Dr. Pat Crocker Appointed to the Texas Medical Board

Texas Gov. Rick Perry appointed has seven members to the Texas Medical Board for terms to expire Apr. 13, 2015. The board protects and enhances the public's health, safety and welfare by establishing and maintaining standards of excellence used in regulating the practice of medicine and ensuring quality health care for the citizens of Texas.

Patrick J. Crocker of Austin is chief of emergency medicine for Emergency Service Partners in the Emergency Department of Dell Children's Hospital, and an assistant clinical professor of emergency medicine for the University of Texas Medical Branch. He is a member of the Seton Board of Trustees and Take Heart Austin Steering Committee, and is a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He is also a member of the Travis County Medical Society and Texas Medical Association, and chair of the Austin/Travis County EMS Quality Assurance Board. Crocker served in the U.S. Army, and received a bachelor's degree and master's degree in nutrition from the University of California at Berkley, and a doctorate of osteopathy from the University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. He replaces Larry Price of Belton.

These appointments are subject to Senate confirmation.

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