Thinking globally and acting locally has one
Dallas family on a mission to enhance healthcare
For the Gupta family, a successful life is one filled with balance. Family, spirituality, personal health and community are all important to Satish and Yasmin Gupta, who are successful entrepreneurs as founders and owners of SB International Inc., a manufacturer and global distributor of specialized steel products for the energy sector. Satish and Yasmin are also first-generation immigrants who came to this country for education and stayed because they felt that they had found the community where they could raise their family and grow their business.
“We consider it a partnership with sustainability. The knowledge
gained and shared through
research and education will live well beyond all of us.”
— Satish Gupta
Now, through a transformational gift made to the Baylor Scott & White Dallas Foundation, the new Satish and Yasmin Gupta Heart Center at Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital – Plano is enabled in its mission to help improve the lives of people in their Texas community and around the world through education, research and training. “We are involved with The Heart Hospital because of the tremendous growth and success displayed over the last 10 years. The education and research taking place there is notable. It has made the hospital a well-known entity throughout
the country. So, we are hoping that with the help we are able to provide, it can support the next level of innovative technology, awareness and global initiatives,” Satish explained.
Their commitment is a very personal one: Satish’s and Yasmin’s fathers both needed life-saving heart bypass procedures in the early 1980s, a time when coronary bypass surgery was not available in India. The young couple worked hard for the resources needed to bring their fathers from India to Texas for treatments that ultimately saved their lives. In 2003, Satish became aware of his own cardiac symptoms and, working with physicians at Baylor Scott & White Health, began to take a proactive approach to his own health that he continues diligently to this day.
Having facilities and caregivers to provide quality care in their own community is an important gift that the Gupta family is intent on sharing with everyone in Texas. Additionally, they are passionate about sharing knowledge of how to take preventive heart health into one’s own hands.
“We are hopeful that this gift made at the local level in our immediate community will snowball into making a difference in healthcare for people around the country and globally,” Yasmin stressed.
The Gupta family sees this gift as an opportunity for a partnership with a leading healthcare institution to positively impact lives around the world. In addition to research and education that will benefit patients here, the funds will also allow physicians from other countries to observe the advanced care provided here in Texas, and then take that knowledge home to help those in need in their own countries. It’s an investment in health, Satish and Yasmin say, that impacts people locally while also helping people globally.
In addition to providing the funds necessary to further these initiatives, the Gupta family will be directly involved. Daughter Samantha Gupta Parmar, a healthcare professional, will serve on
a newly created committee to help direct the gift. Satish and Yasmin will also lend their business acumen and personal commitment to this mission to improve lives.
“We consider it a partnership with sustainability,” Satish explained. “The knowledge gained and shared through research and education will live well beyond all of us.” Yasmin, echoing her husband’s sentiments, also relayed her wish for others in the community to get involved at any level possible. “You have to have care beyond the needs of your immediate family and open your heart to giving,” she said. “This is our way of saying thank you to the community that gave us a platform for opportunity.”
For more information on cardiovascular research and medical education initiatives, contact Lynn Bohne at 214.820.4070 or Lynn.Bohne@BSWHealth.org.
