Texas Indo-American Physicians Society

What Texas Indo-American Physicians Society does

Texas Indo-American Physicians Society (TIPS NEC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit professional membership organization headquartered at 1706 N. Britain Rd., Irving, Texas, serving over 1,000 physicians of Indian origin across North Texas, with 600+ concentrated in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and surrounding towns. The society operates as a regional sub-chapter of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), a parent body representing 100,000+ Indian-origin physicians, and pursues a three-pillar mission of Service, Education, and Networking.

The organization's core product is TIPSConnect, a members-only online networking and referral platform that hosts a searchable directory of physician practice profiles to enable peer-to-peer referrals. Around this core platform, TIPS NEC operates several sub-products: a free TIPS Charity Clinic in collaboration with the Hindu Temple in Irving, which sees 50–80 uninsured patients per clinic day with subsidized lab testing through Quest Diagnostics; a Mentorship Program for pre-medical, medical students and International Medical Graduates, chaired by Jay Bapna, MD; CME-accredited programs in partnership with the Texas Medical Association (TMA) and Dallas County Medical Society, including an annual Wellness and Lifestyle Medicine Symposium offering 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits; and a quarterly TIPS talk newsletter. Community-facing initiatives include the #LivetheDREAM cardiovascular health awareness campaign under The Heart of the Matter initiative, health fairs, charity runs (5K/10K), charity galas, and a charity golf tournament, with proceeds supporting UT Southwestern cardiovascular research and the North Texas Food Bank.

TIPS NEC monetizes primarily through membership dues (Annual $78, Individual Lifetime $515, Life with Spouse $773), event registrations (galas at $250/seat, runs at $25–$30, symposiums at $150), and tiered donations ($500/$1,000/$1,500). It also secures exclusive member benefits through partnerships such as discounted Coronary CT angiograms at $799 via Carrollton Regional Medical Center. Distribution runs through its own website (tipsnec.org), Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter handles, an email newsletter, and word-of-mouth referrals across the physician network. The organization is governed by an annually elected board — President, President-Elect, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer — supported by Executive Committee members and a 2025 Advisor slate of eight physicians.

Name

Texas Indo-American Physicians Society

Legal name

Texas Indo-American Physicians Society

Website

https://tipsnec.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

TIPS NEC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit membership society serving 1,000+ Indo-American physicians across North Texas through networking, CME-accredited education, charity care, and a members-only referral platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Medical Society Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (6211)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Clinical Professional Development (CME/CE) (EDAGANAJ)

Keywords

• Professional medical society
• Physician membership association
• Continuing medical education
• Physician networking platform
• Community health clinic

Headquarters

HQ city

Irving

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual and lifetime membership fees provide primary revenue stream. Includes Annual Membership ($78), Individual Lifetime Membership ($515), and Lifetime Membership with Physician Spouse ($773)
2. Donations & Sponsorships: Accepts donations at various levels ($500, $1000, $1500, and custom amounts) to support TIPS programs and charity clinic
3. Event Registration & Ticket Sales: Revenue from charity galas (individual seats $250, tables of 10 for $2000), charity runs ($25-$30), symposiums ($150), and quarterly meetings

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Texas Indo-American Physicians Society (TIPS NEC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit professional medical society that delivers a members-only networking and referral platform (TIPSConnect) for Indo-American physicians in North Texas. Core offerings include tiered physician memberships (annual, individual lifetime, couple lifetime), accredited CME programs delivered with TMA and Dallas County Medical Society, a free TIPS Charity Clinic serving uninsured patients in Irving, a mentorship program for pre-medical/medical students and IMGs, and the TIPS talk quarterly newsletter. Supporting activities include community health fairs, annual galas, charity runs/golf tournaments, and the #LivetheDREAM cardiovascular health campaign.

Product overview

Texas Indo-American Physicians Society (TIPS NEC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit professional organization serving over a thousand Indo-American physicians across North Texas. The organization operates a platform-based service model centered on TIPSConnect, a members-only networking and referral platform that includes a searchable directory of physician practice profiles. Supporting this core platform are the TIPS Charity Clinic providing free medical care to uninsured patients, the Mentorship Program for medical students and IMGs, and TIPS talk, a quarterly newsletter. The society also delivers annual CME programs in partnership with TMA and organizes community health fairs and charity events. Membership tiers include Annual, Individual Lifetime, and Life Membership with Physician Spouse options.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TIPS talk: TIPS-NEC Quarterly Newsletter
• #LivetheDREAM
• TIPS Charity Clinic

