March 12, 2025
● WHAT: Austin residents of all ages are encouraged to lace up their walking shoes and join Keta Pandit, MD, for her first Walk with a Doc Texas event.
● WHEN: Friday, March 14, at 9 am (recurring monthly every second Friday)
● WHERE: Southeast Greenway, 3730 Manor Rd., Austin (meet by the skate park near Manor Rd. and Zach Scott St.)
● WHO: Dr. Pandit and any community members interested in participating.
● WHY: Walking is one of the simplest, best things people can do to live a long, high-quality life. Walk with a Doc makes it easy by providing the time, place, motivation (a brief health information talk), and fellow participants for a fun walking experience.
The Walk with a Doc concept is simple: Physicians organize walks in their communities and invite their patients, their patients’ families, and community members to join them. Walkers will enjoy a refreshing and invigorating walk with Dr. Pandit and other health care professionals, who will provide support to participants and answer questions during the walk. Walk with a Doc Texas is overseen by a national nonprofit organization to get people active and healthy, and is backed by the Texas Medical Association (TMA) in Texas.
This is a FREE program, and preregistration is not required. Information about future walks will be announced on this chapter’s Walk with a Doc website.
TMA is the largest state medical society in the nation, representing more than 59,000 physician and medical student members. It is 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. TMA’s Walk with a Doc Texas is funded in 2025 by TMA Foundation with generous support from TMA Insurance Trust, and gifts from other institutions, physicians and their families. To learn more, visit the TMA Foundation website.
Walk with a Doc is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire communities through movement and conversation with physician-led walking groups. Walk with a Doc was started in 2005 by David Sabgir, MD, a board-certified cardiologist in Columbus, Ohio. To learn more, visit the Walk with a Doc website.
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TMA contacts:
Brent Annear (512) 370-1381; cell: (512) 656-7320
Swathi Narayanan (512) 370-1382; cell: (408) 987-1318