Dipen Parekh, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Urology and director of robotic surgery, was named a 2008 Outstanding Reviewer by the American Urological Association (AUA) in the field of prostate cancer. The award was presented at the AUA’s annual meeting this past spring in Chicago. Dr. Parekh was one of seven outstanding […]
High school and college students from throughout Texas are invited to the 2009 Health Professions Fair and Science Expo scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 7, on the campus of the UT Health Science Center San Antonio. The event features interactive, hands-on activities designed to interest students in health care professions including allied health, medicine, dentistry, nursing […]
The Health Science Center and the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) announced an exclusive license and sponsored research agreement with Merck & Co. Inc. to develop a vaccine for chlamydia, targeting the common sexually transmitted bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. “The Health Science Center strives not only to make discoveries that improve the quality of […]
The Coordinated Program in Dietetics, consisting of a Bachelor of Science degree in nutrition and dietetics and a master’s degree in dietetics studies, recently received “candidacy for accreditation” status following an expedited review from the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education. “This means that the program is on track to become fully accredited, and that […]
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has awarded the Long School of Medicine the best accreditation status (Continued Accreditation) for a maximum cycle length of five years. This is the second five-year institutional accreditation cycle in a row for the Long School of Medicine. The reaccreditation followed a highly positive site visit by […]
The scientific discourse that moves discoveries from labs to patients’ bedsides was the theme this past spring as the Health Science Center welcomed Nobel Laureate Michael Brown, M.D., for a School of Medicine 40th anniversary lecture and unveiled the cornerstone of the Health Science Center’s newest research building, the $150-million South Texas Research Facility (STRF). […]