{"id":11524,"date":"2023-05-09T13:30:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T13:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/?p=11524"},"modified":"2023-05-09T21:36:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T21:36:29","slug":"and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/","title":{"rendered":"And caring donned a thousand faces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I<\/span>n ways, 2020 and the first half of 2021 were normal times for UT Health San Antonio. Tomorrow\u2019s health care professionals were educated and graduated, and new, highly qualified students were recruited. Research labs were abuzz with the widest range of scientific inquiry and discovery. Thousands of patients were seen, treated, healed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">But those darkest days of COVID-19, of course, were normal for no one. The novel coronavirus killed millions of people worldwide, devastated economies, shattered dreams and broke hearts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">And yet, said William L. Henrich, MD, MACP, president of UT Health San Antonio, COVID-19 also magnified the courage, the heroics, the inclination to run toward the fire, to go beyond, that marks the healing professions and the mission of UT Health San Antonio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWhat I\u2019m most proud of is we\u2019ve saved thousands of lives by virtue of what our health care providers have done, and we\u2019ll save thousands more by what we\u2019ll continue to do,\u201d Henrich said. \u201cThat \u2018north star\u2019 of saving lives is our vocation, our vision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">And it\u2019s a story that continues to this day, three years after the first known cases that forever changed the world of health care and of the entire health care workforce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The darkest days of COVID-19, of course, were normal for no one. And yet, COVID-19 also magnified the courage, the heroics, the inclination to run toward the fire, to go beyond, that marks the healing professions and the mission of UT Health San Antonio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":11532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,246],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-spring-2023"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>And caring donned a thousand faces - Mission magazine | UT Health Science Center San Antonio<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"And caring donned a thousand faces - Mission magazine | UT Health Science Center San Antonio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The darkest days of COVID-19, of course, were normal for no one. And yet, COVID-19 also magnified the courage, the heroics, the inclination to run toward the fire, to go beyond, that marks the healing professions and the mission of UT Health San Antonio.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mission magazine | UT Health Science Center San Antonio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-09T13:30:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-09T21:36:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/05\/MicrosoftTeams-image-10.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"689\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"contributor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"contributor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"contributor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/#\/schema\/person\/ffb145426f57a0322ba63b1cd767873e\"},\"headline\":\"And caring donned a thousand faces\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-09T13:30:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-09T21:36:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/\"},\"wordCount\":210,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/05\/MicrosoftTeams-image-10.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Features\",\"Spring 2023\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/\",\"name\":\"And caring donned a thousand faces - Mission magazine | UT Health Science Center San Antonio\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/05\/MicrosoftTeams-image-10.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-09T13:30:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-09T21:36:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/#\/schema\/person\/ffb145426f57a0322ba63b1cd767873e\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/05\/MicrosoftTeams-image-10.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/05\/MicrosoftTeams-image-10.png\",\"width\":1400,\"height\":689,\"caption\":\"When COVID-19 changed the world, UT Health San Antonio responded with passion and purpose.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"And caring donned a thousand faces\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/\",\"name\":\"Mission magazine | UT Health Science Center San Antonio\",\"description\":\"The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Mission magazine\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/#\/schema\/person\/ffb145426f57a0322ba63b1cd767873e\",\"name\":\"contributor\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/author\/communications\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"And caring donned a thousand faces - Mission magazine | UT Health Science Center San Antonio","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"And caring donned a thousand faces - Mission magazine | UT Health Science Center San Antonio","og_description":"The darkest days of COVID-19, of course, were normal for no one. And yet, COVID-19 also magnified the courage, the heroics, the inclination to run toward the fire, to go beyond, that marks the healing professions and the mission of UT Health San Antonio.","og_url":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/","og_site_name":"Mission magazine | UT Health Science Center San Antonio","article_published_time":"2023-05-09T13:30:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-05-09T21:36:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1400,"height":689,"url":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/05\/MicrosoftTeams-image-10.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"contributor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"contributor","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/"},"author":{"name":"contributor","@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/#\/schema\/person\/ffb145426f57a0322ba63b1cd767873e"},"headline":"And caring donned a thousand faces","datePublished":"2023-05-09T13:30:42+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-09T21:36:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/"},"wordCount":210,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/05\/MicrosoftTeams-image-10.png","articleSection":["Features","Spring 2023"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/","url":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/","name":"And caring donned a thousand faces - Mission magazine | UT Health Science Center San Antonio","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/05\/MicrosoftTeams-image-10.png","datePublished":"2023-05-09T13:30:42+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-09T21:36:29+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/#\/schema\/person\/ffb145426f57a0322ba63b1cd767873e"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/05\/MicrosoftTeams-image-10.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/05\/MicrosoftTeams-image-10.png","width":1400,"height":689,"caption":"When COVID-19 changed the world, UT Health San Antonio responded with passion and purpose."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/and-caring-donned-a-thousand-faces\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"And caring donned a thousand faces"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/#website","url":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/","name":"Mission magazine | UT Health Science Center San Antonio","description":"The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Mission magazine","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/#\/schema\/person\/ffb145426f57a0322ba63b1cd767873e","name":"contributor","url":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/author\/communications\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}