Products and services

• TIPSConnect Members-only online networking and referral platform featuring a searchable directory of physician practice profiles that enables TIPS NEC members to send referrals and network with one another across the DFW area.
• TIPS Charity Clinic Free medical clinic operated by the North Texas Indian Physicians' Charitable Foundation, providing free office consultations with volunteer physicians and subsidized common lab tests through Quest Diagnostics for uninsured patients (predominantly of Indian origin) at 1706 N. Britain Rd., Irving, TX on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month.
• Annual Membership One-year physician membership providing access to the TIPS Connect members-only networking and referral platform, members-only events, CME opportunities, and society benefits at $78 per year.
• Individual Lifetime Membership Lifetime physician membership with a one-time fee of $515 that grants exclusive networking at meetings and events, TIPSConnect access, and all future member benefits on a permanent basis.
• Life Membership with Physician Spouse Lifetime couple membership for two physician spouses priced at $773, providing combined lifetime access to TIPSConnect networking, exclusive events, and society benefits.
• Wellness and Lifestyle Medicine Symposium (CME) Annual continuing medical education symposium co-developed with the Dallas County Medical Society and Texas Medical Association (TMA), providing 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits including 1 hour of ethics training, with $150 registration per attendee.
• TIPS-NEC Mentorship Program Mentorship program for premedical and medical students of Indian origin including International Medical Graduates (IMGs), providing clinical rotation requests, career guidance, specialty identification, and networking opportunities with TIPS member physicians across specialties.
• TIPS Charity Events Annual fundraising events including the Charity Run ($25-$30 per person), Charity Gala ($250 individual seat or $2,000 per table of 10), and Charity Golf Tournament, with proceeds supporting cardiovascular research, the TIPS charity clinic, and partner community organizations such as The Samaritan Inn and North Texas Food Bank.

Quantifiable outcome

• 220+ member attendance at sold-out events
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• UT Southwestern Medical CenterminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 November 2022Charity gala proceeds donated to support cardiovascular research at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
• North Texas Food BankminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 November 2022Charity gala proceeds donated to support North Texas Food Bank as part of community service initiatives.
• TMA (Texas Medical Association)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual partnership for State of Art CME programs providing latest updates in Medicine. TIPS NEC provides continuing medical education credits in collaboration with TMA.
• Dallas County Medical SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Wellness and Lifestyle Medicine Symposiums. Co-developed CME programs with 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits including ethics training.
• AAPI (American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTIPS NEC is a regional sub-chapter of AAPI, the second largest medical organization serving over 100,000 Indian origin physicians. Provides national network and resources.
• American Heart AssociationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on #LivetheDREAM cardiovascular health campaign and community education. Joint efforts in cardiovascular health awareness.
• Quest DiagnosticsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to provide common lab tests at subsidized rates for TIPS Charity Clinic patients.
• Hindu Temple in IrvingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Hindu Temple in Irving for TIPS Charity Clinic location and operations.
• Carrollton Regional Medical CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerExclusive deal for TIPS NEC members providing Coronary CT angiograms at discounted cash price of $799 for members and immediate family.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• UT Southwestern Medical Center: UT Southwestern is a TIPS NEC charity partner receiving proceeds from the annual Charity Gala for cardiovascular research. It is an academic medical institution, not a peer society, but a comparable ecosystem participant in North Texas physician networking and cardiovascular health.
• North Texas Food Bank: NTFB is a recipient of TIPS NEC charity gala proceeds and operates as a community partner in North Texas. It is an adjacent social-services organization, included as a comparable community-impact partner rather than a physician-society peer.

Direct peers

• Chinese American Medical Society (CAMS): CAMS is an ethnic physician society serving Chinese-American medical professionals, with similar components — membership dues, scholarship/mentorship, networking events, and community health initiatives. Operates as a direct functional analog to TIPS NEC's Indo-American physician community model.
• National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA): NHMA is a national physician association organized around Hispanic medical professionals, mirroring TIPS NEC's model of uniting physicians along ethnic/diaspora lines for networking, mentorship, advocacy, and community health. Same value proposition, parallel ethnic-medical-society structure.
• American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI): AAPI is the parent national organization of TIPS NEC, serving over 100,000 Indian-origin physicians across the U.S. It is the most direct functional peer — same ethnic/diaspora mission, physician membership model, CME programming, and advocacy focus — but at a national rather than regional scale.

Regional players

• Indian Medical Association: IMA is the largest professional organization of physicians in India, with a comparable physician-membership, CME, and advocacy mandate. It is thematically aligned but operates across India rather than in the U.S. Indo-American diaspora that TIPS NEC serves.
• Dallas County Medical Society: DCMS is the local county-level medical society serving Dallas County physicians and a co-developer of TIPS NEC's Wellness Symposium CME program. It is a comparable regional physician-society peer but without the Indo-American ethnic-diaspora focus.
• Harris County Medical Society: HCMS is the Houston-area county medical society with a comparable regional physician-society model — membership dues, CME, advocacy — but serves a different Texas geography than TIPS NEC's DFW footprint.

Broad incumbents

• American College of Physicians (ACP): ACP is one of the largest U.S. medical specialty societies, offering membership, CME, and networking across internal medicine. It is a broad incumbent whose membership, CME, and chapter model parallel TIPS NEC's offerings, but at national scale and without diaspora specificity.
• Texas Medical Association (TMA): TMA is the statewide professional association for Texas physicians and TIPS NEC's CME partner. It is a broad incumbent operating across all physicians in Texas rather than specializing in the Indo-American diaspora niche that TIPS NEC serves.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/tipsnec
• Facebookfacebook.com/tipsnec
• Instagraminstagram.com/tipsnec

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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