the torch Winter 2014, Issue 4 | Page 23

Fred Ball, Bo Bain, Joel T. Allison and Norm Bagwell Grand Rounds® a hole-in-one for medical education The 13th annual Baylor Health Care System Foundation Grand Rounds® Golf Tournament was sponsored by Bank of Texas for the sixth consecutive year. The annual fall golf tournament teed off on October 6 at Northwood Club and raised more than $280,000 to support undergraduate and graduate medical education at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas. More than 200 leading citizens and 50 sponsors from across the Dallas community came out for the day of golf, including platinum sponsors Duke Realty, General Data Tech, Kaufman Hall, The David B. Miller Family Foundation, Wells Fargo Bank and Western Extrusions. Gold sponsors this year included JW Homes, Northern Trust and Perkins+Will. Since the first tournament, Grand Rounds supporters have contributed several million dollars toward medical education initiatives. Grand Rounds has taken on an increasingly important role in recent years. The Association of American Medical Colleges has predicted that there will be a shortage of more than 90,000 doctors by 2020. A recognized leader in the training of medical professionals since 1903, Baylor Dallas trains approximately 220 residents and fellows in 30 specialties each year – ranging from internal medicine to vascular surgery to pathology. With donor support, the Foundation plans to fund 23 residents and fellows in fiscal year 2015 at a cost of more than $2.4 million. “The cost of providing graduate medical education continues to rise and support of Grand Rounds ensures that we continue to offer high-quality medical education programs,” said Rowland K. Robinson, Foundation president. “Our goal is to help secure the future of our community by training the best and brightest minds to practice safe, quality, compassionate health care.” For more information on medical education initiatives at Baylor, contact Elizabeth Denton at 214.820.4070 or Elizabeth.Denton@ BaylorHealth.edu. Thank you to our sponsors Platinum Sponsors Duke Realty General Data Tech Kaufman Hall The David. B. Miller Family Foundation Wells Fargo Bank Western Extrusions Gold Sponsors JW Homes Northern Trust Perkins+Will With donor support, the Foundation plans to fund 23 residents and fellows in fiscal year 2015 at a cost of more than $2.4 million. 23