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BCMS – TOGETHER
WE STAND

so that you successfully care for your patients. Our student contributors information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
often bring fresh ideas to the magazine in art, poetry or other creative Legislative updates, end of year reviews, wide ranging topics from Vet-
work. They help us to understand what Medicine looks like from their eran and Military Medicine to issues of Primary Care and Specialty
perspective. We have a web presence under the publication tab to the Physicians, board information, the President’s message, Public Health,
right on the entry page to BCMS.org. There you will find ways to con- Alliance information, book reviews and automotive insights are regular
tact us, upcoming themes, past journals and articles. features.
We hope our themes and articles are of value to our readers and we Our goals are to be of value to our membership, listen to the voices
always welcome your thoughts either in letters to the editor or articles of young authors, serve all Bexar County populations and communi-
given for publication. All of you have a challenge deciding what most ties, distribute information for improvement of the health of all Bexar
warrants your attention and time. Whether you pick up a copy in the citizens and communicate issues of greatest interest to our membership.
doctor’s lounge between patient encounters or read SAM magazine Let us know how you think we are doing with a letter to the editor. I
sent to your home or office, we appreciate your direction and sugges- promise we will carefully consider all submissions and all issues raised.
tions. We review themes and develop a tentative list for the coming year My thanks and gratitude to you for your lifelong learning and dedica-
well in advance. At monthly meetings, the committee members edit tion to the profession to which we are committed.
and review articles in detail slated for the next magazine six weeks be-
fore publication. In addition, the committee membership reviews the John J. Seidenfeld, MD is the Chair of the BCMS Publica-
future four to six editions for suggested content and contributors. Our tions Committee.
staff regularly consults with the Texas Medical Association (TMA),
community members, medical groups and sponsors to recommend a
particular author or topic. Over the past two years we have all been in
the thrall of the COVID pandemic and it will be a topic as well as a
cause of suffering for years to come. The society magazine has re-
sponded with prompt articles, reminders from the TMA and critical

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