Pheo Para Alliance recognizes UT Health San Antonio as rare disease Center of Excellence

June 24, 2022

Pheo Para Alliance, a patient advocacy organization dedicated to supporting those with pheochromocytoma (pheo) and paraganglioma (para), a rare neuroendocrine tumor, has designated The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) as a Pheo Para Center of Excellence. The Center of Excellence Program recognizes institutions worldwide for providing cutting-edge, quality, multidisciplinary care and […]

Mays Cancer Center featured for its value to the region’s population and economy

June 17, 2022

In a special section of the June 17, 2022, San Antonio Business Journal, experts from Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio discuss the broad scope of cancer patient care and lifesaving research taking place daily at the center and its value to the local community and regional economy.

School of Nursing expanding recovery program for mothers with SUD and children

June 13, 2022

The School of Nursing has received $16 million from the Texas Department of Health and Human Services to expand its successful Casa Mia recovery program for pregnant and parenting mothers with opioid use disorder and their children, and expand these services to women with any type of substance use disorder.

$10 million from Bexar County to assist School of Public Health development

June 9, 2022

Bexar County Commissioners Court gave preliminary approval June 7 to award $10 million to UT Health San Antonio and UTSA for development of The University of Texas School of Public Health San Antonio.

In Memoriam: William W. Dodge, DDS, former dean of UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry

June 7, 2022

William W. Dodge, DDS, former dean of the UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry who oversaw completion of the state-of-the-art Center for Oral Health Care & Research has died after an illness.