HCMS Branch Meetings

Join us for networking at your local Branch Meetings

HCMS has seven branch societies and HCMS members are designated to a branch in the area they work or reside. Refer to he Physician Directory for your current branch designation. Click to review the branch zip code designations.

Branch meetings provide information on practice management, medical legislation, medical liability, other HCMS/TMA events, as well as networking opportunities. Branch officers are elected and each branch president serves on the HCMS Executive Board.

There is a fee to attend meetings to help defray costs (i.e. CME programs, facility, meals and beverages). The fee is waived for new HCMS members or early career physicians.


Meeting Fees:  

  • $50 assessment covering seven meetings - includes two in-person meetings and up to five virtual CME meetings throughout the year. To pay your $50 Branch Assessment, click here.
  • Non-physician guests of HCMS members may attend for a fee of $40 per meeting.
  • Physician non-members may attend for a fee of $100 per meeting.

For more information, contact us at 713-524-4267. 

2025 Branch Meeting dates
Click on the name of the Branch to register

HCMS North Branch - Tuesday, February 4, 2025
"Physician Investment & Engagement in Healthcare Business Ventures" by Bill Hopkins, JD
1 hour Ethics CME, HCMS/TMA
6-7 PM Social Networking; 7 PM Dinner & Presentation
Location: TBD
Contact: Lyssa Howeth, lyssa_howeth@hcms.org
HCMS East & Southeast Combined Branch Meeting - Wednesday, February 12, 2025
"Taking a Position: The Art of Giving Testimony" by T. Marc Calvert, JD
1 hour Ethics CME, TMLT
6-7 PM Social Networking; 7 PM Dinner & Presentation
Bay Oaks Country Club
14545 Bay Oaks Blvd., Houston (77059)

Contact: Katherine O'Brien, katherine_obrien@hcms.org
HCMS Northwest Branch - Thursday, February 20, 2025
"Prescribing Nature: Enhancing Patient Health Through Nature Interventions" by Jay E. Maddock, PhD, Director, Center for Health & Nature, Texas A&M
1 hour Ethics CME, HCMS/TMA
6-7 PM - Social Networking; 7 PM - Dinner & Presentation
Location: TBD
Contact: Lyssa Howeth, lyssa_howeth@hcms.org
HCMS West Branch - Tuesday, March 25, 2025
"Fraud, Waste and Abuse" by T. Marc Calvert, JD
1 hour Ethics CME, TMLT
6-7 PM - Social Networking; 7 PM Dinner & Presentation
Churrasco's - Memorial City
945 S. Gessner Rd., Houston (77024)

Contact: Debbi Eschenbach, debbi_eschenbach@hcms.org
HCMS Southwest Branch - Tuesday, April 22, 2025 - Save the date, registration pending
"Prescribing Nature: Enhancing Patient Health Through Nature Interventions" by Jay E. Maddock, PhD, Director, Center for Health & Nature, Texas A&M
1 hour Ethics CME, HCMS/TMA
6-7 PM Social Networking; 7 PM Dinner & Presentation
Location: TBD
Contact: Debbi Eschenbach, debbi_eschenbach@hcms.org
HCMS Central Branch - Tuesday, April 29, 2025
"Augmented Intelligence in Health Care" by Shannon Vogel, TMA Associate VP of Health Information Technology
1 hour Ethics CME, TMA
6-7 PM Social Networking; 7 PM Dinner & Presentation
Maggiano's Restaurant
2019 Post Oak Blvd., Houston (77056)

Contact: Susan Loucks, susan_loucks@hcms.org