Health professionals urged to endorse HPV vaccination

February 21, 2019

“I only wonder how my life would have been different if I’d had the HPV vaccination,” said Liz Kapeel, 27, a graduate of Texas State University who now works in Austin. The young woman was diagnosed with cervical cancer at age 25 and has received extensive treatment. She described her experiences at the “2019 HPV […]

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‘Do No Harm’ documentary film on physician wellness set for Feb. 26

February 20, 2019

A free screening of the documentary film Do No Harm, which examines the problems of burnout, depression and suicide within the medical profession, is set for 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, in Pestana Lecture Hall. After the screening, a discussion with a panel of faculty experts in physician wellness, addiction medicine and psychiatry […]




Dr. Ogbeide honored with early-career psychologists award

February 11, 2019

Stacy Ogbeide, Psy.D., ABPP, assistant professor/clinical in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, received the Outstanding Early Career Psychologists Contributions Award from the Association of Psychologists in Academic Health Centers.


Dr. Forland receives medical society’s Distinguished Service Award

January 25, 2019

Emeritus professor Marvin Forland, M.D., a founding faculty member at what is now UT Health San Antonio, received the Distinguished Service Award from the Bexar County Medical Society at a Jan. 19 gala. Initially chief of the Division of Nephrology in the Department of Medicine, Dr. Forland went on to serve as associate dean for […]