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By Kate Hunger Kathryn Crane, OTR, (MOT ’17) received the 2019 Horizon Award from the Texas Occupational Therapy Association at its annual conference on Nov. 2. The award acknowledges outstanding contributions to the profession by an occupational therapy practitioner who has been in the profession for fewer than five years. Crane provides early childhood intervention occupational therapy…
By Kate Hunger Health insurance can be complicated and intimidating, says Ana Diaz, a Physician Assistant Studies student set to graduate in December. That’s why Diaz, along with nine Physician Assistant Studies students, two medical students and four pharmacy students, participated in an interdisciplinary, community service-learning project aimed at increasing community health literacy. Their…
By Kate Hunger A professor and two graduate students from the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders’ speech-language pathology program participated in the 2019 Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science (IIMS) Community Engagement Symposium. Speech-Language Pathology Assistant Professor Rocío Norman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, and second-year speech-language pathology master’s…
By Kate Hunger Health insurance can be complicated and intimidating, says Ana Diaz, a Physician Assistant Studies student set to graduate in December. That’s why Diaz, along with eight other Physician Assistant Studies students, have participated in an interdisciplinary community service-learning project aimed at increasing community health literacy. The student group, which includes medical…
By Kate Hunger Department of Emergency Health Sciences adjunct faculty instructor Conrad M. Gonzales, Jr., is featured in a video by AARP Texas. The video was posted on the AARP Texas Facebook page in September to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month. In it, Gonzales shares his personal philosophy. “I look at it this way: If I can save a life, I have made a difference, and I think that’s…
By Kate Hunger Physical Therapy Assistant Professor Gustavo Almeida, PT, Ph.D., co-authored an article accepted for publication in Arthritis Care and Research that shows an increase in physician prescriptions for medication and a decrease in physical therapy referrals and lifestyle counseling for patients with knee osteoarthritis. The article, "Recommendation rates for physical therapy,…
By Kate Hunger The School of Health Professions and the University of Texas at San Antonio in October launched a new program for undergraduate students interested in pursuing a master’s in respiratory care. The Respiratory Care Early Acceptance Program (RCEAP) allows undergraduate UTSA students majoring in biology or kinesiology to receive conditional acceptance to UT Health San Antonio. Upon…
By Kate Hunger Michael Geelhoed, PT, DPT, Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Education was elected President of the Texas Physical Therapy Association (TPTA) in October. Geelhoed previously has served TPTA as vice president, delegate-at-large and chief delegate, and he is president of the Texas PT Foundation. The election coincided with National PT Month. “I chose to become a PT…
By Kate Hunger Second-year respiratory care students showed Physician Assistant Studies students how to use five different types of mechanical ventilators in training sessions held Oct. 21. Mariana Castillo is one of five respiratory care students who provided the training to 46 first-year Physician Assistant Studies students. She trained students on the Servo-U ventilator, explained how to…
By Kate Hunger Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy Gustavo Almeida, PT, Ph.D., has been selected to be a mentee of the Training in Grantsmanship for Rehabilitation Research (TIGGRR) 2020. The four-day intensive grant-writing workshop and mentorship program will be held at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, S.C., from Jan. 7–11. Almeida will be seeking feedback on his…