Medscape Medical News: SABCS 2020: What’s Hot, Including a Major Chemotherapy Trial
December 9, 2020
Virginia Kaklamani, MD, is quoted in the following story regarding the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS). Dr. Kaklamami is director of the Mays Cancer Center Breast Cancer program and is a co-leader of the SABCS. Read the story.
KSAT 12: ‘Your lungs are filled with double pneumonia’: Breast exam leads to San Antonio woman’s COVID-19 diagnosis
December 9, 2020
Drs. Maryam Elmi, breast surgical oncologist, and Virginia Kaklamani, breast oncologist, Mays Cancer Center, shared with KSAT 12 TV an inspiring story of a patient whose breast cancer scan led her oncology team to a diagnosis of COVID-19. Read and watc …
Texas Standard: Ask a doctor: How promising are the COVID-19 vaccines, and how many people need to get one?
December 8, 2020
Dr. Fred Campbell, General and Hospital Medicine, spoke to listeners of Texas Standard’s Ask a Doctor, a Texas Public Radio show that is produced in the state capital to air on public radio stations statewide including San Antonio, KUT Austin, KERA Nor …
KSAT 12: San Antonio health care workers among first in line to get Pfizer vaccine, says infectious disease doctor
December 7, 2020
Dr. Ruth Berggren, Infectious Diseases, participated in a KSAT 12 Q&A on Thursday, Dec. 3, saying that San Antonio health care workers and first responders will be among the first to get Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. Watch the Q&A.
Robert Svatek, MD, MSCI, named chairman of urology in Long School of Medicine
December 7, 2020
The Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has appointed Robert Svatek, MD, MSCI, as chairman of the Department of Urology. Dr. Svatek, who assumed the position Nov. 30, was sele …
2020 Presidential Ambassador Scholars introduced
December 7, 2020
The five scholars, one from each school in the university, are: John-Stephane Kouam, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine; Erica Osta, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; Shanae Rhodes, School of Nursing; Jennifer Sanchez, School of Health Professions; and Katharina Tosti, School of Dentistry.
Campus shuttle holiday schedule
December 7, 2020
The UT Health San Antonio campus shuttle will not be available from Monday, Dec. 21 through Friday, Jan. 1. Normal shuttle operations will resume on Monday, Jan. 4. Click here to view the Shuttle Service website.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: New research shows why you have trouble concentrating when you drink
December 7, 2020
In a new paper, researchers from UT Health San Antonio report brain chemistry that may contribute to why drinkers have difficulty paying attention while under the influence. Findings were published Dec. 2 in Nature Communications. Read the story.
KSAT 12: 4 takeaways from KSAT’s ‘Parenting in a Pandemic’ livestream
December 7, 2020
Dr. Tess Barton, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, participated in a KSAT 12 “Parenting in a Pandemic” livestream on Friday, Dec. 4, commenting that COVID-19 testing should be limited to children who have symptoms. Read and watch the interview.
Yahoo! Finance: UT Health San Antonio celebrates $150,000 gift from Lions Clubs that expands diabetic retinopathy care in South Texas
December 7, 2020
Yahoo Finance shared the news release about a Lions Clubs gift to the Department of Ophthalmology to purchase equipment for screening diabetic retinopathy. Read the story.