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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A group from The University of Texas Health Science |
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Center at San Antonio is visiting the State Capitol on April 29, |
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2009, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the legislation that |
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established this outstanding institution; and |
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WHEREAS, Originally known as the South Texas Medical School, |
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UTHSC at San Antonio was established with the passage of House Bill |
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9 on April 29, 1959, and subsequently funded through a combination |
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of state and federal money; the School of Medicine and an adjacent |
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teaching hospital opened in 1968 and were soon followed by the |
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School of Nursing and the Dental School; the school became one of |
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four UT Health Science Centers created by the UT System Board of |
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Regents in the early 1970s and was later expanded to include the |
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Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the School of Health |
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Professions; and |
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WHEREAS, Today, UTHSC at San Antonio also educates students |
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at the Laredo Campus Extension and the Regional Academic Health |
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Center Medical Education Division in Harlingen; more than 25,600 |
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students have graduated from the center since its inception; and |
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WHEREAS, UTHSC at San Antonio is further distinguished as the |
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premiere research institution in South Texas and includes the RAHC |
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Medical Research Division in Edinburg and the Greehey Children's |
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Cancer Research Institute in San Antonio; its faculty are |
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international leaders in such fields as cancer, cardiovascular |
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disease, diabetes, stroke prevention, kidney disease, transplant |
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surgery, psychiatry and clinical neurosciences, and dentistry; |
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among the innovations developed at the school are the Palmaz Stent, |
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the first stent used with angioplasty to keep open coronary and |
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peripheral arteries, the Titanium Rib, a prosthetic device for |
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children born with malformed chest walls, and EZ-IO, an alternative |
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infusion technique; and |
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WHEREAS, Employing some 5,000 Texans, UTHSC at San Antonio |
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positively impacts the economies of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and |
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San Antonio, where it significantly contributes to the |
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multi-billion-dollar biosciences and health care sector; through |
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the years, the center has been skillfully led by Dr. Frank Harrison, |
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Dr. John Howe, and Dr. Francisco G. Cigarroa, and Dr. William L. |
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Henrich has served as interim president since 2008; and |
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WHEREAS, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San |
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Antonio provides its students with an exceptional education and a |
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solid foundation for future success, and in so doing, it |
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contributes to the continued success and prosperity of the Lone |
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Star State; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize April 29, 2009, as The University of |
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Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Day at the State Capitol |
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and extend a warm welcome to all those from the center who are |
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visiting here today; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for The University of Texas Health Science Center at San |
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Antonio as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of |
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Representatives. |