Warriors for Health

July 26, 2016

They were medical specialists and transport pilots in some of the world’s most hostile regions. They defended the nation in the cyber realm, and faced their own mortality multiple times a day as explosions erupted around them.

Today their service is of a different kind.

Rudy Rudy Gomez, Warriors for Health



Aaron’s books

July 20, 2016

Young Aaron Gonzalez had a birthday coming up, but he didn’t want a big party with gifts. No, the boy with a rare genetic disorder called Neurofibromatosis type II who is also a “Wish Kid,” wanted to start a GoFundMe account to raise money for books for hospitalized kids.

Lizette Gomez, M.D., Aaron Gonzalez, Aaron's books


“Tim Duncan Day” is Thursday

July 19, 2016

San Antonio Mayor Ivy Taylor declared via her official Twitter account that this Thursday, July 21, would be known as “Tim Duncan Day,” after the Spurs legend who retired last week. Taylor is encouraging citizens to don all of their Spurs gear as a tribute to the retired star.




CTRC offering free skin cancer screening

July 18, 2016

The Cancer Therapy & Research Center is offering free skin cancer screenings from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 11, at the CTRC, 7979 Wurzbach Road. The CTRC is part of the UT Health Science Center San Antonio.




Faculty member receives Tow humanism award

July 18, 2016

Greg D. Bowling, M.D., assistant professor, hospitalist, section chief, Division of General and Hospital Medicine, has been awarded the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation.

Greg Bowling