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BCMS NEWS

BCMSA members join scholarship recipients (seated) at BCMS Foundation representatives and donors pose with students (seated)
the New Member Welcome. at the event.

BCMS awards $32,000 in scholarships to 17 students;
Foundation, Alliance present awards
at New Member Welcome

Story and photos by Susan A. Merkner

Seventeen area high school graduates received a total of $32,000 Presenting the scholarship checks on behalf of the BCMS Foun-
in scholarships June 3 from affiliates of the Bexar County Medical dation were representatives from local corporate supporters of the
Society (BCMS). foundation, including: Max Clark, Aspect Wealth Management;
Dr. Gerardo Ortega, BCMS Foundation; Dr. Michael Magoon,
The scholarship awards were presented during the BCMS annual Complete Urgent Care; Brody Whitley, Favorite Healthcare
New Member Welcome at the University of the Incarnate Word Staffing; Laura Holland and Fernanda Smith, Frost Bank; Dr. Vi-
Rosenberg Sky Room. More than 250 members and guests attended vian Ayoub, MCCI; Dr. David Henkes, Monica Delgado and Jen-
the event, which also featured food, musical entertainment, vendors’ nifer Rittimann, Pathology Reference Lab; and Connie Gilbert,
tables staffed by BCMS Circle of Friends sponsors, a chocolate foun- PlainsCapital Bank.
tain, and a custom cake shaped like the new BCMS office building.
Seven students each received $1,000 from the BCMS Alliance
Ten students each received $2,500 from the BCMS Foundation, (BCMSA), which represents the men and women who are spouses
the organization’s philanthropic affiliate. Scholarship recipients, high of physicians. Awards were presented by Cindy Comfort, BCMSA
schools and intended fields of study included: Victoria Almanza, scholarship chair and past president. Scholarship recipients, high
George W. Brackenridge High School, nursing; Alejandra Barrera, schools and intended fields of study included: Victoria Almanza,
Theodore Roosevelt High School, nursing; Halie Battles, James George W. Brackenridge High School, nursing; Annette Barraza,
Madison High School, pre-medicine; Kavitaa Dookran, William H. William J. Brennan High School, pre-medicine; Karla Estrada,
Taft High School, nursing; Andrea Green, Dillard McCollum High Health Careers High School, biology; Lindsey Gutierrez, East Cen-
School, nursing; Kristen Guajardo, Earl Warren High School, phys- tral High School, radiology; Audrianna Martinez, Luther Burbank
ical therapy; Monica Guerrero, Winston Churchill High School, High School, medical fields; Alexis Montoya, Highlands High
medical assisting; Sofia Hernandez, Sidney Lanier High School, nurs- School, nursing; and Samantha Van Koughnet, St. Anthony Catholic
ing; Jacqueline Maldonado, Luther Burbank High School; nursing; High School, biology.
and Amber Reyes Valdez, Louis D. Brandeis High School, nursing.

NEW BCMS BUILDING TAKES SHAPE

The four walls of the new BCMS building on Loop 1604 were raised June 8 as con-
struction continues at the site, 4334 North Loop 1604 West, between Lockhill-Selma
Road and N.W. Military Drive. Passers-by on Loop 1604 have a clear view of the Alamo-
like facade on the 20,000-square-foot building. Medical society employees have begun
preparations for the move, which is expected at the end of the year.

The BCMS Capital Campaign continues to raise funds for the new medical society
building. Donations are 100 percent tax deductible when made to the Bexar County
Medical Library Association, the 501(c)(3) subsidiary that controls the new property. To
learn more, visit www.bcms.org.

12 San Antonio Medicine • July 2015