To our most precious and youngest pediatric patients, the newborn babies, and to their mothers;

To the Honorable Senator Lois Kolkhorst of Brehnam, Texas, whose passion and dedication to our patients gave birth to the Perinatal Advisory Council, charged with elevating the healthcare of Texans;

To my colleagues of the Perinatal Advisory Council: the talented doctors, Drs. Briggs, Cho, Guillory, Harvey, Honrubia, Hollier, Patel, Saade, Speer, Stanley, and Xenakis; the super-nurses, Ms. Greer, Perez, Stelly, and Torvik; and our two brilliant hospital administrators, Mr. Harrison and Woerner;

To our amazing state staff David Williams and Matt Ferrera, and Jane Guerrero and Elizabeth Stevenson, without whom we could not succeed;

You are all the unselfish members of a team that beats as the heart and soul of perinatal medicine in our great state of Texas.

—Eugene C. Toy