For Immediate Release

Contact: JoAnn King, Public Relations Director (210) 575-0171, (210) 325-3294 (cell)

Members of the Methodist Stone Oak Advisory Panel selected two exceptional Ronald Reagan High School seniors to receive the 2007 Hospital of the Future Scholarships. Daniel Steck and Kristin D’Silva will each receive $1,500 to attend the universities of their choice. Daniel plans to attend Texas A&M University as a pre-med student and major in biomedical engineering. “By combining my passions of medicine, engineering and service, I can see my future role as both a medical researcher and a practicing interventional cardiologist,” Daniel wrote in his essay.

Kristin D’Silva plans to study psychology at Cornell University with career plans in the area of psychiatry. “I hope that I will one day be able to serve the Stone Oak community in a health-related field,” Kristin stated after learning she’d been selected to receive the scholarship.

Both Kristin and Daniel are ranked at the top of their graduating class with 100 averages. Both have volunteered in the community and demonstrated strong leadership skills. Congratulations and best wishes to Daniel and Kristin as they begin their college careers and explore all that health care may have to offer us in the future.

Last year, Methodist Stone Oak Hospital established the “Hospital of the Future” scholarships to assist students in their pursuit of health care careers. Construction is underway on the 132-bed hospital located at Highway 281 and Sonterra Boulevard and is expected to be completed in late 2008.

Methodist Healthcare is San Antonio’s largest and most trusted health care provider with facilities including seven acute care hospitals: Methodist Hospital, Methodist Children’s Hospital of South Texas*, Methodist Heart Hospital*, Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital,* Northeast Methodist Hospital,* Metropolitan Methodist Hospital* and Methodist Ambulatory Surgery Hospital. Phase I of the Methodist Boerne Medical Center includes a medical office building with a variety of physician specialists. Phase !! includes Methodist Boerne Emergency Center, scheduled for completion by the end of this year.