Thoracic surgery team achieves highly coveted ranking for lung, esophageal cancer outcomes
March 10, 2022
The UT Health San Antonio Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery has earned a distinguished three-star rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons for its patient care and lung and esophageal cancer resection outcomes. The three-star rating denotes the highest category of quality and places the department among the elite for general thoracic surgery.
Mays Cancer Center researcher and SignalRx earn NCI business grants to develop drugs for first-in-human clinical trials
March 10, 2022
Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – An internationally recognized physician-scientist of Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio together with SignalRx Pharmaceuticals Inc. have secured two National Cancer Institute …
Thoracic surgery team achieves highly coveted ranking for lung, esophageal cancer outcomes
March 10, 2022
Only the most elite programs garner 3-star ratings from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (March 10, 2022) — The UT Health San Antonio Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery has earned …
Washington Post: Covid long-haulers face grueling fights for disability benefits
March 8, 2022
Dr. Monica Verduzco Gutierrez, Rehabilitation Medicine, s quoted in this article. Read More
Boston Globe: Groups hardest hit by COVID-19 appear least likely to get care for its lingering effects
March 8, 2022
Dr. Monica Verduzco Gutierrez, Rehabilitation Medicine, is quoted in this article. Read More
Caregiver SOS podcast: Latest on an innovative surgical treatment for Alzheimer’s and other memory loss with Dr. Papanastassiou
March 8, 2022
Dr. Alexander Papanastassiou, Neurosurgery, and Amy Saklad and Hector Trevino, Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, provide comments for this podcast about South Texas’ first deep brain stimulation surgery for Alzheimer …
San Antonio Express-News: San Antonio man battling long COVID symptoms featured in national ad to promote vaccines
March 8, 2022
Dr. Monica Verduzco Gutierrez, Rehabilitation Medicine, is quoted in this story. Read More
KENS 5: Mask guidelines relax in Bexar County
March 7, 2022
Dr. Jan Patterson, Infectious Diseases, was interviewed for this story about wearing masks while coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are trending downward in Bexar County. Read More
KABB Fox 29: UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing celebrates the future of frontline workers
March 7, 2022
The School of Nursing dedicated a 9-foot bronze sculpture of Florence Nightingale. The statue was conceived and donated by Dr. Kathleen R. Stevens-Hamilton, EdD, MS, RN, ANEF, FAAN, professor in aging research for the School of Nursing, and her husband …
CNN: You sent us your hiccup cures. Experts put them to the test
March 4, 2022
Dr. Ali Seifi, Neurosurgery, inventor of a device to relieve hiccups, is quoted in this CNN story. Read More