New chair of radiation oncology named
June 13, 2019
Mark Bonnen, M.D., has been named chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology in the Long School of Medicine, effective Sept. 1.
Medical student selected to NIH medical research scholars program
June 12, 2019
Raul F. Membreño, a a third-year medical student in the Long School of Medicine, has been selected for the 2019-2020 Medical Research Scholars Program by the National Institutes of Health. He is one of only 50 students selected nationwide. The year-long research training program allows medical, dental, and veterinary students to pause their university studies […]
Dr. Carie Boychuk receives UT System’s Rising STARs award
June 7, 2019
The award for early-career investigators comes with a $250,000 grant.
Trauma game changer
June 7, 2019
Because of lessons learned on the battlefields, South Texas patients are receiving lifesaving whole blood transfusions—before ever reaching the hospital.
Pediatric oncologist: Cure the patient, yes, but cure without damage
June 6, 2019
Pediatric oncologist and researcher Gregory Aune, M.D., Ph.D., tells the story of his favorite patient, a teenage boy some 30 years ago who was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
2020 inductees named for Gold Humanism Honor Society
June 3, 2019
The Marvin Forland, M.D., Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society at UT Health San Antonio has announced its Class of 2020. Through the Arnold P. Gold Foundation, the honor society promotes humanism as the core of health care. The society recognizes students, residents and faculty who are exemplars of compassionate patient care and who […]