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Health Science Center at Houston in the fall. She wants to care for pa- tients in rural Texas as a pediatrician or family physician, and foster a car- ing doctor-patient relationship, espe- cially with Spanish-speaking patients. Ms. Diaz’s scholarship is provided by a gift from H-E-B.


• Victor Jackson, of El Paso, graduated from Park University in Parkville, Mo. He will attend The University of Tex- as Medical Branch at Galveston this fall. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, Mr. Jackson traveled the nation and observed the health difficulties people face when confronted with a shortage of primary care doctors. He plans to practice primary care in an underserved area of Texas to help alleviate this problem. Mr. Jackson’s scholarship is provided by a donation from Catherine L. Scholl, MD, Austin.


• Ernest Juarez, of Humble, graduated from the University of Houston and will enter the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth this fall. Mr. Juarez plans to practice emergency medicine in the Texas Gulf Coast area and visit schools to educate children on the importance of managing their health. His scholarship is provided by dona- tions from the El Paso, Dallas, and Harris county medical societies, as well as physicians and their families.


• Aziza Kedir, of Houston, is a gradu- ate of the University of Oklahoma, and she will enter The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the fall. Ms. Kedir plans to be a family physician in the Hous- ton area. She says she is dedicated to preventing the prevalence of chronic diseases through medical care and ed- ucation. Her scholarship is provided by contributions from Susan M. Pike, MD, Georgetown; Rajam Ramamur- thy, MD, and Somayaji Ramamurthy, MD, San Antonio; the TMA Board of Trustees; and physicians who donated at the TMA 2011 Winter Conference.


• Sergio Montano, of Edinburg, gradu- ates in May from Baylor University with a master’s degree in biology. He will attend The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dal-


las this fall. Mr. Montano plans to practice endocrinology or internal medicine in the Rio Grande Valley and hopes to create rural outreach clinics for patients with inadequate access to health care. His scholarship is provided by a gift from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas.


• Vanessa Parada, of El Paso, graduates in May from Whittier College in Cali- fornia and will attend Texas Tech Uni- versity Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine in El Paso in the fall. Ms. Parada hopes to practice in communities with health care disparities and promote doctor- patient trust by applying her under- standing of Texas’ diverse culture. Her scholarship was provided thanks to gifts from the McLennan and Tarrant county medical societies, and physi- cians and their families.


• Ana Salazar, of Brownsville, will grad- uate from The University of Texas at Brownsville this spring and attend


Texas Tech University Health Scienc- es Center in Lubbock in the fall. Ms. Salazar plans to be a primary care physician and improve the health of the people in the Rio Grande Valley with little or no access to health care. She hopes to educate her patients about medical services available to them, specifically preventive care. The Hidalgo-Starr and Travis county medical societies and physicians and their families funded Ms. Salazar’s scholarship.


• Antonio Toribio, of Bryan, graduated from California State University in Fresno, Calif., and will attend Texas A&M Health Science Center in the fall. He plans to practice as a family physi- cian and improve the health care of Texas’ underserved patients through medical research, teaching, and pa- tient care. Mr. Toribio’s scholarship is provided by Bell County Medical Society, and Jim Rohack, MD, and his wife, of Bryan.


The TMA Foundation Houston Health Leaders were recognized at Picture of Good Health, the foundation’s 18th annual gala on May 13 during TexMed 2011 in Houston. The new award exemplifies the partnership among medicine, business, and community that is needed to “improve the health of all Texans.” Winners in business, community, and medicine, respectively, are, in the center, Scott McClelland, H-E-B Houston president; Gracie Cavnar, cofounder, Recipe For Success Foundation; and Joel S. Dunnington, MD, tobacco activist. They are joined by gala cochairs, left to right, Martin Fein, Cheryl Kridel, Kelli Cohen Fein, MD, and Russell W.H. Kridel, MD, all of Houston.


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