WHAT: “With Greatest Respect: The Cigarroa Presidency – A Retrospective and Farewell Reception”
WHEN: Noon Wednesday, Jan. 21
WHERE: UT Health Science Center Auditorium, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Campus, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive in the South Texas Medical Center
WHO: UT Health Science Center President Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., will reflect on important educational, research and clinical initiatives of the last eight years by the Health Science Center community. Faculty, staff, students and special friends will extend best wishes to Dr. Cigarroa and his wife, Graciela, as they move to Austin and the chancellorship of The University of Texas System.
NOTES: William L. Henrich, M.D., MACP, interim president of the Health Science Center effective Feb. 2, and faculty, staff and student association leaders will present a gift to the Cigarroas on behalf of the university. The reception will follow in the Parman Auditorium Foyer. Individual media interviews with Dr. Cigarroa will be possible from 1:30 to 1:45 p.m.
Interested individuals may watch a videoconference of the event at these other Health Science Center campuses: Texas Research Park, AT&T Teleconference Center, Room 1.130; Laredo Campus Extension, Academic Building, Room 1.102; Regional Academic Health Center (RAHC), Harlingen, Room 2.120; RAHC Edinburg Campus, Room 1.200.2.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is the leading research institution in South Texas and one of the major health sciences universities in the world. With an operating budget of $668 million, the Health Science Center is the chief catalyst for the $15.3 billion biosciences and health care sector in San Antonio’s economy. The Health Science Center has had an estimated $35 billion impact on the region since inception and has expanded to six campuses in San Antonio, Laredo, Harlingen and Edinburg. More than 23,000 graduates (physicians, dentists, nurses, scientists and other health professionals) serve in their fields, including many in Texas. Health Science Center faculty are international leaders in cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, aging, stroke prevention, kidney disease, orthopaedics, research imaging, transplant surgery, psychiatry and clinical neurosciences, pain management, genetics, nursing, dentistry and many other fields. For more information, visit www.uthscsa.edu.