District XI

• April 4, 2013

  District XI Junior Fellows Receive Research Awards! The following District XI Junior Fellows have been chosen to receive research awards for 2013-2014...

• March 25, 2013

  CDC Recommendations for HIV Testing The HIV/STD Prevention & Care Branch at Texas Department of State Health Services wants to encourage ob-gyns to keep up with the latest recommendations for HIV testing....

• March 21, 2013

  Letters and Testimonies-83rd Texas Legislature ACOG District XI is working hard this legislative session to follow bills of importance to ob-gyns, and to voice areas of concern and support on issues that would affect women’s health and your...

• February 19, 2013

  District XI – Working for Our Members! District XI (Texas) is looking forward to the New Year, working on behalf of our members and the women we serve. Please take time to read our 2012 District XI Accomplishments and how ACOG is working ...

• February 15, 2013

  Attend Ob-Gyn Advocacy Day on Tuesday, April 2! We need lots of physicians in white coats to speak up for their patients by visiting legislators at the Capitol! This event will be conducted in conjunction with TMA’s First Tuesdays Advocacy D...

• February 13, 2013

  New Society Forming for Academic Generalists The Society for Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics and Gynecology (SASGOG) is a new society incorporated to represent issues that are unique to academic generalists in OBGYN. We are pleased t...

• February 7, 2013

  Latest Texas Workforce Factsheet Please click here for some valuable information on the Texas Ob-Gyn Workforce and future concerns....

• January 18, 2013

  ACOG Coding Workshop in Houston, March 22-24 There are still a few seats available for the March 22 - 24 workshop in Houston, TX....

• December 19, 2012

  Important Legislative Information for Texas Ob-Gyns Political advisors to ACOG District XI and TAOG have alerted us that legislation will be introduced during the Texas 83rd Legislative Session in 2013 that affect women’s health, directed at bot...

• October 22, 2012

  Visit Our New Advocacy Website! The upcoming legislative session will be one of the toughest in Texas’ history, and in order to fight the many bills that will inevitably be filed that will impact women’s health, legisla...

• September 14, 2012

  FREE District XI Opportunity for Ob-gyn Practices to Participate in an ACOG-CDC Initiative to Increase Immunization Rates ACOG’s District XI has been selected through a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grant funded to ACOG to participate in a project to help practices increase their immunization ra...

• July 13, 2012

  DXI Sample Protocols for Magnesium for Neuroprotection In March of 2010, the ACOG Committee on Obstetric Practice published CO # 455: Magnesium Sulfate Before Anticipated Preterm Birth for Neuroprotection. The District XI Committee on Patient Safety and ...

• June 27, 2012

  Changes to Medicare Billing in Texas This fall Medicare will replace Trailblazer Health Enterprises with Novitas Solutions for billing in Texas. Dr. A. J. White, Gyn-Onc San Antonio, is TAOG's representative for the Texas Medicare Contr...

• June 7, 2012

  Our Amazing Junior Fellows! Ever wonder what it means to be an active ACOG Junior Fellow? Check out the latest newsletter from our Texas JFs to find out what they've been up to and how you can get involved!...

• March 7, 2012

  Junior Fellows Win Award Congratulations Junior Fellows!! District XI (Texas) received ACOG's 2011 Improvement in State Legislative Advocacy Award for its first Junior Fellow Advocacy Day....

• February 8, 2012

  HB 15: Sonogram Legislation HB 15, known as the sonogram legislation, is currently being enforced. The following is from Texas Department of State Health Services: "While HB 15 required sonograms for abortions on or after Octob...

• February 8, 2012

  Optimizing Protocols in Obstetrics: Oxytocin for Induction District II (New York) has generously agreed to share the following pitocin order sets "Optimizing Protocols in Obstetrics: Oxytocin for Induction."  You might find these useful as you work with...

• January 26, 2012

  FREE Leadership Course for Junior Fellows District XI has generously funded a first-class Junior Fellow Leadership Day Course for ob-gyn residents in Texas on Friday, March 2 in Austin. Registration is limited and the deadline is February 9t...