Clifford Moy, M.D., ’85, named to the TMAF Board of Trustees
Clifford K. Moy, MD, ’85, Houston, a psychiatrist in practice for 30 years, was appointed to serve his first three-year term on the TMAF board. Dr. Moy is a former speaker of the TMA House of Delegates, TMA’s policymaking body. He currently serves on the board of directors for TEXPAC, TMA’s political action committee. Dr. Moy is the behavioral health medical director at TMF Health Quality Institute, based in Austin. Dr. Moy is a member of the Harris County Medical Society.
TMAF supports statewide and local initiatives that focus on disease prevention and healthier lifestyles, and increasing access to health care. Long-standing programs the foundation funds include TMA’s Be Wise – ImmunizeSM, a program to provide vaccinations and increase awareness that vaccines are safe and effective, and the Hard Hats for Little Heads bicycle helmet giveaway program to prevent head injury among Texas youth. TMA Foundation also supports other health improvement programs such as Walk With a Doc Texas, part of an international grassroots movement devoted to encouraging healthy physical activity and strengthening patient-physician relationships, as well as programs to grow the physician workforce.
TMA is the largest state medical society in the nation, representing nearly 53,000 physician and medical student members. It is located in Austin and has 110 component county medical societies around the state. TMA’s key objective since 1853 is to improve the health of all Texans. The TMA Foundation raises funds to support the population health, science, and quality-of-care priority initiatives of TMA and the family of medicine.