2014 Spirit of Health Award Presented to Dr. Fernando Guerra
The Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio is honored and excited to select Dr. Fernando Guerra as recipient of our 2014 Spirit of Health Award. Dr. Guerra is a Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and San Antonio and the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio. He has also served as an…
Hallmark College of Technology – New Partner
The Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio is pleased to welcome Hallmark College of Technology as a new partner institution. The Foundation provided a scholarship grant of $10,000 in 2014 in support of nursing education programs. (L-R: Brent Fessler, President, Hallmark College of Technology, and Cody Knowlton, BHFSA President and CEO)
Hospital Sales To Create Windfall For Charitable Foundations
By MATTHEW STURDEVANT msturdevant@courant.com The Hartford Courant 5:15 a.m. EDT, July 21, 2014 People in Connecticut have talked a lot about what happens to patients and staff at five nonprofit hospitals that are being bought by a Texas hospital chain, but there’s another issue. What happens to the money? (read more)
Bionic legs help some patients walk again / 4-10-14
The bionic suit that helps Pedro Lozano walk doesn’t turn him into the Six Million Dollar Man. But the Ekso robotic exoskeleton, which resembles a wearable robot, is aiding Lozano to regain the mobility he lost two days after Christmas, when he suffered a stroke that left him paralyzed on the left side of his…
San Antonio church ministers to Burmese in four languages
The Baptist Standard shines a light on the work of First Baptist Church of San Antonio with Burmese refugees in San Antonio. Read more here.
2013 Spirit of Health Award Presented to Dr. George Gaston III
Each year the foundation recognizes someone who makes an outstanding contribution to improving community health. Dr. George Gaston III won this year’s Spirit of Health Award recognizing his outstanding leadership and service to help improve the health of our communities. This year’s event is scheduled on Tuesday, December 10th, 4 p.m. at the First Baptist…