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Dr. Rick Snyder is one of the most active advocates for physicians in the state and wants other physicians to recognize the importance of advocacy to help guide care in Texas. He is now in the early days of his term as Texas Medical Association president after being elected last year.

Snyder is the president of the Dallas-based cardiology group HeartPlace and has previously served as vice-chair, secretary, and chair of the Texas Medical Association board of trustees. He is active in TEXPAC, TMA’s political action committee, is a past president of the Dallas County Medical Society, has chaired the department of medicine at Medical City Dallas, and served as medical staff president and board trustee there. D CEO magazine profiled him and his wife, Shelley Hall, a heart transplant cardiologist at Baylor Scott and White, last year. He got his start in advocacy through the American College of Cardiology and hasn’t looked back.

By Will Maddox | June 5, 2023|12:19 pm             Read Article