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By Arash Salardini, MD, Neurology, Glenn Biggs Institute The brain is among the most complex organs in the human body. As the body’s command center, it controls our memories, emotions, thoughts, movements, vision, motor skills, the processes that regulate our bodies and the attributes that make each one of us unique. Given its complex job, […]
Yasmin Lyons, DO, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, was interviewed live for this news segment. Read More
Thursday, January 26, 2023: Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand, representing His Majesty the King Rama X Vajiralongkorn, presents the Prince Mahidol Award for 2022 in the field of medicine to Ralph A. DeFronzo, MD, of UT Health San Antonio and University Health. The presentation took place at the Chakri Throne Hall […]
Crystal Chavez, MD, Family & Community Medicine, was interviewed for this segment about the health risks of sitting for long hours, the benefits of staying active and how to include movement throughout the day. Read More
Thursday, January 26, 2023: Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand, representing His Majesty the King Rama X Vajiralongkorn, presents the Prince Mahidol Award for 2022 in the field of medicine to Ralph A. DeFronzo, MD, of UT Health San Antonio and University Health. The presentation took place at the Chakri Throne Hall […]
Promoting improved patient care, community learning, social impact Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 30, 2023 – The UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry has entered into partnership with the Straumann Group, a world leader in implant components and digital equipment and services, to establish a patient treatment center housing a comprehensive […]
Last week, Dr. John Calhoon, Chair of the Department of Thoracic Surgery, delivered an address to the annual meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) in San Diego. Some portion of Dr. Calhoon’s remarks related to diversity and upset a number of attendees. Following this, Dr. Calhoon sent an apology to the STS, shared below. Thus far, the STS has not posted Dr. Calhoon’s apology.
Continuing to bring award-winning interprofessional education (IPE) opportunities to UT Health San Antonio faculty, staff and students, Linking Interprofessional Networks for Collaboration, or LINC, is hosting its second annual LINC IPE Symposium on February 23 and 24. The 2023 LINC IPE Symposium, organized by the LINC Student Council, will take place in person on campus and through […]
Study will evaluate senolytics — drugs that clear defective ‘zombie’ cells Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Jan. 30, 2023) — A clinical trial conducted at UT Health San Antonio aims to “stomp” out Alzheimer’s disease. Clearing old, damaged “zombie” cells from the brain may be one way to do it. The study, called […]
Andrew Brenner, MD, PhD, neuro-oncologist who treats patients at the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, and professor of medicine, was quoted in this article. Read More