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SAN ANTONIO
MEDICINE
THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE BEXAR COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY • WWW.BCMS.ORG • $4.00 • SEPTEMBER 2015 • VOLUME 68 NO. 9
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Retirement tion of Bexar County Medical Society (BCMS).
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The Exit: Retiring from Academic Medicine, by BCMS.
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