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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dr. Dianna Burns-Banks was recognized as one of San |
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Antonio's Gracious Givers at the inaugural North Star Gives event |
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on March 24, 2011; and |
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WHEREAS, Sponsored by San Antonio Magazine and North Star |
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Mall, North Star Gives acknowledged six women who have improved the |
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quality of life in San Antonio and made donations to the charities |
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of their choice; Dr. Burns-Banks selected the Davis-Scott Family |
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YMCA as her charity; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Burns-Banks is a board-certified pediatrician |
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with more than 20 years of experience in primary care; an owner and |
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founder of South Texas Center for Pediatric Care, which operates |
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five clinics in San Antonio's most underserved communities, she |
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dedicates herself to educating her young patients and their parents |
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about healthy lifestyle choices; moreover, she is a tireless |
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advocate for accessible, high-quality physical and mental health |
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care for all Texans; and |
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WHEREAS, Born and raised in Meridian, Mississippi, Dr. |
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Burns-Banks graduated with honors from Xavier University of |
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Louisiana and completed her medical school, internship, and |
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pediatric residency at the University of Louisville; she also holds |
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a master's degree in health care administration from Trinity |
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University, which named her an Outstanding Executive Graduate |
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Student; and |
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WHEREAS, This dynamic physician worked in the emergency room |
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at Santa Rosa Children's Hospital and became its first female |
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African American chief of staff; in 1986, she joined with business |
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partner Dr. Linda Holley to found the first South Texas Center for |
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Pediatric Care clinic on San Antonio's East Side; she went on to |
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become the second female head of the Bexar County Medical Society, |
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the largest medical society in the Lone Star State and eighth |
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largest in the nation; and |
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WHEREAS, Deeply committed to her profession and her |
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community, Dr. Burns-Banks is a fellow of the American Academy of |
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Pediatrics and has served as chair of the Pediatric Advisory |
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Committee, as associate medical director of Community First Health |
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Plans, and as chair of the pediatrics departments of Baptist |
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Medical Center and Methodist Metropolitan Hospital; she has served |
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on the boards of numerous organizations, among them the NAACP, |
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Respite Care of San Antonio, Girl Scouts of America, the March of |
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Dimes, the State Advisory Board for Managed Medicaid, and the Texas |
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Military Institute; and |
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WHEREAS, The San Antonio Women's Hall of Fame inducted Dr. |
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Burns-Banks in 2006, and the San Antonio Business Journal named her |
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a Health Care Hero; in addition, she was chosen as Female |
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Entrepreneur of the Year by the San Antonio Express-News in 1991, |
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and she has received the Candace Award in Recognition of Exemplary |
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Achievement in the Field of Health from the San Antonio Chapter of |
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the National Coalition of 100 Black Women; the Kreager Law Firm, |
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which supports the Bexar County Medical Society Foundation's |
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scholarship program, established a scholarship in recognition of |
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her service as a role model for students entering the health care |
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profession; and |
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WHEREAS, Through her work as a physician and civic leader, |
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Dr. Burns-Banks has greatly benefited countless people, and her |
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devotion to improving the health of young Texans is a source of |
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great inspiration to others; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Dianna Burns-Banks on her |
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selection as a Gracious Giver and extend to her sincere best wishes |
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for continued success in her endeavors; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Burns-Banks as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |