Profile
Vicky Trompler is a licensed lawyer and a medical doctor. She graduated from the University of Miami School of Medicine, completed a Family Practice Residency, and currently holds board certification from the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Trompler served as an emergency medicine physician for ten years. During her medical career, she watched fellow physicians become involved in frivolous lawsuits. These experiences spurred her to try to “make a difference.” She attended law school and has been a licensed attorney with the State Bar of Texas since 1994. Her passion for the medical field and her legal knowledge distinctly qualify her to represent physicians in administrative law proceedings and to practice law specifically involving medical malpractice defense work.
Recognition
Deputy Editor, Legal Medicine Perspectives, 2006 - 2014
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, 1979
American Medical Women’s Association, 1979
Citation for Scholastic Achievement, 1979
Affiliations
Civic & Professional
American College of Legal Medicine, Board of Governors, 2008-2014
American College of Legal Medicine, Chair of Ethics Committee, 2010-2012
Program Chair for American College of Legal Medicine, 2008-2009
ACLM Counsel for the American College of Legal Medicine, 2008-2014
Education and Professional Development Committee, American College of Legal Medicine, 2008 - 2014
Membership and Credentials Committee, American College of Legal Medicine, 2008 - 2014
Strategic Long Range Meeting Planning Ad Hoc, Committee for the American College of Legal Medicine, 2008 - 2009
Nominating Committee Member for the Texas Association of Defense Counsel, 2007
Ethics Committee Member for the American College of Legal Medicine, Committee Member to Annual Meeting, 2007
Committee of Texas College of Emergency Physician, 1999 - 2000
Planning Committee Member 23rd Advanced Administrative Law Course Texas State Bar CLE, 2011
News & Insights
Speaking Engagements
Table Discussion: “TMB and Non-Compete Clauses,” American Academy of Emergency Medicine, Austin, Texas, November 16, 2017.
“The Care and Feeding of the Defendant Physician,” 53rd Annual Meeting - American College of Legal Medicine, Law, Medicine and Your Professional Practice, Planet Hollywood Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 23, 2013
Poster: “Medical Licensure Increase After Tort Reform in Texas,”52nd Annual Meeting - American College of Legal Medicine, Law and Medicine Update, Hyatt Regency New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 25, 2012.
Guest Speaker, College of Law, Loyola University New Orleans – “The Expert Witness,” New Orleans, Louisiana, February 23, 2012.
Guest Speaker, University of Texas School of Law – “Representing the Hospital” Austin, Texas, March 1, 2010.
Guest Speaker, Rotary Club of Waco – “Health Care Reform: Has the Time Come?” Waco, Texas, June 22, 2009.
Poster: “BRCA1 and BRCA2 Testing: Concerns about Diagnosis and Prophylactic Treatments” p 50-51, 49th Annual Conference - American College of Legal Medicine, “Government, Law & Medicine,” Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 27 – March 1, 2009.
"National Practitioner Data Bank Basics" Primary Care and the Law 2008 Mid-Year Educational Conference - American College of Legal Medicine, W. Chicago - City Center, Chicago, Illinois, September 27-28, 2008.
"Actions and Sanctions by the Texas Medical Board" 2008 Annual Meeting - Texas College of Emergency Physicians, The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel, The Woodlands, Texas, April 25, 2008.
"Being an Effective Witness" 22nd Annual Emergency Medicine Review, presented by Scott & White and Texas A& M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Hilton Palacio del Rio, San Antonio, Texas, June 8, 2007.
"Scarlet Letter: Will the Texas Medical Board and the National Practitioner Data Bank Brand You?" Pearson Lecture presented by Hillcrest Health System, Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center, Waco, Texas, April 17, 2007
"Medical Malpractice: The Hospital Perspective" Current Concepts in Legal Medicine: Hospitals and The Law, 47th Annual Conference - American College of Legal Medicine, Caribe Royale All-Suites Resort & Convention Center, Orlando, Florida, March 3, 2007.
Co-Chair, TADC 2006 Trial Academy, The Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Inc., Baylor Law School, Waco, Texas, April 20-22, 2006.
"NPDB or a Scarlet Letter?" Ethical Issues of the National Physician Data Bank, 46th Annual Conference - American College of Legal Medicine, Legal Medicine: The Cutting Edge, Harrah's Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 5, 2006.
“Emergency Medical Care: When Negligence is Permitted in the Hospital,” 11th Annual Advanced Medical Malpractice Course, Westin La Cantera Resort, San Antonio, Texas, March 18, 2004.
“Horizons in Legal Medicine and Bioethics - Defense Attorney Perspective Pertaining to Medical Malpractice and Acute MI,” 44th Annual Conference - American College of Legal Medicine, The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 6, 2004.
“Direct and Cross Examinations by Participants/Critique by Instructors - Direct Examination of Dr. Madden,” 2004 TADC Trial Academy, Radisson Hotel, Austin, Texas, February 27, 2004.
“EMS on Trial,” Mock Trial, Arnold Student Union Building, Temple College, Temple, Texas, November 17, 2003.
