Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed six members to the Texas Medical Board District Four Review Committee on Thursday, including an insurance agency owner from Mission.
Owner of Ruth Villarreal Insurance Agency and board member of the South Texas Independent School District, Ruth Villarreal has been a sponsor for many Hidalgo County community and charitable organizations such as food drives, the Diabetes Awareness Fair, the Breast Cancer Awareness Walk and more.
She received a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Houston.
Terms for Villarreal and Dr. Andrew “Jimmy” Widmer of Belton, general internist for Baylor Scott and White Health, are set to expire Jan. 15, 2026.
Widmer is also a member of the Bell County Medical Society, American College of Physicians and Texas Medical Association.
Also appointed were Dr. Ada Booth of Corpus Christi, a child abuse pediatrician with the Child Abuse Resource & Evaluation team at Driscoll Children’s Hospital, along with Walton “Boyd” Bush, Ed.D. of Bee Cave, who is a recently retired executive director of the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners.
Their terms are both set to expire on Jan. 15, 2022.
Philip “Phil” Worley of Hebbronville, a reappointed member of the committee and adjunct instructor at Laredo College, and Dr. Leanne Burnett of Missouri City, who has served as a neurologist at Clear Lake Houston Methodist Hospital, have their terms set to expire on Jan. 15, 2024.
