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Department of Emergency Health Sciences faculty presented research abstracts on topics ranging from whole blood transfusion to robotically guided intubation at the 2025 National EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) Annual Meeting, held in San Diego in January. Faculty and fellows of the department presented nine research abstracts at the meeting. “Nine abstracts presented at a national meeting is a record”…
In what has become an annual interprofessional education experience, Department of Respiratory Care faculty and students participated in a pulmonary clinical skills lab for first-year medical students. Medical students rotated through 16 stations during the lab, which was held over the course of two afternoons in February, said Sandra Adams, MD, MS, FCCP, a professor in the Pulmonary/Critical…
Assistant Professor Catherine Torrington Eaton, PhD, CCC-SLP, will receive a 2025 Presidential Excellence Award for Teaching Excellence–Emerging. “The recognition of the work that I do put into teaching is quite an honor because it is the common theme to pretty much of all my activities,” Eaton said. “Students are involved; we’re figuring out a way for the next generation to do better patient-…
With family and friends filling Holly Auditorium, the Respiratory Care Class of 2026 celebrated the responsibility that comes with caring for patients during their white coat ceremony on Feb. 7. Honoring the people who have supported them along their respiratory care journey was a major theme of the ceremony. Faculty repeatedly reminded students of that crucial support, which was on display…, “Ask questions and treat every patient like your first”, School of Health Professions Senior Associate Dean David Henzi, EdD, FASAHP, encouraged students to remember two things: To keep asking questions during their clinical rotations and to treat each patient with the same care and attention as they would their first. “Please, please remember that these patients more than likely have never, ever been in the situation that you find them in,” said Henzi…, Alum says program prepared him well for medical school, Guest speaker Martin Valdes, MD, a 2016 graduate of the respiratory care program, told the students that the program prepared him well for a career as a physician. Valdes is a pulmonary/critical care medicine fellow at UT Health San Antonio. “I stumbled upon this beautiful profession at a respiratory care career fair when I was at UTSA as an undergrad,” he said, adding that he was inspired by how…, Students and faculty member inducted into Lambda Beta , Following the white coat ceremony, Rueda and 10 second-year students were inducted into Lambda Beta, the honor society of the respiratory care profession. “Respiratory care is more than a profession. It is a calling — I truly believe that,” said Thomas J. Stokes, Jr., MA, RRT, assistant professor in the Department of Respiratory Care and Lambda Beta adviser . “It is an art and science of healing…
Department of Physical Therapy faculty presented research and led educational sessions at the 2025 American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting. Held Feb. 13–15, APTA-CSM drew thousands of attendees to Houston. At the conference, Assistant Professor Anjali Sivaramakrishan, PT, PhD, was awarded the Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy Balance and Falls Special Interest Group…, Gustavo Almeida, , in collaboration with five former DPT students and two orthopedic surgeons Demo: “Manual therapy and kinesio taping for orthopedic conditions.” Julie Barnett “Associations between Gait Speed and Psychological Stressors in Patients Hospitalized with Acute Heart Failure.” Authors:, Bobby, Belarmino, (presenter), Rajashree Mondkar (Houston Methodist Hospital) Does the Prevalence of Imposter Phenomenon Change over the Course of a DPT Program? , Michael Geelhoed, and , Bradley Tragord, “Neurophysiological Effects of Fast Gait Training with Functional Electrical Stimulation in Individuals with Chronic Stroke.” Vyoma Parikh, , Anjali Sivaramakrishnan, (presenter), Jiang Xu, Trisha Kesar Change in Hand Sensorimotor Functioning Post-Stroke Resulting from Hand Function Therapy . Margot Shima, Mikayla Marshall, Eric Dumais, Sandeep K. Subramanian, PT, PhD, Sandra Dorman, Vineet B. Johnson and Carol Li. Presenters: Vineet Johnson and , Sandeep Subramanian, Quality of Life and Pain Intrusiveness in the First Six-Months after a Traumatic Brain Injury . , Sandeep K. Subramanian, , PT, PhD, Yessenia Isabel Perez, SPT, Brian Metting, SPT, Ivana Setka, SPT, Alyssa June Soderdahl, SPT, Summer Rolin and Jeremy J Davis Global Recovery and Quality of Life in the First Six-Months after a Traumatic Brain Injury . Jillian L Williams, Clint Alan Dreyer, SPT, Cordero Perales, SPT, Nicollette Rodriguez, SPT, Summer Rolin, Jeremy J Davis and , Sandeep K. Subramanian, , PT, PhD.
After 15 years working in the environmental consulting field, Laura Baird was ready for a change. “I worked with endangered species, wetland survey and bird surveys — with a lot of alone time and hiking, which I love,” she said. But as she began to grow her family, she wanted a career that required less travel and offered more human-to-human interaction. She researched health care careers and…, Master of Science in Imaging Sciences program, , which prepares students to earn three American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) certifications in two years, including radiography, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). “You get to experience patient care and patient interaction,” she said of medical imaging. “I like the science behind it.” Baird is a member of the program’s first cohort, which is set to…
For Martin Valdes, MD, RRT, the path to become a physician would take him to a heart failure intensive care unit as a respiratory therapist and through a hurricane. His journey began in Eagle Pass, Texas, where he grew up dreaming of becoming a doctor. As an undergraduate biochemistry major at The University of Texas at San Antonio, Valdes attended a health professions career fair and learned…
By Kate Hunger For years, Wei Liu, Ph.D., has researched Tai Chi as a rehabilitation intervention and exercise treatment option for people with knee osteoarthritis and other disabilities such as cancer, Alzheimer’s, and low back pain. Still, he admits there is much to learn about the benefits offered by the ancient practice of continuous, controlled movements. “Why is Tai Chi beneficial? We don…
Michael Bermudez, EdD, OTR, sees occupational therapy as a means for helping people with disabilities. His tools? Circuit boards, code and 3D printers, to name a few. This July, Bermudez brought his research interest in assistive technology to The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, where he joined the Department of Occupational Therapy as an assistant professor. Bermudez’s…, Using assistive technologies to enable OT, Bermudez recently returned to the U.S. in January after studying and working in Uganda for six months as a 2022-2023 Fulbright U.S. Scholar. While in Uganda, Bermudez taught gerontology and health promotion to master’s students in the Department of Community Rehabilitation and Special Needs at Kyambogo University and conducted occupational therapy screenings for children with disabilities. With…, Coming back to where his OT path began, Bermudez is a graduate of the School of Health Professions, having earned his Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy from UT Health Science Center San Antonio before going on to earn both a master’s in educational technology and a Doctorate of Education in educational technology leadership from New Jersey City University in Jersey City, New Jersey. He most recently taught gerontology,…