The Texas Chapter of Orthopaedic Physician’s Assistants (TCOPA) is an organization for physician's assistants who specialize in Orthopaedics.  Established in 2003, TCOPA’s goal is to unite Texas OPA-C’s and other Orthopedic Allied Health Professionals to pursue common goals of professional excellence through training, networking and information sharing on best practices, and successful certification and licensure.  Generally, TCOPA members are employed by a Board-certified Orthopaedic surgeon or by an Orthopaedic facility.

The new executive board for TCOPA is very proactive in Texas and at the national level with two members on the ASOPA (American Society of Orthopaedic Physician’s Assistants) Executive Board.   There are a lot of things happening for OPA’s in the state and at a national level and we would like to personally invite you to take part in these future opportunities.  We are currently accepting applications for membership from Health Care Professionals who are involved in Orthopedics and are interested in bettering themselves as well as the organization (i.e., OPA-C, ST, CST, SA, LSA, RN, RNFA, PA-C, OTC, OT-SC, OAP, ROT etc.).  

Benefits of Membership Include:

·        Up to Two Free Meetings for CEU’s (Continuing Education Credits) per year.

·        Access to Website Members-only Area for:

Billing Q & A

Tricks of the Trade

Official Newsletters

Reimbursement Rates

Fee Schedules

Job Postings

Job Needed Section  (If you are looking for a job maybe we know of one.)

Links

Free email account

Members Contact Information

There are two classifications available for membership,­ Fellow and Affiliate.  Fellow members are required to have passed a certification exam from the National Board for Certification of Orthopaedic Physician's Assistants, and attained the certification of OPA-C.  Fellow members are eligible for voting privileges at the annual TCOPA meeting and may hold office on the Executive Board.  Applicants which are not certified OPA-C’s are encouraged to join as Affiliate members.  As Affiliate members applicants will receive the same benefits as Fellow members with the exception of voting privileges and the ability to hold office on the Executive Board.

Both memberships provide the applicant with the opportunity to participate in educational and networking benefits, such as the newsletter subscription, membership directory, legislative voice and discounted meeting registration fees.

Membership applications are available for download on the website.   The web-site includes instructions on mailing the application and membership fees, which are $100.00 for both Fellow and Affiliate membership. 

To sign up online, please go to the electronic membership page  

Attention Members -  If any contact information changes please contact the Webmaster or any Board Members.