Staying power

September 11, 2025

With most UT San Antonio Health Science Center graduates choosing to remain in Texas, the university helps close critical workforce gaps in medicine, nursing, dentistry and allied health, ensuring high-quality care for communities across the state.

UT San Antonio banner outside of the Academic Learning and Teaching Center building.



Drawn to her profession through personal experience

May 5, 2025

Sometimes finding your calling requires paying attention. And Master of Science in Respiratory Care student Raquel Gutierrez, set to graduate this May, was watching and listening closely during multiple life events that led her to her future profession.




2025 Presidential Ambassador Scholars recognized

April 16, 2025

  UT Health San Antonio’s 2025 Presidential Ambassador Scholars were officially recognized by Francisco Cigarroa, MD, senior executive vice president for health affairs and health system, during an awards ceremony at the Academic and Administration Building April 15. Since 1988, the Presidential Ambassador Scholar Awards have been provided to outstanding students from each of the five schools […]





Stephen Harper named 2024 Texas EMS Leader of the Year

January 10, 2025

  Stephen Harper, MD, deputy medical director of the San Antonio Fire Department and medical director of several emergency response departments in the San Antonio area, has been named Texas EMS Leader of the Year. Harper received the award from the Texas Department of State Health Services at the annual Texas EMS Conference held in […]

Assistant Professor/Clinical Stephen Harper, MD