Making America Healthier for All: What Each of Us Can Do

March 27, 2018

Public event Annual Frank Bryant Lecture is free and open to public April 3 WHAT:           The Frank Bryant Jr., MD, Memorial Lecture in Medical Ethics at UT Health San Antonio. The topic is “Making America Healthier for All: What Each of Us Can Do.” WHEN:           Noon Tuesday, April 3 WHERE:         Holly Auditorium, UT Health San […]


Jeremy Viles named to new dual role at UT Health San Antonio

March 19, 2018

SAN ANTONIO (March 19, 2018) ―  Jeremy Viles, D.N.P., M.B.A., RN, NE-BC, has been hired in a new dual role at UT Health San Antonio. He will serve as the inaugural chief nursing officer for the Mays Cancer Center, the newly named center of UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, and as assistant […]



Worldwide study triples number of known genetic risk factors for stroke

March 12, 2018

By Will Sansom Research co-author Dr. Sudha Seshadri of UT Health San Antonio’s Glenn Biggs Institute predicts that the study will also be a boon for dementia research SAN ANTONIO (March 12, 2018)—A landmark international study of DNA samples from 520,000 individuals worldwide—including 67,000 affected individuals—identified 22 new genetic risk factors for stroke. Sudha Seshadri, […]

Stroke


The envelope, please: Match Day to reveal next step in medical education

March 12, 2018

WHAT:           Match Day is a geographic rite of passage when graduating medical students throughout the U.S. find out where their residency training will take them – and perhaps where their medical careers will be launched. The new doctors could be heading to New York or Hawaii, Florida or Alaska ― or staying in San Antonio […]

Match Day 2017


Give Cancer the Boot fun run/walk set for March 24

March 8, 2018

SAN ANTONIO (March 8, 2018) ― Give Cancer the Boot, a 2.6-mile fun run/walk, will be held Saturday, March 24, at the Mays Cancer Center, the newly named center at UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center. The event will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Mays Cancer Center, 7979 Wurzbach […]

Give Cancer the Boot