“Problems in Hospital Risk Management: Outside Counsel Interaction with Risk Management,” 9th Annual Advanced Medical Malpractice Course, Texas Bar Continuing Legal Education, San Antonio, Texas, March 14, 2002.
“MD, JD, Now What,” American College of Legal Medicine–Professional Development in Legal Medicine Luncheon, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 8, 2002.
“Medical Malpractice: Emergency Room Negligence by Physician, Nurse & Hospital,” Advanced Expert Witness II Course, Cityplace Conference Center, Dallas, Texas, February 13-15, 2002.
“Medical Malpractice: Emergency Room Negligence by Physician, Nurse & Hospital,” Advanced Expert Witness II Course, Hyatt Regency Houston Hotel, Houston, Texas, February 6-8, 2002.
“Risky Business (Risk Management in Your Practice),” Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center Presentation, Waco, Texas, January 10, 2002.
“Being an Effective Medical Witness in a Malpractice Lawsuit,” Broders Pathology Lectureship and Resident Research Day, Temple, Texas, September 15, 2001.
“EMTALA: What Every Staff Physician Needs to Know,” Texas Medical Association Annual Conference, May 26, 2000.
“EMTALA: What Every Staff Physician Needs to Know,” Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital, Beaumont, Texas, May 11, 2000.
“Liability & Risk Management for Toxicology Practice in Poison Centers & Emergency Department,” North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology, La Jolla California, September 29, 1999.
“Medical Legal Issues,” 7th Annual Update in Emergency Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, November 19, 1999.
“Ethical Dilemmas in the Emergency Department: Patients Who Refuse Treatment.” The University of Texas Southwest Medical Center, Emergency Medicine Resident’s Conference, Dallas, Texas, June 1, 1999.
“EMTALA: How Does It Affect You?” The University of Texas Southwest Medical Center, Emergency Medicine Resident’s Conference, Dallas, Texas, March 23, 1999.
“Good Samaritan Statutes,” Annual Seminar for American Physicians’ Insurance Exchange, Austin, Texas, November 20, 1998.
University of Texas Law School - general medical-legal presentation to upper level law students, November 12, 1998.
“Medical Legal Issues,” 6th Annual Update in Emergency Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, September 18, 1998.
Medical Malpractice Mock Trial - Faculty Risk Management, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, June 16, 1998.
“Documentation,” The University of Texas Southwest Medical Center, Emergency Medicine Resident’s Conference, Dallas, Texas, May 7, 1998.
“COBRA,” The University of Texas Southwest Medical Center, Emergency Medicine Resident’s Conference, Dallas, Texas, March 31, 1998.
“Living Wills, Futile Treatment and the Law,” The University of Texas Southwest Medical Center, Family Practice, October 6, 1994.
“Sifting the ‘Junk’ from the “Science,” Annual Seminar for American Physicians’ Insurance Exchange, Austin, Texas, November 14, 1997.
“Medical Legal Issues - A Panel Discussion,” 5th Annual Update in Emergency Medicine, Dallas, Texas, November 14, 1997.
“How to Get Sued in Texas,” CME Texas College of Emergency Physicians 1997 Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, April 11, 1997.
“Emergency Medicine on Trial,” Risk Management for Coastal Medical Directors, Houston, Texas, November 8, 1996.
“Legal Issues in Air Medical Transport,” Air Medical Transport Conference, Fort Worth Convention Center, Fort Worth, Texas, October 30, 1996.
Medical Malpractice Mock Trial - Faculty Risk Management, The University of Texas Southwest Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, February 22, 1996.
Publications
Wilken, B.; Trompler, V; Areheart, B.: "The National Practitioner Bank" Presented at the 46th Annual Conference - American College of Legal Medicine, Legal Medicine: The Cutting Edge, Harrah's Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2-5, 2006.
Taliaferro, EH; Salber, PR; Trompler, VA: “Violence Prevention in Emergency Medicine,” Foresight, American College of Emergency Physicians, Issue 41, Winter 1997.
Trompler, V: “Good Samaritan Statute: Should Emergency Physicians be Levites or Samaritans?” ED Legal Letter, Vol. 8, No. 10, October, 1997.
Morgan, D; Trompler, V: “Concerns about Intubation Placement Aids,” Academic Emergency Medicine, Vol. 4, No. 9, September, 1997.
Siegel, DM; Trompler, VA: “Good Samaritan Status,” Emergency Medicine Risk Management: A Comprehensive Review. Edited by Henry, GL, Second Edition, American College of Emergency Physicians 1997.
Trompler, VA; McCue, DC: “Medical Directorship: Honor or Curse?” Pulse. APS Insurance Services, Inc., Fourth Quarter: 1996.
Trompler, V; Peacock, J; Sullivan, D: “Ectopic Pregnancy: Early Diagnosis is Essential,” ED Legal Letter, Vol. 7, No. 8, September, 1996.
Capabilities
Admissions
- State Bar of Texas, 1994
Education
Baylor University School of Law, J.D., 1994
University of Miami School of Medicine, M.D., 1979
University of South Florida, B.A., 1975