Match Day: Anticipation, fulfilled goals and the call to serve

March 21, 2022

A group of fourth-year students from the Long School of Medicine voiced their feelings just minutes before envelopes were opened to reveal their residency destinations. The occasion was the annual Match Day celebration on March 18 held outdoors at John T. Floore’s Country Store in Helotes. Audrey Phan said Match Day brought her “pure excitement, […]

Christiana Fakhri, fourth-year student in the Long School of Medicine, inserts her Match Day map pin on San Antonio, where she will stay for a pediatrics residency.


Physician scientist will bring his years of research experience to geriatrics residency

March 21, 2022

Eric Baeuerle, already the holder of a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree, has another large milestone coming May 21. That’s the day he will receive his Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from the Long School of Medicine at the school’s 2022 commencement ceremony in the Alamodome. Dr. Baeuerle was one of the medical students in […]

Two MD-PhD students, Eric Baeuerle and Petra Jans Peterson, celebrate their residency matches with Jose Cavazos, who directs the South Texas Medical Scientist Training Program.



Reuben Harris, PhD, to chair Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology

March 17, 2022

Cancer and virology researcher Reuben Harris, PhD, has been named chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology at UT Health San Antonio. The department is in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine. Dr. Harris, a professor with tenure, will assume his duties effective April 11, 2022, announced Robert Hromas, […]

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