Welcome to the Gregg-Upshur County Medical Society web site, which is dedicated to keeping both local physicians and the local communities aware of important health care issues.
If you are a physician member of the Gregg-Upshur County Medical Society, areas of interest might include Texas medical legislative issues, current CME opportunities or physician links.
If you are a physician who has not had an opportunity to join the Gregg-Upshur County Medical Society, you may request an application here or by calling or faxing us at (903) 844-9594 or email us at mailto:gucms@yahoo.com.
If you are a community member, the patient information pages provide areas of interest such as the physician locator tool, primary care prevention articles and available health care resources in Gregg-Upshur counties.
Membership
Interested in becoming a GUCMS member?
If you are not currently a member of the Gregg-Upshur County Medical Society, we encourage you to join your local physicians’ professional organization. Benefits of local membership include:
Information and advice from experienced local physicians
Continuing Medical Education opportunities
Public Relation and public awareness events (Annual Health Fair)
Mediation of patient/physician problems
Collegial activities (Dinner meetings, public relations projects)
Access to TMA & AMA resources
Physician referrals
Political involvement
Commitment to the greater community
If you would like an application or further information, please contact the Gregg-Upshur County Medical Society at (903) 725-5252 or email gucms@yahoo.com.
Officers
Board of Directors
President: Brad G. Butler, MD
President Elect: Kristene Gugliuzza, M.D.
Secretary/Treasurer: Roger W. Kiser, MD
Past President: John M. McKenzie, MD
Board of Censors
Jimmy M. Chamness, II, MD
Timothy W. Howes, MD
Shobha Shakamuri, MD
Texas Medical Association Delegates
Jimmy M. Chamness, II, MD
Francis J. Tibiletti, MD
Robert M. Wheeler, MD
Texas Medical Association Board of Councilors
Craig K. King, MD Councilor
Louis J. Kirk, III, MD Vice Councilor
Texas Medical Association Committees
Brad G. Butler, MD Committee on Professional Liability
Brad G. Butler, MD Young Physician Section, Chair and Delegate to the AMA
Oscar Wharton Brown, III MD Council on Socioeconomics
Wendy J. Burke, MD Council on Scientific Affairs
Michael C. Leath, MD Committee on Physician Health and Rehabilitation
Robert M. Wheeler, MD Committee on Maternal and Perinatal Health
Gregg Upshur County Medical Society Executive Staff
Gregg Upshur County Medical Society Executive Staff
Meredith Burks, Executive Director
P.O. Box 189
White Oak, TX 75693
Phone: (903) 844-9594
Email: gucms@yahoo.com
Community Resources
Hospitals
Good Shepherd Medical Center
700 E. Marshall Avenue
Longview, Texas 75601
903.315.2000
Longview Regional Medical Center
2901 N. 4th Street
Longview, Texas 75605
903.758.1818
Laird Hospital
1612 S. Henderson Blvd.
Kilgore, Texas
903.984.3505
Government-Sponsored Health Clinics
Gregg County Health Clinic
405 E. Marshall Ave.
Longview, Texas 75601
903.237.2620
Upshur County Indigent Health
100 Tyler
Gilmer, Texas 75644
903.843.4022