TMA Laurance Nickey, MD, Award -- Dr. Nickey Tribute Profile
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This video introduces the namesake
This video introduces the namesake of the Texas Medical Association’s (TMA’s) Laurance N. Nickey, MD, Lifetime Achievement Award, honoring Dr. Laurance Nickey (1931-2018), a pediatrician and longtime director of the El Paso City-County Health District.
He was instrumental in increasing women’s access to prenatal care in El Paso, organizing polio vaccinations in Southwest Texas and New Mexico, and establishing the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission to address cross-border public health issues and concerns… as well as many other public health advancements.
The award, created by the TMA Council on Science and Public Health, recognizes a TMA member physician who has made outstanding contributions to medicine through a significant commitment to public health.
He was instrumental in increasing women’s access to prenatal care in El Paso, organizing polio vaccinations in Southwest Texas and New Mexico, and establishing the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission to address cross-border public health issues and concerns… as well as many other public health advancements.
The award, created by the TMA Council on Science and Public Health, recognizes a TMA member physician who has made outstanding contributions to medicine through a significant commitment to public health.
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