KSAT 12: KSAT Community spotlight: SA Cancer Council
March 2, 2021
The SA Cancer Council, an all-volunteer nonprofit organization that supports the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson, was put in the KSAT 12 Community spotlight for its donation of more than $5.6 million to the center, even as …
Thank you for your heroic response
March 1, 2021
In the midst of a year battling the COVID-19 pandemic, San Antonio and Texas went through a week of subzero wind chill resulting in no water, no power and no heat. And, as has become the norm, our UT Health San Antonio community mobilized on a heroic scale.
Join in a virtual celebration of our new hospital!
March 1, 2021
This $430 million investment will advance health care through nationally leading medicine, innovative technologies, and scientific breakthroughs, providing patients new options not currently available in our region. First-in-class research, delivering precision medicine — right here at home.
Marketing, Communications and Media service catalog added to My Service Center
March 1, 2021
The Marketing, Communications and Media service catalog can be found on My Service Center beginning Monday, March 8.
San Antonio Express-News: Commentary: After the storm, a focus on meeting basic needs
March 1, 2021
By Drs. Barbara Robles-Ramamurthy and Jessica Sandoval, submitted to the San Antonio Express-News as an opinion piece and published on Feb. 26, 2021. Our community has been torn with stress and uncertainty in the past 12 months. A global, deadly pandem …
San Antonio Express-News: UT Health San Antonio gets $6 million grant for DNA cancer research from state agency
March 1, 2021
By Laura Garcia, Staff writer, published on Feb. 26, 2021 UT Health San Antonio has received a $6 million academic research grant from a state-funded program that invests billions in cancer-fighting efforts. The major grant from the Cancer Prevention a …
KSAT 12: Medina ISD police chief urges others not to gamble with their health after suffering heart attack, dying for 15 minutes
March 1, 2021
Dr. Dawn Hui, Cardiothoracic Surgery, was a part of this very personal and timely story about Medina ISD police chief, Abel Devora, who suffered a massive heart attack one year ago. Dr. Hui was the physician who treated Mr. Devora, and says the chief’s …
‘We all know each other and look out for each other’
February 26, 2021
Michael Geelhoed, DPT, OCS, MTC, assistant professor and director of clinical education in the Department of Physical Therapy, found ways to help neighbors, his students and the community despite not having power at his home for several days. He shovel …
Hitting payroll deadlines while bunking at the office
February 26, 2021
Getting the monthly, hourly and overtime payroll out the door during the winter storm took hard work from his team and a few nights bunking at the office for Director of Payroll Services Richard Gallardo. “We normally would run payroll after 5 p.m. bec …
Nephrology team ensured hundreds of patients received life-saving dialysis
February 26, 2021
Some patients can wait for their treatment to be rescheduled if powerful storms or other extenuating circumstances intervene. This is not the case for dialysis patients. “Dialysis patients are quite unique and many cannot wait, even for a few days,” sa …