Bill Text: TX SCR54 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing E. Linda Villarreal for her service as president of the Texas Medical Association.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Signed by the Governor [SCR54 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SCR54-Enrolled.html
S.C.R. No. 54 |
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WHEREAS, The Legislature of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
recognize Dr. E. Linda Villarreal on her distinguished service and | ||
leadership as president of the Texas Medical Association; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Linda Villarreal served as president of the | ||
Texas Medical Association from 2021 to 2022; an invaluable asset to | ||
the organization during the COVID-19 pandemic, she guided the | ||
administration with diligence and determination in a time of | ||
challenges and uncertainty, and her leadership reflected her | ||
commitment to the highest ideals of medicine; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Villarreal opened Memorial Medical Clinic in | ||
1989 in her hometown of Edinburg, where she has practiced medicine | ||
for more than 30 years; trained as an internist, she has fought for | ||
improved health care at the Texas-Mexico border, where patients | ||
often cannot afford insurance; she has worked tirelessly to support | ||
the interests of patients in rural regions experiencing physician | ||
shortages and to shed light on such social determinants of health as | ||
food insecurity, unemployment, and environmental hazards; and | ||
WHEREAS, Throughout her career and her leadership as | ||
president of the Texas Medical Association, Dr. Villarreal made | ||
many contributions to organized medicine in the Rio Grande Valley | ||
and across the state; a vocal protector of medical practitioners | ||
and their patients, Dr. Villarreal defended the interests of the | ||
medical profession and contributed her efforts to increasing | ||
funding for graduate medical education; and | ||
WHEREAS, Driven and determined in all of her endeavors, | ||
Dr. Villarreal remained undeterred in the pursuit of her childhood | ||
dream of becoming a doctor despite many obstacles and great | ||
personal sacrifice; she earned her bachelor's degree in pharmacy | ||
from The University of Texas at Austin in 1970, and after practicing | ||
pharmacology for over a decade, she enrolled in medical school in | ||
Tampico, Mexico; after earning her degree, she completed her | ||
medical residency in El Paso before returning to Edinburg, where | ||
she opened a private practice in internal medicine and joined the | ||
staff of Edinburg General Hospital; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Villarreal has served in a range of leadership | ||
roles with the Hidalgo-Starr County Medical Society, and she served | ||
as the Texas delegate to the American Medical Association; she has | ||
held positions with the Texas Medical Association including board, | ||
council, and committee roles in addition to her leadership as chair | ||
of the board and her service as president of the association; and | ||
WHEREAS, A brilliant, compassionate, and widely respected | ||
physician, Dr. Villarreal has dedicated her time and energy to | ||
saving lives and to faithfully serving the interests of patients | ||
and the members of her profession; she is an inspiration to her | ||
colleagues and to generations of future doctors, and it is indeed | ||
fitting that she receive special recognition on her outstanding | ||
leadership and achievements; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby commend Dr. E. Linda Villarreal on her exemplary service as | ||
president of the Texas Medical Association and on her invaluable | ||
contributions to the field of medicine in Texas and extend to her | ||
best wishes for the future and for continued success in her | ||
endeavours; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be prepared for her | ||
as an expression of esteem from the Texas Legislature. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 54 was adopted by the Senate | ||
on May 19, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 54 was adopted by the House | ||
on May 25, 2023. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |