April 29, 2016
Eleven minority
students entering Texas medical schools this fall will each receive a $10,000
scholarship from the Texas Medical Association (TMA). Students were awarded the
scholarships today in Dallas at TexMed, the association’s annual conference,
for their academic achievement, commitment to community service, and desire to
care for Texas’ increasingly diverse population.
TMA created the
Minority Scholarship Program in 1998 to help diversify the physician workforce
to meet the health care needs of Texans.
The TMA
Educational Scholarship, Loan, and Awards Committee chose one recipient for
each Texas medical school from a competitive field of promising future
physicians. The committee doubled the amount of the individual scholarship this
year, thanks to a new donor-established trust fund at the TMA Foundation (TMAF),
the association’s philanthropic arm, that funds the program.
The scholarship
encourages minority students to attend medical school by lessening the financial
burden of their education, which averages more than $175,000. TMA has awarded 112
scholarships totaling $615,000 since the program’s inception, thanks to
generous gifts from TMAF donor physicians and their families, major supporters,
and others.
Left to Right: Stephanie Trujilo-Molina, Everardo F. Ibarra (reassigned to Carlos Vargas), Laura V. Moore, Diana A. Rascon, David Samuel Chapman, Juan V. Resendez, Cooper Quiroz (reassigned to Esteban Esquivel Jr), Monika Pyarali, Amanda Rae Arreola, Bianca Arechiga, and Oswaldo F. Renteria.
2016 TMA Minority Scholarship Winners
Bianca Arechiga of San
Antonio graduated from Baylor University in Waco and will attend Texas
College of Osteopathic Medicine at the University of North Texas Health Science
Center at Fort Worth. She plans to specialize in primary care to later practice
in rural Texas. Ms. Arechiga’s scholarship is provided by The
TMA Foundation Trust Fund of Dr. Roberto J. and Agniela (Annie) M. Bayardo of
Houston; Tarrant County Medical Society (CMS); and the Khushalani Foundation in
Humble, Texas.
Amanda Arreola of Dallas is a Baylor University graduate.
She will study family medicine or pediatrics after completing work at The University of Texas (UT) Rio Grande
Valley School of Medicine. Ms. Arreola plans to practice in a rural area near El
Paso. Dr. Roberto and Mrs. Agniela Bayardo and Hidalgo-Starr CMS funded her
scholarship.
David Samuel Chapman of Cedar
Hill, Texas, graduated from UT Arlington. He will attend Texas A&M
Health Science Center College of Medicine to become a family physician. After
graduation, Mr. Chapman plans to practice in an underserved area of Dallas/Fort
Worth. His scholarship is made possible byDr. Roberto and Mrs. Agniela Bayardo; the TMAF Patrick Y. Leung, MD,
Minority Scholarship Endowment, established by Dr. Patrick and Mrs. Nancy Leung
of Midland; Dr. Jim and Mrs. Charli Rohack of Galveston; and McLennan CMS.
Esteban Esquivel Jr of Bruni is a graduate of UT Austin. He hopes to specialize in pediatrics or internal medicine after earning his medical degree at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC)-Lubbock School of Medicine, and plans to practice in a rural community in South Texas. His scholarship is made possible through contributions from Dr. Roberto and Mrs. Agniela Bayardo; Nueces CMS; and Andre and Sukie Desire of Wichita Falls, in memory of Robert Horth.
Laura Moore of El
Paso will graduate from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio in May. She plans
to become a pediatric oncologist and will study at McGovern Medical School at The
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Her scholarship is made
possible by H-E-B.
Monika Pyarali of Austin
is a UT Austin graduate who will attend Baylor College of Medicine with plans to specialize
in psychiatry or neurology. She expects to practice in an underserved area within
a large urban area, such as Dallas/Fort Worth. Ms. Pyarali’s scholarship is funded
by Dr. Roberto and Mrs. Agniela Bayardo;
C. Enrique Batres, MD, of Sugar Land; Gregory R. Johnson, MD, of Houston; and Harris
CMS/Houston Academy of Medicine.
Diana Rascon of San
Antonio graduated from Texas State University in San Marcos. She will
attend the UT School of Medicine in San Antonio with plans to become a surgeon. Dr. Roberto and Mrs. Agniela Bayardo; Drs.
Rajam and Somayaji Ramamurthy of San Antonio; and Jaime D. Sandoval, MD, of
Corpus Christi, underwrote her scholarship.
Oswaldo Renteria of Balch
Springs, Texas, graduated from UT Austin. He will study at UT Southwestern
Medical School and plans to practice primary care in an underserved urban area. Dr. Roberto and Mrs. Agniela Bayardo, Dallas CMS,
and Charles B. Mullins, MD, of Austin, provided his scholarship.
Juan Resendez of Laredo, Texas, is a UT Austin graduate
who will attend UT Austin
Dell Medical School. He plans to practice obstetrics/gynecology or another
primary care specialty in South Texas. Dr.
Roberto and Mrs. Agniela Bayardo and Travis CMS provided his scholarship.
Stephanie Trujillo-Molina of El
Paso graduated from UT El Paso. She will study at TTUHSC Paul
L. Foster School of Medicine and plans to practice family medicine in her hometown after
medical school. Ms. Trujillo-Molina’s scholarship is made possible by Dr. Roberto and Mrs. Agniela Bayardo and
El Paso CMS.
Carlos Vargas of Edinburg, Texas, is a graduate of UT Rio Grande Valley. He will attend The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston School of Medicine and hopes to become a family physician in the Rio Grande Valley. Dr. Roberto and Mrs. Agniela Bayardo; Baldemar Covarrubias, MD, of Corpus Christi; Drs. Mary Dale Peterson and Rafael Coutin of Corpus Christi, in honor of James Arens, MD, of Brenham; and Mark J. Kubala, MD, of Beaumont, provided donations for his scholarship.
TMA is the largest state
medical society in the nation, representing more than 49,000 physician and
medical student members. It is located in Austin and has 110 component county
medical societies around the state. TMA’s key objective since 1853 is to
improve the health of all Texans. TMA Foundation raises
funds to support the public health, quality of care, and science priority
initiatives of TMA and the family of medicine.
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