Meet the first-year Texas medical students awarded a scholarship in 2011 - Texas Medical Association


Liz Arellano will attend The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston this fall. Her goal is to practice in an underserved area of Texas. “…by practicing in a somewhat small area, I will be able to develop a relationship with my patients both inside and outside the clinical setting. Such a relationship will foster into one of trust and caring on both sides.”
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Vanessa Parada will attend Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine in El Paso this fall. She is concerned how physicians will stay true to the Hippocratic oath in the face of a difficult economy, increasing unemployment and changes in the future of healthcare. Her response to this is, “Not only do these issues attract me to serve the people of Texas, but they also make me passionate about empowering and educating minorities, children, and women so that the health of every Texan is improved.”

Ana Salazar will attend Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock in the fall. Her volunteer experiences have informed her vision of improving the health of all Texans. “As a physician, I hope to be able to help educate my community in the area of healthcare, more specifically preventive medicine, and to help make access to this type of information readily available.”

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