Patch.com: Harlingen High School alumna pursues medical career
March 2, 2021
Dr. Fehima Dawy, resident in Family and Community Medicine, is profiled in this Patch.com story. Read the story.
San Antonio Express-News: Commentary: After the storm, a focus on meeting basic needs
March 1, 2021
By Drs. Barbara Robles-Ramamurthy and Jessica Sandoval, submitted to the San Antonio Express-News as an opinion piece and published on Feb. 26, 2021. Our community has been torn with stress and uncertainty in the past 12 months. A global, deadly pandemic. An awakening to racial injustice present for centuries. And now a deadly winter storm, […]
San Antonio Express-News: UT Health San Antonio gets $6 million grant for DNA cancer research from state agency
March 1, 2021
By Laura Garcia, Staff writer, published on Feb. 26, 2021 UT Health San Antonio has received a $6 million academic research grant from a state-funded program that invests billions in cancer-fighting efforts. The major grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas or CPRIT swayed Alexander Mazin, a senior biochemist and cancer biologist […]
KSAT 12: Medina ISD police chief urges others not to gamble with their health after suffering heart attack, dying for 15 minutes
March 1, 2021
Dr. Dawn Hui, Cardiothoracic Surgery, was a part of this very personal and timely story about Medina ISD police chief, Abel Devora, who suffered a massive heart attack one year ago. Dr. Hui was the physician who treated Mr. Devora, and says the chief’s recovery is pretty remarkable. Read and watch the story.
AAMC: How we’re failing children of color during COVID-19
February 24, 2021
Barbara Robles-Ramamurthy, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, wrote of her witnessing the devastating mental health challenges faced by children of color, only emphasized by more COVID-19 infections and deaths, in an opinion piece published by the Association of American Medical Colleges. Read the commentary.
San Antonio Woman: Women’s Cardiovascular Health
February 24, 2021
Sonja Brune, Cardiology, Acute-Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist and Heart Failure Nurse, explained the importance of women playing an advocacy role in their prevention and treatment of heart disease and stresses the importance of having a primary care provider. Read the story.