Five new officers have been elected to the Texas Medical Association Foundation (TMAF) board for a two-year term. The election took place on May 8 during TexMed, the annual conference of the Texas Medical Association (TMA) in San Antonio.
The TMA Foundation supports programs that aim to prevent disease, promote healthier lifestyles, provide public and patient health education based on evidence, and increase access to health care.
Clifford K. Moy, MD, a retired psychiatrist from Swiss Alp, was chosen as TMAF board president after serving as vice president for two years. Dr. Moy has held several leadership positions within the Family of Medicine and previously served as speaker of the TMA House of Delegates. He also participated in the TMA Council on Medical Education and other committees and chaired the American Medical Association Council on Long Range Planning and Development.
Dr. Moy’s recent roles include behavioral health medical director at TMF Health Quality Institute and senior examiner for the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award Board of Examiners. He is board certified in general psychiatry, recognized as a Distinguished Life Fellow by the American Psychiatric Association, a member of Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society, and part of the Colorado-Fayette County Medical Society.
Stuart Pickell, MD, from Fort Worth was elected vice president. He is board certified in internal medicine and pediatrics and works with Palm Primary Care as medical director of the Tanglewood Clinic. Dr. Pickell also serves as medical director for Project Access Tarrant County and is a professor at Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University.
Dr. Pickell led the Tarrant County Medical Society as president in 2023 and chairs its ethics consortium along with leading Texas Talks, an advanced care planning nonprofit organization. In addition to his medical career, he is an ordained Presbyterian minister who occasionally preaches and has volunteered for two decades with Christian Community Clinic while participating in humanitarian missions abroad.
Debbie Massingill from Fort Worth was named secretary. She has been involved with both TMA Foundation activities and statewide outreach through the TMA Alliance physician spouse advocacy group. Mrs. Massingill served as president of her local chapter in 2023-24.
She co-chaired the 30th annual TMA Foundation gala two years ago—a major fundraising event—and has long chaired her local Hard Hats for Little Heads helmet giveaway program. Her community service includes work with March of Dimes and Junior League of Fort Worth.
Mike Moskovitz from Austin will serve as treasurer. He holds an executive vice president position at Frost Bank in Austin with over twenty years’ experience in banking and expertise in health care administration; he led Capital City Medical Group Management association for three years.
Moskovitz’s background includes a degree in business administration from Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania.
Li-Yu Mitchell, MD, a family medicine physician from Tyler, was elected executive committee member at large. She serves on the TMA Council on Science and Public Health; she previously chaired its Council on Health Promotion and worked with Be Wise – Immunize Physician Advisory Panel.
Dr. Mitchell is currently serving her second term as Smith County Medical Society president where she has held multiple offices; she also represents her county at the TMA House of Delegates. Her volunteer work includes five years leading Tyler Walk with a Doc events for community members; she chaired Northeast Texas Public Health District’s board; continues involvement with her school district’s advisory council; was named a Health Hero by TMA in 2018.
The newly elected officers join Carla F. Ortique, MD—Houston obstetrician-gynecologist—as immediate past president after presiding since 2023 following six years’ membership on the board.
Dr. Ortique remains active across various leadership roles within TMA including service on councils related to science/public health, maternal/perinatal health committees, patient-physician advocacy groups, adolescent reproductive health subcommittees—and serves as delegate to its House of Delegates.
