BioMed SA re-elects officers
Published 6:23 pm, Wednesday, January 9, 2013
BioMed SA, a nonprofit organization that promotes San Antonio's health care and bioscience industry, has re-elected officers for 2013.
Kenneth P. Trevett, president and CEO of the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, was re-elected as BioMed's chair. Others re-elected were: Vice Chair Dr. Robert Gracy, special assistance to the president of the University of Texas at San Antonio; and Secretary/Treasurer Richard Perez, president and CEO of the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce.
The organization also expanded its executive committee by four seats to 24. Newly elected members are: Jaime Wesolowski, president and CEO of Methodist Healthcare System; Dennis Fallen, CEO of the South Texas Blood and Tissue Center; Sharon Smith, executive director of the National Trauma Institute; and Col. Tim Cassidy, director of clinical operations with San Antonio Military Health Systems.
Trevett proposed three initiatives for BioMed SA this year, including doubling BioMed SA's annual budget of about $500,000. He also wants to improve the local biomedical industry's access to venture capital and to attract additional research dollars into the sector.