Honorary Nominations

District 3: Lubbock-Crosby-Garza County Medical Society

Barbara H. Way, MD-Member of TMA 33 years. Past president, president-elect, vice president, secretary of Lubbock-Crosby-Garza County Medical Society. Served as delegate to TMA. Member of Lubbock-Crosby-Garza County Medical Society School and Public Health Committee, Emergency Medical Services Coordinating Committee, Executive Committee, Ad Hoc Committee for Handling of Recession/Depressed Patients, Board of Censors, Finance Committee, Public Relations Committee, Liaison with Texas Tech University Health Science Center Committee, Legislative Committee, and Nominating Committee. Served as chair of Ad Hoc Bylaws Committee and Hippocratic Award Committee of Lubbock-Crosby-Garza County Medical Society. Served as member of Texas Medical Association's Committee on Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Council on Public Health, Board of Councilors, and Texas Medical Association Insurance Trust Advisory Committee. Served as chair of TMA Reference Committee on Financial and Organizational Affairs. Is member of Texas Medical Board Expert Physicians Panel. Member of American Academy of Dermatology, American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, Society for Pediatric Dermatology, Texas Dermatological Society, Women's Dermatologic Society, and American Contact Dermatitis Society. Founder and Director of Dermatology Resident Training Program for Department of Dermatology for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock. Awards include Fellowship for Pathology Preceptorship from American College of Pathologists, named one of "The Best Doctors in America" and "Best Dermatologist in Lubbock." Authored numerous articles. Presented numerous articles at scientific meetings. Retired from active practice.

District 6: Nueces County Medical Society

Robert M. Dulaney, MD-Member of TMA 38 years. Past president of Nueces County Medical Society. Served as president of Texas Pediatric Society. Member of American Academy of Pediatrics, Texas Pediatric Society, and Corpus Christi Pediatric Society. Past chief of pediatrics at Memorial and Spohn Hospitals in Corpus Christi. Elected twice to Chief of Staff at Driscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi. Retired from active practice.

District 9:  Harris County Medical Society

Clarence P. Alfrey, Jr., MD-TMA member 41 years. Past president of Harris County Medical Society. Delegate to TMA from Harris County Medical Society. Past chair of Harris County Medical Society's Public Relations Advisory Council and the society's Budget Committee. Past president of Houston Society of Internal Medicine. Past president of John P. McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science. Served as medical director of Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center and Baylor College of Medicine Ambulatory Clinic. Member of American Association of Blood Banks, American Society of Hematology, American College of Physicians, International Society of Hematology, Central Society for Clinical Research, Texas Club of Internists and South Central Association of Blood Banks. Fellow of American College of Physicians. Received the Jeffries Medical Research Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Authored numerous articles. Retired from active practice.

Charles Berry, MD-Member of TMA 42 years. Served on the Harris County Medical Society's Public Service and Communications Committee, Smoking Cessation Committee, Citizens Concerned about American's Health Care Committee, and Houston Chamber of Commerce Health Committee. Served as Chief of Flight Medicine for U.S. Air Force Surgeon General's Office. Served as director of NASA Medical Research and Operations and Life Sciences. Past president of The University of Texas Health Science Center. Founder and past president of national Foundation for Prevention of Diseases. Served on Board of Directors of Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center, American Health Association, and Joslin Diabetes Foundation. Served as medical director of The Houstonian Foundation. Member of Aerospace Medical Association, American College of Preventive Medicine, American Public Health Association, and Societies of USAF Flight Surgeons and NASA Flight Surgeons. Awards include but not limited to: Arnold D. Tuttle Award of the Aerospace Medical Association, USAF Certificate of Achievement by the Surgeon General, Certificate Team member launch of 1st U.S. manned orbital flight, Special Aerospace Medicine Honor Citation from the AMA, John J. Montgomery Award of the Society of Aerospace Professionals, NASA Exceptional Service Medal, Hoyt S. Vandenberg Trophy of the Arnold Air Society, The Louis H. Bauer Founder Award of the Aerospace Medical Association, The Melbourne W. Boynton Award of the American Astronautical Society, NASA Apollo Achievement Award, Silver Medal for Distinguished Service of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, Presidential Medal of Freedom Award, NASA Distinguished Service Medal, and Commander Order of the Cedars Award from the President of Lebanon at Beirut. Authored numerous articles. Practicing less than 50 percent of the time.

Charles D. Bessire, MD-Member of TMA 41 years. Past president of Harris County Medical Society. Served as delegate to TMA. Past chair of Harris County Medical Society's Board of Medical Legislation and Committee on Public Health. Served as consultant to Harris County Medical Society Socioeconomic Committee and past president of society's Southeast Branch. Member of American and Texas Academies of Family Physicians. Medical Director of New Beginnings in Houston. Director of Public Health for the City of Pasadena. Past president of Gulf Coast Independent Physicians Association. Retired from active practice.

