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PRESIDENT’S
MESSAGE

Gratitude and
recognition
for a

successful year

By James L. Humphreys, MD
2015 BCMS President

As we head into the holiday season and wrap up 2015 I the physicians of Bexar county. It is an honor for me to
am struck by how quickly this year seems to have vanished know and be associated with you.
before my eyes. This is not a new phenomenon for me and
seems to have only gotten worse every year since my daugh- Lastly, let me thank all of you for giving me the opportu-
ter was born. nity to spend a year as president of the society. It is a
tremendous honor to be the nominal leader of a group that
It still seems to me that it was only a year or two ago that has meant so much to me over the last 10 years (or more, I
she was peddling around our living room and kitchen on a lose track of things like that these days). It is a privilege for
tricycle despite the fact that she is actually a teenager in mid- me to be a member of the medical community here in San
dle school this year. Suffice it to say, it has been a hectic but Antonio and to have such fine colleagues to guide me and
rewarding year. help me be a better and smarter physician.

Thanksgiving has come and gone by now but I want to I am looking forward to an excellent new year with Jayesh
take this opportunity to recognize some folks and express Shah as our new president and to offering him any and all
my gratitude to them. First, I need to thank the BCMS assistance during his year. We will start off with a bang in
staff for doing an amazing amount of work on our behalf our brand new building that will be finished on time and
that often goes unremarked by our membership. They are in budget thanks to the careful stewardship of Steve Fitzer
hardworking, dedicated people who handle essentially all of and the excellence of our selected builder who has really
the legwork to help us pull off nice events for the member- come through for us on this project.
ship, take care of the needs of the membership, and keep
the organization afloat. Steve and Melody do an excellent If you haven’t ever really gotten involved in the society,
job at managing and operating the society for us and I can’t make this the year to do so. I have been paid back many
thank them and the rest of the staff enough for their efforts. times already above and beyond for my investment of time
in BCMS and am confident that you will be as well. Have
Next I want to recognize the other officers of the society a safe and restful holiday season this month and my best
and the members of the board and the committees in the wishes to us all for a prosperous and healthy new year.
society. These are members who step up to commit extra
time and work on behalf of us all to bring the value and rel- James L. Humphreys, MD, is the 2015 president of the Bexar
evance of the society to the membership. Thanks to all of County Medical Society. He is a pathologist with Precision
you for making the society a living organization of and by Pathology in San Antonio.

8 San Antonio Medicine • December 2015