Frank Bryant Memorial Lecture
History
In 2002, the Texas Medical Foundation provided funding for a lecture series to honor Dr. Frank Bryant Jr. Dr. Bryant is remembered by friends as a man that cared, and showed that he cared. He is remembered as a man who overcame adversity, yet would never accuse anyone else of being unfair. Dr. Bryant graduated from UTMB in one of the first classes to admit black students; He went on to become a respected physician, a loving family man and an advocate for the medically underserved in East San Antonio.
Dr. Bryant was the cofounder and first medical director of the Ella Austin Health Clinic and co-developer of the East San Antonio Medical Center. He served as the first African-American President of the Bexar County Medical Society and the first President of the C.A. Whittier Medical Society.
April 6, 2023 Wayne Riley, MD, MPH, MBA, MACP Our Quest For Health Equity |
April 19, 2022 Michele Harper, MD The Beauty in Breaking: The Black Butterfly Theorem |
April19, 2021 Lisa Cooper, MD, MPH Why are Health Disparities Everyone's Problem? |
February 11, 2020 Selwyn M. Vickers, MD Challenges: Lessons for Us Today |
March 19, 2019 Alondra Nelson, Ph.D.. Racial Reconciliation, Institutional Morality and the Social Life of DNA |
April 3, 2018 David R. Williams, Ph.D., MPH Making America Healthier for All: What Each of Us Can Do |
February 21, 2017 Camara Jones, M.D., MPH, Ph.D. Achieving Health Equity: Tools for a National Campaign Against Racism |
April 19, 2016 Damon Tweedy, M.D., J.D. Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine |
February 10, 2015 Griffin Rodgers, M.D., MACP Science: A Tool for Justice |
“Frank Bryant was a gentleman of the highest order. He cared about his entire community – not only about their health, but their well-being.”
– Dr. Leonard Lawrence, colleague and friend