More than 1,500 college and high school students from throughout South Texas learned how to intubate manikins, start an intravenous (IV) line, immobilize a patient as paramedics do, administer visual acuity and respiratory function tests and much more at the 2011 Health Professions Fair & Science Expo held this past fall on the UT Health […]
Warren B. Branch, D.D.S., was named the 2011 Dentist of the Year by the Texas Academy of General Dentistry, one of the most prestigious honors a Texas dentist can earn. Dr. Branch is a 1981 graduate of the Dental School and has maintained a practice in San Antonio for more than 30 years. Since 1999, […]
Alumni develop extraordinary clinical software After graduating from Dental School at the UT Health Science Center in 1979, Tom Cockerell Jr., D.D.S., established his practice in 1980. Eventually his experiences providing dental care to medically compromised patients led to his conception of “Dental Symphony” software. Dental Symphony is a set of Internet-based software modules that […]
Eileen T. Breslin, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, dean of the School of Nursing, has been chosen president-elect of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). She will serve as president from 2014 to 2016. The AACN is the national voice for university and four-year college education programs in nursing, representing more than 690 member nursing […]
Faculty and staff members who exemplify exceptional leadership in their fields were recognized at the 2012 Presidential Awards ceremony. The Health Science Center’s highest honor, the Presidential Distinguished Scholar award, was presented to Joel B. Baseman, Ph.D.,chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in the Long School of Medicine. The award winners are: Presidential […]
Donors plant seeds that grow humanities and ethics education, locally and abroad The Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics at the UT Health Science Center is developing competent and compassionate future physicians through its myriad educational opportunities in medical ethics and professionalism, community service learning, global health and literature and art, as each relates to […]
$1 million gift pays tribute to outstanding alumnus Renovation under way on Dr. and Mrs. James L. Holly Auditorium In 1968, the UT Health Science Center opened its doors to the first medical students in San Antonio. Since then, faculty members in the Long School of Medicine continue to uphold the proud tradition of educating […]
According to the American Lung Association, lung disease is the third-leading killer in America, responsible for 1 in 6 deaths. Today, more than 35 million Americans are living with chronic lung disease such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), otherwise known as emphysema and chronic bronchitis. This year, Joel B. Baseman, Ph.D., was […]
Cancer is the leading cause of death for Texans aged 85 years and younger, claiming the lives of an estimated 38,000 Texans in 2011, with more than 107,000 newly diagnosed cancer patients in the same year.* The CTRC Foundation is stemming the tide of this deadly disease with a transformational $10.2 million gift to the […]
Oct. 13 marked the dedication of the UT Health Science Center’s South Texas Research Facility (STRF), a $150 million center of discovery, scientific collaboration and translational medicine. One of the largest and most energy-efficient research buildings ever erected in Texas, the three-story $150 million South Texas Research Facility is approximately the length of three […]