About TMA
The Tennessee Medical Association is a professional organization for doctors created to enhance the effectiveness of physicians throughout the state to protect the health interests of patients. Its primary purposes are to define and promote:
- Quality, safe and effective medical care;
- Public policy to protect the sanctity of the physician-patient relationship, improve access to and the affordability of quality medical services;
- Ethics and competence in medical education and practice;
- Open communications between the medical profession and the public, fostering a better understanding of the capacities of medical practice.
In 1830, a small group of physicians convened in Nashville, Tennessee to organize the Medical Society of Tennessee hoping to ensure and advocate for good, proper medicine for the people of Tennessee. From that initial meeting of the Association's 151 charter members, the Tennessee Medical Association has grown to represent and serve physicians and patients across the state. Today, organized medicine has a strong voice in the Tennessee legislature, with our state's health insurance companies and among the patients we proudly serve.