Smith County Medical Society

What Smith County Medical Society does

Smith County Medical Society (SCMS) is a private, membership-based professional medical society serving licensed physicians in Smith County, Texas. Founded as an organized society with programs dating to 1994 (its scholarship program) and formalized through the creation of the SCMS Foundation in 2013, the organization is headquartered at 6115 New Copeland Rd, Tyler, TX and operates with a small professional staff (1-10 employees) led by Executive Director Angela Driggs. Its stated mission is to promote the highest standards of ethical medical practice and to advocate for member physicians at the local, state, and national levels through representation to the Texas Medical Association (TMA).

SCMS delivers a suite of member-facing services rather than commercial technology products. Core offerings include a public Physician Finder directory searchable by name, specialty, city, and zip code; a membership benefits package covering legislative/legal advocacy, continuing medical education access, practice management support, and TMA benefits; recurring networking events (First Tuesdays, Retired Doctors Luncheons, WWAD walking groups, TexMed participation); monthly physician newsletters; and the long-running SCMS/Evans Swann Memorial Trust/TMA Foundation scholarship program for local medical students (48 scholarships totaling $67,700 to 34 recipients since 1994). The Foundation subsidiary also runs community health programs including Hard Hats for Little Heads, Be Wise Immunize, and the Physicians Wellness Program.

The society's revenue model is subscription/recurring membership dues, billed annually, with pricing not publicly disclosed and processed through the TMA membership portal. Distribution occurs through the SCMS website (smithcomed.org), social media (Facebook, Instagram), email newsletters, and partnership with TMA. The organization is governed by a Board of Directors (President Dr. Kyna Schreiber, President-Elect Dr. Alfred Llave, Vice-President Dr. Jennifer Newton, Secretary Dr. Ryan Menard, Treasurer Dr. Lisa Allen), delegates to TMA, and a Board of Censors, with no parent company and no identified external investors.

Name

Smith County Medical Society

Legal name

Smith County Medical Society

Website

https://smithcomed.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Smith County Medical Society is a Tyler, Texas-based professional medical society that serves licensed physicians in Smith County through membership dues, advocacy, continuing education, networking events, a public physician finder directory, and a medical student scholarship program in partnership with TMA.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Professional Association

NAICS

Professional Organizations (813920), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospitals, Clinics & Charitable Healthcare Providers (BPAGACAB)

Keywords

• Medical society membership
• Physician advocacy services
• Continuing medical education
• Physician professional networking
• Medical scholarship program

Headquarters

HQ city

Tyler

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Revenue is generated through annual membership dues from physicians in Smith County. Membership provides access to legislative/advocacy support, CME opportunities, practice management resources, networking events, and TMA benefits.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Smith County Medical Society is a professional membership organization for licensed physicians practicing in Smith County, Texas. It delivers advocacy representation, continuing medical education access, practice management resources, networking events, and a public physician finder directory, all bundled as an annual membership package administered in coordination with the Texas Medical Association.

Product overview

Smith County Medical Society operates as a professional membership organization providing a suite of member-facing services rather than a commercial technology product. The portfolio consists of: a Physician Finder member directory enabling patient searches by name, location, and specialty; an Events Platform listing society gatherings; Membership Services offering advocacy, education, and networking; monthly Physician Newsletters; a Scholarship Program for medical students; and SCMS Foundation community health initiatives. These services function as interconnected member resources managed through the TMAiMIS membership management platform, serving physicians in Smith County, TX.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SCMS Membership

Quantifiable outcome

• 48 scholarships totaling $67,700 awarded to 34 medical students since 1994

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Evans Swann Memorial TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1994Since 1994, SCMS has partnered with Evans Swann Memorial Trust and TMA Foundation's Medical Student Matching Scholarships program to provide financial support to local medical students. Combined efforts have awarded 48 scholarships totaling $67,700 to 34 recipients.
• TMA FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1994SCMS partners with TMA Foundation's Medical Student Matching Scholarships program to support local medical students. The 2025-2026 scholarship cycle is accepting applications with June 15, 2025 deadline.
• Texas Medical Association (TMA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTMA is the state-level medical association that SCMS works with to provide representation and advocacy for Smith County physicians. SCMS membership provides access to TMA's accumulated expertise in health care, health law, practice management, medical economics, and more. SCMS delegates participate in TMA governance.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Texas Medical Association: State-level professional association that all Texas county societies including SCMS feed into. Provides the CME, advocacy, and TMAiMIS platform that SCMS leverages, and is the parent umbrella organization.
• American Medical Association: National-level physician membership and advocacy organization. Operates a similar member/advocacy/CME model at national scale, serving as the macro counterpart to SCMS.

Direct peers

• Harris County Medical Society: County medical society serving physicians in Harris County, TX. Same membership, advocacy, CME, and physician directory structure as SCMS, but at significantly larger scale.
• Dallas County Medical Society: County medical society for Dallas County physicians. Operates an identical advocacy-plus-events model and is affiliated with TMA, paralleling SCMS's structure.
• Travis County Medical Society: County medical society serving Austin/Travis County physicians. Shares SCMS's membership-society structure, TMA affiliation, and physician finder / event programming.
• Bexar County Medical Society: San Antonio-based county medical society providing physician advocacy, CME, and member services. Functionally equivalent to SCMS but operating in Bexar County.
• Tarrant County Medical Society: Largest county medical society in Tarrant County, TX. Operates the same county-level physician membership, advocacy, and event model as SCMS through the TMAiMIS platform, making it the closest structural peer.

Emerging players

• Texas Academy of Family Physicians: Texas specialty society for family physicians. Comparable membership and CME offering to SCMS, but focused on a single specialty rather than all physicians in a county.

Regional players

• California Medical Association: State-level physician membership and advocacy association in California. Mirrors SCMS's advocacy-plus-member-services model at a larger regional scale outside Texas.

Others

• Texas Medical Association Foundation: Philanthropic arm of TMA that co-funds SCMS's scholarship program. Directly comparable as a parallel health-focused nonprofit/foundation operating in the same physician ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/smithcountymedicalsociety
• Instagraminstagram.com/smithcomed
• Xx.com/smithcomed
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/smith-county-medical-society

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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