Texas Public Radio: Cancer is the leading cause of death for Hispanics in the U.S.

February 11, 2020

Amelie Ramirez, Dr.P.H., professor and chair of the Department of Population Health Sciences and director of the Institute for Health Promotion Research at UT Health San Antonio, and Kate Lathrop, M.D., assistant professor of hematology/oncology at UT Health San Antonio and a care provider in the breast cancer program at the Mays Cancer Center, were […]




KENS 5: Stressing the importance of the HPV vaccine

January 31, 2020

Dr. Erin Mankus who is an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at UT Health San Antonio, and works as an obstetrician and gynecologist explains why the HPV vaccine is key to prevent infection and cervical cancer.


San Francisco Chronicle: Living liver donors generously swap, saving 2 recipients

January 30, 2020

Transplant physicians with the Long School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio performed transplants on two patients whose livers were failing. The transplants were notable because, for what transplant program coordinators believe is the first time in the U.S., each donor provided a section of her liver to a recipient she previously did not know but with whom she was a compatible match.