Fred Castrow II, MD-Member of TMA 37 years. Past president of Harris County Medical Society. Served as chair of Harris County Medical Society's Nominating Board and Board of Medical Legislation. Past member of Harris County Medical Society Public Grievance Committee and Strategic Planning Committee. Served as delegate to TMA and AMA. Past president of Houston Academy of Medicine. Served on Board of Directors for TEXPAC and AMPAC. Past president of Houston Dermatological Society and American Society for Dermatologic Surgery. Member of Texas Dermatological Society, Houston Academy of Medicine, American Dermatological Association, and American Society for Dermatologic Surgery. Awards include McLaughlin Fellowship of Plastic Surgery Department, second prize for Fourth Annual Cutis Manuscript Contest, second place in 1968 SAMA-UTMB Research Forum, and third place in North American Clinical Dermatology Society Essay Contest. Retired from active practice.

Frederick R. Lummis Jr., MD-Member of TMA 44 years. Past president of Harris County Medical Society. Served as TMA delegate. Past chair of Public Relations Advisory Council, Fee Complaint Committee, Public Grievance Committee, and Bylaws Committee of Harris County Medical Society. Member of Harris County Medical Society's Board of Ethics. Past president of Houston Academy of Medicine. Served on Board of Directors of Houston Academy of Medicine/TMA Library, John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science, Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center, and Houston Museum of Natural Science. Member of American College of Physicians, American College of Gastroenterology, Houston Society of Internal Medicine, Houston Society of Gastroenterology, and Texas Club of Internists. Retired from active practice.

Adib R. Mikhail, MD-Member of TMA 26 years. Past president of Harris County Medical Society North Branch. Past member of Harris County Medical Society's Executive Board, Nominating Board, and Physician Counseling Committee. Served as chair of society's Membership Committee and Council of Specialty Societies. Served as delegate to TMA. Served as consultant to TMA Committee on Physician Health and Rehabilitation. Served on Board of Trustees of Houston Academy of Medicine. Member of Houston Psychiatric Society, Harris County Mental Health Association, Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians, and American Psychiatric Association. Founding president of Texas Chapter of American Association of Psychiatric Administrators. Served on AMA's Advisory Committee on IMG to the Board of Trustees. Past chair of Peer Review Committee, Media Subcommittee, Hospital Psychiatric Committee, Membership Committee and Alcohol and Substance Abuse Committee of Houston Psychiatric Society. Authored numerous articles. Retired from active practice.

Charles T. Stephenson, MD-Member of TMA 46 years. Past president of Harris County Medical Society and past chair of Nominating Board. Served as TMA delegate. Past chair of TMA Special Advisory Committee on Physician Utilization to Texas Industrial Accident Board. Served on TMA Council on Legislation. Served as president of Houston Orthopaedic Society. Past president and board member of Texas Orthopaedic Association. Served on Board of Trustees of Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center. Served as Chief of Staff at Memorial Southwest Hospital, Houston. Served on executive committee of Houston Academy of Medicine/TMC Library. Served as director of Children's Orthopaedic Clinic of Methodist Hospital, Houston. Served as chief of Orthopaedic Service, Texas Children's Hospital and chief of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine. Member of American Academy of Cerebral Palsy, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Authored numerous articles. Retired from active practice.

District 10: Angelina County Medical Society

Edward L. Domingue, MD-Member of TMA 31 years. Past president of Angelina County Medical Society. Served on Board of Councilors for 18 years and was a past chair. Member of the Louisiana State Medical Society. Member of medical staff at Woodland Heights Medical Center and Memorial Health Systems of East Texas. Served as vice chief of staff of Memorial Health Systems of East Texas and Woodland Heights Medical Center. Served as member of Board of Trustees and chair of the Board of Trustees at Woodland Heights Medical Center. Past member of Lufkin Host Lions Club. Member of Lufkin First Baptist Church and served as deacon, trustee, choir member, and Sunday school teacher. Retired from active practice.

District 14: Dallas County Medical Society

Byron L. Howard, MD-Member of TMA 36 years. Past president of Dallas County Medical Society. Served as delegate and alternate delegate to TMA. Past member and chair of TMA Board of Trustees. Served as chair, delegate, and alternate delegate to AMA. Served as member and chair of TMA History of Medicine Committee, Council on Legislation, and Nominating Committee. Practicing less than 50 percent of the time.

Recommendation : Approval.

TMA House of Delegates: TexMed 2006