About
A Non-Profit That Advances San Antonio’s Healthcare and Bioscience Industry
BioMedSA was founded in 2005 to accelerate growth of the healthcare and bioscience sector, create regional economic benefit, and contribute to the health of San Antonio and beyond by establishing San Antonio as a leader in healthcare and bioscience. BioMedSA acts as the hub for the healthcare and bioscience industry, providing industry programming, convening industry leader forums to conquer challenges, communicating opportunities and resources, and facilitating key collaborations for the City of Science and Health. BioMedSA is leading San Antonio’s healthcare and bioscience industry in catalyzing innovation to solve some of the world’s most complex health challenges, leveraging unique biomedical assets, and capitalizing our collaborative culture into an economic engine.
Residents of San Antonio enjoy a low cost of living, beautiful weather, a vibrant downtown, and numerous opportunities for outdoor recreation. Businesses in San Antonio benefit from the low cost to do business and local industry resources.
Board of Directors
Bernard Arulanandam, Ph.D., Vice President for Research, Economic Development, and Knowledge Enterprise
UTSA
John Benedict, Vice President
CPS Energy
Michele Boggs, Executive VP, Business Development
San Antonio Economic Development Foundation
Ted Day, Executive VP of Strategic Planning & Business Development
University Health System
Rene Dominguez, President & COO
Texas Research and Technology Foundation / VelocityTX
Thomas M. Evans, Ph.D., President
University of the Incarnate Word
Mike Flores, Ph.D., Chancellor
Alamo Colleges
Gary Frashier, Ph.D., M.B.A., P.E., President & CEO
Management Associates
Andrea Giuffrida, Ph.D., Vice President for Research
UT Health San Antonio
Allen Harrison, CEO
Methodist Healthcare System
Stephen Harrrison, M.D., Medical Director
Pinnacle Clinical Research
Shawn Hughes, J.D., Sr. Vice President, Private Banking
Broadway Bank
Bob Hutchens, President and CEO
StemBioSys Inc.
Martin Landon, Chief Executive Officer
BioBridge Global
Amy Law, VP, Health Economics, Reimbursement and Evidence
3M Health Care
Debra Niemeyer, Ph.D., DAF, Chief Scientist
59th Medical Wing, and Co-Chair, San Antonio Military Health System Research Consortium
Ann Beal Salamone, Chairman of the Board
Rochal Industries LLC
Larry Schlesinger, M.D., President & CEO
Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Neill (Gobie) Walsdorf, Jr., President and CEO
Mission Pharmacal
Ex-Officio Board Members
Ron Nirenberg, Mayor
City of san antonio
Richard Perez, President and CEO
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
David Marquez, Executive Director, Economic Development
Bexar County
Henry Cisneros, Ph.D., Chairman and Co-CIO
American Triple I Partners, Founding Chair of BioMedSA
Steve C. Fitzer, CEO
Bexar County Medical Society
Walter D. Downing, P.E., Executive VP and COO
Southwest Research Institute, Immediate Past Chair of BioMedSA
Ann Stevens
Founding President of BioMedSA
Staff
Heather Hanson
President
Nora Ovalle
Executive Assistant