{"id":6032,"date":"2008-06-01T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2008-06-01T08:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_9042\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"650\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-9042\" src=\"http:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/RAHCDinner.jpg\" alt=\"(L-R) Anne and Bob Shepard, ch"},"modified":"2016-04-05T14:19:51","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T14:19:51","slug":"rahc-celebrates-fifth-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/rahc-celebrates-fifth-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"RAHC celebrates fifth anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_9042\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9042\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9042\" src=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/RAHCDinner.jpg\" alt=\"(L-R) Anne and Bob Shepard, chair of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; Leonel Vela, M.D., M.P.H., regional dean of the RAHC; and William L. Henrich, M.D., M.A.C.P., dean of the Long School of Medicine and vice president for medical affairs at the Health Science Center, take part in festivities celebrating the fifth anniversary of the RAHC.\" width=\"650\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/RAHCDinner.jpg 650w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/RAHCDinner-150x139.jpg 150w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/RAHCDinner-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>(L-R) Anne and Bob Shepard, chair of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; Leonel Vela, M.D., M.P.H., regional dean of the RAHC; and William L. Henrich, M.D., M.A.C.P., dean of the Long School of Medicine and vice president for medical affairs at the Health Science Center, take part in festivities celebrating the fifth anniversary of the RAHC.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Health Science Center leaders celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Regional Academic Health Center (RAHC). President Cigarroa recognized and honored the support of many that led to the RAHC\u2019s establishment and its first five years of development.<\/p>\n<p>The RAHC has a Medical Education Division in Harlingen and a Medical Research Division in Edinburg and serves Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr and Willacy counties in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health Science Center leaders celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Regional Academic Health Center (RAHC). 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