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2022 - Rosewood  Mansion on Turtle Creek - Dallas

2021 - The Pearl - San Antonio

2020 - no meeting (CoVid 19)

2019 - Santa Fe, NM

2018 - Austin, Texas

2017 - New Orleans, LA

2016 - Fort Worth, TX

2015 - Sonoma. CA

2014 - Houston, TX

2013 - Dallas, TX

2012 - Washington, DC

2011 - Charleston, SC

2010 - San Antonio, TX

2009 - Colorado Springs, CO

2008 - Houston, TX

2007 - Austin, TX

2006 - Santa Fe, NM

2005 - Rochester, MN

2004 - Ft. Worth, TX

2003 - San Antonio, TX

2002 - Dallas, TX

2001 - Austin, TX

2000 - Napa Valley, CA

1999 - Tyler, TX

1998 - Beaumont, TX

1997- Houston, TX

1996 - San Antonio, TX

1995 - Fort Worth, TX

1994 - Austin, TX

1993 - Houston, TX

1992 - Galveston, TX

1991 - Dallas, TX

1990 - Santa Fe, NM

1989 - San Antonio, TX

1988 - Sienna, Italy

1987 - Fort Worth, TX

1986 - Houston, TX

1985 - Beaumont, TX

1984 - Dallas, TX

1983 - New Orleans, LA

1982 - San Antonio, TX

1981 - Houston, TX

1980 - Dallas, TX

1979 -Lakeway, TX

1978 - San Antonio, TX

1977 - Harlingen, TX

1976 - Laredo, TX

1975 - Temple and Salado (Texas)

1974 - Lake Sam Rayburn, TX

1973 - Dallas, TX

1972 - San Antonio, TX

1971  - Houston, TX

1970 - Galveston, TX

1969 - Houston, TX

1968 - San Antonio, TX

1967 - Hunt, TX

1966 - Rockport, TX

1965 - San Antonio, TX

Club Presidents

2022 - 2023   Jeff Michel

2021 - 2022     David Corley

2020 - 2021     

2019 - 2020     John Seger

2018 - 2019     Stuart Damore

2017 - 2018     Chuck Wilkins

2016 - 2017     Cara East

2015 - 2016     Eric Stocker

2014 - 2015     David Terreson

History of the Texas Club of Cardiologists 

February 10, 2015

Notes from members about the history of the Texas Club of Cardiologists 

The Texas Club of Cardiologists was founded in 1965 by Drs. William Block, Hugh Hanson, Carlleton Chapman, Raymond Pruitt, and Alfred Harris. At the time, five of the total of six board certified cardiologists in Texas were members of the club. A sixth, Dr. Don Chapman was listed as a founding member but he never attended a meeting. The founding was modeled somewhat after the Texas Club of Internists. The idea was that the club would meet annually and that there would be a combination of academic presentations for CME and social activities for spouses. 

George Rodgers: 

I was recruited by Dr.Milton Hejtmancik. He was one of the early members of the club, not a founding member, but one of the early members who I joined the club in 1968. Dr. Hejmancik was a classmate of my father’s at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in the graduating class of 1943. My father was fond of saying that Milton was graduated first in the class. My father graduated second in his class. Milton went into academics in cardiology and was a professor until his passing at the Galveston branch. Dr. Hejmancik recruited me as a potential new member and I was elected and attended my first meeting in Houston in 1993, which was hosted by Carlos DeCastro and Dr. Charles Mullins. Others attending as I recall were Dr. Robert Hall, Dr. William Krause, Dr. Myron Zinn, Dr. Hugh Hanson, Dr. William Block, Dr. Milton Hejmancik, Dr. Jack Hyland, and Dr. Thomas Lombardo. Dr. Billie Pugh was also recruited and joined that year. It was a wonderful meeting with social and academic presentations and it was extremely enjoyable. The next year at the business meeting, I was elected incoming president and I was invited to host the meeting in Austin the next year. They said that they had not had a meeting in Austin in quite a while. That meeting went well, I remember Dr. Jack Hyland commenting. We took a cruise on Lady Bird Lake (at that time it was called Town Lake), and we took a cruise under the Congress Street bridge to see the Mexican free-tailed bats and Dr. Jack Hyland and Kay enjoyed that quite a bit. The next meeting was in 1995 and Dr. William Block announced that he had been the secretary of the club for 30 years and that he nominated me to become the secretary of the Texas Club of Cardiologists. At the business meeting, I was unanimously elected secretary, having served my term as president, and I asked Dr. William Block how long the term was and he said, “I served for 30 years and I expect you to serve for 30 years as well”. Now I am 20 years into my term and still enjoying it. 

Interview with Dr. Peter Langsjoen 

Dr. Per Langsjoen joined in the 1968, and Perter overlapped with his father for a year or two before his father’s passing. Some of his recollection of his father’s comments was a meeting that his father attended that was hosted by Dr. Joe Reeves, who lived in Beaumont, and they went out on a boat and everybody became seasick, except for Dr. Hugh Hanson who was drinking vodka tonics. He also mentions his father’s fascination with Dr. Charles Mullins’ extensive collection of cowboy boots. 

History of the Texas Club of Cardiologists 

February 10, 2015 

Interview with Dr. Philip Zinn 

His father, Dr. Myron Zinn, was one of the early members of the club. He said that his father’s first meeting was in 1979 in Lakeway and, because of significant rain that year, all of the events were cancelled. He also recalls his father talking about an event in San Antonio that was held at the Argyle Club, hosted by Dr. William Block. Dr. Philip Zinn said that he and his father were close to Dr. William Block from San Antonio. Dr. William Block was a Mayo trained cardiologist. He said one of the sad things was unfortunately Dr. William Block, who was extremely bright and quick-witted and charming, developed dementia towards the end of his life and in 2004 when Dr. Philip Zinn was seeing him he forgot where Mayo was. Dr. Philip Zinn said his first meeting was in 1997 in Houston and they were newlyweds at that time. 

Interview with Dr. Jack Hyland 

Dr. Jack Highland said that he was proposed in 1978 by Dr. William Krause who was one of the early members and an esteemed cardiologist in Dallas. He did not join until 1982 later when he had remarried Kay. Dr. Jack Highland said that his favorite meeting was one that was held in Napa, commemorating year 2000, which was hosted by Dr. Randy Lombardo and Dr. Thomas Lombardo. He also mentions the meeting at Mayo that was hosted by Dr. Stephen Kopecky and also mentioned the meeting in Washington, D.C., that was hosted by Dr. William Roberts when we stayed at the Cosmos Club. Dr. Jack Hyland says that he has mostly enjoyed the great collegiality among members of the Texas Club of Cardiologists. Dr. Jack Hyland started his practice in Dallas in 1962. He was one of the first to be trained in invasive cardiology and heart catheterization in 1966. He learned heart catheterization from one of the pioneers, Dr. Sones. He started Baylor’s heart program. Dr. William Krause, a great friend and colleague of his, was the Chief of Cardiology at St. Paul’s. 

GEORGE P. RODGERS, M.D., FACC, FSCAI

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