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On May 12, the Bexar County Medical Society and UT Health San Antonio spon-
sored a symposium to celebrate San Antonio’s Tricentennial called “300 years of History
and Advances in Health at San Antonio” at the UT Health Holly Auditorium. Dr. Al-
fonso Chiscano served as the moderator and master of ceremony as the audience heard
more than a dozen presentations on the history of medicine in San Antonio from the
earliest records of Native American healers to the modern innovations of medical sci-
ence driving San Antonio’s economy today.
Dr. Alfonso Chiscano welcomes attendees and intro- Former San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros
duces the speakers. gives the keynote address on “Health
Institutions as the Key the Future of
San Antonio”
Medical artifacts from the Bexar County Medical Society Dr. William Henrich, president of UT Health San Jaime Wesolowski, CEO of Methodist Healthcare
collection. Antonio, with Dr. Sheldon Gross, president of System (right), with BCMS CEO and Executive
BCMS. Director Stephen Fitzer.
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