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DEAN’S MESSAGE
Continued from page 33 our military partners and the broader UT system, in all of the var-
ious categories of education, research and patient care.
military members.
Important outcomes of the new MHI include the creation of a With a complex web of cross-appointments, partnerships, col-
laborations and other relationships in patient care, teaching and
Military Health Interest Group for students from all schools, which research, the work we do with our military partners is crucial to
will include seminars on medical lessons learned, and encourage the advancement of all patient care. In San Antonio, the desig-
knowledge-sharing among the different students and disciplines. nation of military or civilian does not matter when teams of like-
The MHI will sponsor military grant-seeker workshops for re- minded physicians, nurses, emergency medical technicians or
searchers from all schools, which will not only help share process other health professionals come together with a singular focus:
knowledge, but also will bring together researchers from different what is best for the patient at the very moment they need our
schools with similar interests. care. With this focus in mind, I am proud to support and endorse
this new group charged with bringing more solidarity to all we
TRICARE do with our military partners.
An important aspect of patient care is also the military’s health-
Francisco González-Scarano, MD, is dean of
care coverage, TRICARE insurance, which is fully accepted at UT the School of Medicine, vice president for medical
Medicine and the Health Science Center. Working with TRICARE affairs, professor of neurology, and the John P.
to better serve the military and retiree populations of San Antonio Howe III, MD, Distinguished Chair in Health
will be part of Dr. Hepburn’s and the MHI’s role as well. Policy at the University of Texas Health Science
Center at San Antonio. His email address is
Dr. Hepburn also has been selected by the UT system to serve scarano@uthscsa.edu.
on their Defense Advisors Group and chair a Military Health Work-
ing Group, which will be composed of members from each of the
15 UT campuses. Having our school and university represented
there will no doubt mean more and better collaboration – between
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