Donald “Rocky” P. Wilcox, JD, an Air Force veteran, serves as vice president and general counsel for the Texas Medical Association in Austin. Mr. Wilcox has written more than 100 articles for Texas Medicine and other health care publications. He taught at The University of Texas (UT) School of Public Health program at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio and at UT Austin as well as the University of Houston MBA Program for Physicians. He has chaired the Health Law Section of the State Bar of Texas and recently received The Distinguished Service Award for Exceptional Leadership from that Section. He is a past chair of the American Society of Medical Association Counsel.