John Lattimore, an amateur artist, shares his journey of finding relief from essential tremors through deep brain stimulation surgery. Enduring a lifetime of involuntary movements affecting his hands, arms, head, trunk, and vocal cords, Lattimore's condition hindered daily tasks and hobbies. However, after consulting with Alexander Papanastassiou. MD, at UT Health San Antonio, he opted for deep…, Featured Provider, Alexander Papanastassiou, M.D., Dr. Alexander Papanastassiou is an associate professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at UT Health San Antonio. He specializes in general neurosurgery and surgery for epilepsy, trigeminal neuralgia and movement disorders, including Parkinson’s disease. His expertise is in resective surgery, radiosurgery and neuromodulation, including deep brain stimulation and microvascular decompression. Dr.…
Jennifer Sharpe Potter, PhD, MPH, vice president for research, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and executive director, Be Well Texas, a statewide substance use treatment and recovery initiative of UT Health San Antonio, was interviewed for this article. Read More
James Cleveland, PhD, RN, director of the Center for Simulation Innovation at the School of Nursing, and Sonya Hardin, PhD, RN, APRN, dean of the School of Nursing, were interviewed for this news segment. Watch Now
Three UT Health San Antonio faculty were awarded funds from The University of Texas System’s Science and Technology Acquisition and Retention program.
Tracey E. Barnett, PhD, founding chair of the Department of Quantitative and Qualitative Health Sciences at the new UT School of Public Health San Antonio at UT Health San Antonio, in collaboration with UTSA, received a $250,000 UT System Faculty STARs (Science and Technology Acquisition and Retention) award to allow the new school of public […]
Maria Escobar-Vasco, MD, clinical assistant professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, was interviewed for this news segment. Read More
Joseph Cantey, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases, was mentioned in this article. Read More
The Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Fund recently awarded $800,000 to UT Health San Antonio to support research projects from early career investigators. Voelcker Fund Young Investigator Awards The Voelcker Fund Young Investigator Awards provide each recipient with a total of $350,000 in funding allocated over three years to support emerging researchers conducting biomedical research. […]
The bioanalytics and single-cell core (BASiC) facility at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has a new, first-in-Texas Nanowizard V atomic force microscope. Pawel Osmulski, PhD, department of molecular medicine, took the lead in applying for a National Institutes of Health grant (S10 funding) for the specialized equipment. Nameer Kirma, […]
UT Health San Antonio is featured in the San Antonio Business Journal regarding future plans and construction of a new tower that will soon be built in the Medical Center. Read More (subscription required)