of all Texans.

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