Scott & White Healthcare Foundation
Board of Trustees
Ross McKnight, Chair
Alejandro Arroliga, MD
Andrejs Avots-Avotins, MD, PhD
Madhava (Reddy) Beeram, MD
Thomas L. Burdett
Louis S. Casey Jr.
Wayne Fisher
Morris E. Foster
Robert Garriott
Donald R. Grobowsky
Jack Martin
Drayton McLane Jr.
Michael L. Middleton, MD
Jim H. Mills
L. Gill Naul, MD
Lyndon L. Olson Jr.
Anita Perry
Bob Probe, MD
Robert W. Pryor, MD, MBA
William L. Rayburn, MD
Mike Reis, MD
Glen E. Roney
Stephen Sibbitt, MD
Kenneth W. Starr, JD
Contents
4 Scott & White Hospital – College Station
ur new hospital and expanded clinics have been a long time coming.
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To the Brazos Valley, it means a new and easier way to access everything
families need to enjoy good health
14 Ray of Hope
I t’s tough medicine, and Michele Jesse takes it like the hero she is.
She’s receiving treatment for an aggressive type of brain tumor; it’s a
lesson in what disease can do to us, and what medicine can do for us
18 Great Position
adyson Smithhart had the biggest win of her life when she overcame
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a painful and complicated bone condition. One of her biggest fans is
Dr. Robert Probe, of the Roney Institute
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22 Scott & White Healthcare and Baylor Health System Merger
e largest not-for-profit healthcare system in Texas is formed and unites
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two healthcare system leaders working together as one to help more people
24 Scott & White Walgreens Partnership
e’ve formed an accountable care organization with one of the nation’s
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largest pharmacy retailers. Our goal is to keep seniors as healthy as ever
26 Change of Heart
nurse opens her heart to new ideas when she’s faced with a health crisis.
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Learn about new ways Scott & White specialists healed her heart and are
helping many others
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