Larry Miller, MD to Receive Prestigious BioMed SA 2012 Julio Palmaz Award for Innovation in Healthcare and the Biosciences

SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BioMed SA, the non-profit corporation focused on growing and promoting San Antonio’s thriving healthcare and bioscience sector, will award its seventh annual Julio Palmaz Award for Innovation in Healthcare and the Biosciences to pioneering inventor, physician, and entrepreneur Larry Miller, MD, founder & chief medical officer of Vidacare Corporation. The award, named after Palmaz® Stent inventor Julio Palmaz, MD, honors individuals who have made significant contributions to advance the healthcare and bioscience fields. Dr. Miller will accept the award at BioMed SA’s annual Palmaz Award dinner to be held in San Antonio on Thursday, September 20, 2012 at The Vistas at Valero.