BioMed SA Honors Three San Antonio Pediatric Surgeons for Groundbreaking Work Impacting Children Worldwide
 |
Mrs. Marylyn Smith, widow of the late Dr. Melvin Smith, Dr. Robert Campbell and his wife Corey, Dr. Kaye Wilkins and his wife Sidney, after the presentation of the 2008 Palmaz Awards. |
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, September 16, 2008 – Three internationally known pediatric surgeons from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and its academic children's hospital, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital, are this year’s recipients of the prestigious Julio Palmaz Award for Innovation in Healthcare and the Biosciences.
Robert M. Campbell, Jr., M.D.,
Melvin D. Smith, M.D. (deceased) and
Kaye E. Wilkins, D.V.M., M.D. are each being honored for devising innovative ideas that have had tangible, life-saving results around the world.
Three S.A. doctors honored
 |
|
The late Dr. Melvin Smith (left) and Dr. Robert Campbell (right) with some of their young patients. |
Dr. Kaye Wilkins examining a child in Haiti. |
By Travis E. Poling
Express-News Business Writer
The San Antonio biomedical industry honors three San Antonio doctors tonight with the third annual Palmaz Award for their innovations that have made a difference for children around the world.
BioMed SA will present the award to Dr. Robert Campbell Jr. and the late Dr. Melvin Smith for their work on developing the titanium rib for children with spinal and chest deformities and identifying Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome.
Also honored is Dr. Kaye Wilkins, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon in San Antonio who has trained general orthopedic surgeons and medical technicians in impoverished countries so they can better care for children.
