• Watch the full interview on KSAT 12. With skin cancer being so common, it is important to know the warning signs and risk factors.  Robert Gilson, MD, discusses what you can do to help protect yourself and what to expect if you do have skin cancer. 
  • Cancer screenings can help detect cancer earlier, sometimes making it easier to treat. Primary care physician, Ramon Cancino, MD, describes which cancer screenings everyone should get and at what age they should begin. Your family history and personal lifestyle choices can impact your risk for developing cancer. Talk to your primary care physician about what screenings are right for you. Watch more Kens 5 Medical Minutes on YouTube
  •   More than 1,100 students, including a female majority, are projected to receive degrees and certificates from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio during commencement ceremonies this spring and summer. “We are extremely proud of this year’s candidates, who have distinguished themselves by their academic accomplishments, by competing successfully for residency […]
  • Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (May 5, 2023) — More than 1,100 students, including a female majority, are projected to receive degrees and certificates from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio during commencement ceremonies this spring and summer. “We are extremely proud of this year’s candidates, who have distinguished […]
  •   The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has appointed Elena Volpi, MD, PhD, FGSA, as director of its Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies. She will also be a professor in the Department of Medicine effective July 1, said Robert Hromas, MD, dean of the health science […]
  • The start of the construction on the Center for Brain Health was featured in this piece.   Read More
  • Beth Stewart says her mother always was one to “keep the ball rolling.” “At any gathering, you’d want my mother to be there, because she kept the conversation going,” she said. “The reason that people loved her so much was that my mother loved people. She was interested in them. She kept the ball rolling […]
  • Graduating School of Nursing student sets inspirational example A single mother, Patricia De La Cruz had to overcome significant hurdles before applying to nursing school. Living in a new country, she needed to learn English, take prerequisite courses and learn to drive. It was a steep climb, but she reached a major peak when she […]
  • Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (May 4, 2023) — The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has appointed Elena Volpi, MD, PhD, FGSA, as director of its Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies. She will also be a professor in the Department of Medicine effective July […]
  • Madison StJohn discovered the respiratory care profession while watching news coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic. In those reports, StJohn heard respiratory therapists described as “frontline heroes” in the medical response to the pandemic that flooded hospitals with patients, many of whom needed mechanical ventilation support provided by specially trained respiratory therapists. “Respiratory therapists are the […]