Former TCMS President Linda Siy, MD Elected as AMA Alternate Delegate

by Allison Howard

FORT WORTH, TX – Longtime Tarrant County Medical Society (TCMS) leader Linda Siy, MD, has been elected as one of Texas Medical Association’s (TMA) Alternate Delegates to the American Medical Association (AMA). The election took place on May 4, 2024, at TMA’s annual conference, TexMed. The delegation represents the interests of TMA physicians at the AMA, the largest organized medicine association in the U.S.

“Dr. Siy has always led by example with physicians, residents, and students here at TCMS,” says TCMS CEO and VP Brian Swift. “As a former AMA staff person, I know how her valuable expertise and knowledge will serve physicians around the country.”

Dr. Siy, a family medicine physician, has served in a number of leadership roles, including as TCMS president and as president of her state specialty medical society, Texas Academy of Family Physicians (TAFP), and the TAFP Foundation. In 2019, she received TMA’s C. Frank Webber Award for Outstanding Service to the TMA Medical Student Section, and in 2022, she was recognized as TAFP’s Texas Family Physician of the Year. Dr. Siy has served on a number of committees at TCMS, TMA, and TAFP, and is currently completing a term on TMA’s Council on Legislation. Dr. Siy is also a delegate representing TCMS at the TMA House of Delegates. She has served as a member and chair of multiple reference committees at the House of Delegates over the years.

Dr. Siy graduated in 1990 from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. She completed her family medicine residency program at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth and pursued a career through JPS Health Network so she could continue helping underserved populations. Dr. Siy joined the JPS Northeast Medical Home in Bedford, Texas, in 1995 and has practiced there for nearly 30 years. On top of her clinic work, she is on the faculty at UT Southwestern Medical Center, the University of North Texas Health Science Center Texas College of Medicine (TCOM), and the Burnett School of Medicine at TCU. She dedicates her time to precepting medical students in her office and serving as a small-group facilitator for a second-year course at TCOM.

“I’m excited to begin my service on the Texas Delegation to the AMA,” says Dr. Siy. “The Texas Delegation has a reputation for excellence and a legacy of leadership. I have a passion for organized medicine and believe in the power of a unified voice to effect change. I bring my perspective as a primary care physician, an employed physician, an educator, a community preceptor, and a proud member of the TMA!”

The Tarrant County Medical Society is a professional organization that has been dedicated to the improvement of the art and science of medicine for the residents of Tarrant County since 1903. TCMS serves over 4,000 physicians, residents, medical students, and Alliance members, and is a component society of the Texas Medical Association.

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