Doctor with heart for service dedicated to students and patients
January 8, 2020
Dina Tom, M.D. ’10, teaches medical students, cares for pediatric patients, and volunteers locally and abroad.
Dr. Cigarroa to head state panel on kidney disease
December 23, 2019
Renowned transplant surgeon and former UT System chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., has been appointed chairman of the Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force of the state of Texas. Also, Kumar Sharma, M.D., chief of the Division of Nephrology and vice chair of research in the Department of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio, was named […]
Dr. Cigarroa to head state panel on kidney disease
December 20, 2019
Task force to implement state plan to prevent, diagnose and manage chronic kidney disease.
Reconstructive surgeon finds meaning in global mission work
December 18, 2019
Dr. Stallworth has joined numerous humanitarian surgical missions through Face to Face, a philanthropic and humanitarian program.
Dr. Frost receives TAMEST O’Donnell Award in Medicine
December 4, 2019
Instead of focusing on how to cure the disease, Dr. Frost’s team looked at what causes the disease—a buildup of tau proteins inside of cells and amyloid plaques outside of it, which disrupts and eventually kills brain cell function.
Dr. Burma honored by Society for NeuroOncology
December 2, 2019
Sandeep Burma, Ph.D., professor of neurosurgery and of biochemistry and structural biology, received the Award for Excellence in Adult Basic Science at the Society for NeuroOncology Annual Meeting in Phoenix in November. The award, sponsored by the National Brain Tumor Society, was given for Dr. Burma’s research on the role of senescent astrocytes in promoting […]