UT Health San Antonio opens applications for region’s first nurse anesthetist program

December 19, 2023

Meeting critical demand for anesthesia services in underserved areas Contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 19, 2023 – To help fill critical demand for anesthesia services, the UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing is starting a program that will prepare highly skilled nurse anesthetists, the first in South Texas. The school […]




UT Health San Antonio’s Spine Center first to offer next generation imaging in South Texas

December 6, 2023

Serving patients with state-of-the-art, low-radiation, high-resolution imaging for spinal and orthopaedic care Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu Video News Release: The Spine Center at UT Health San Antonio, home to the region’s only EOSedge – a state-of-the-art X-ray machine that uses lower doses of radiation SAN ANTONIO – The Spine Center at UT Health San […]




Combination therapy for Type 2 diabetes is reaching more populations

December 1, 2023

UT Health San Antonio’s diabetes reputation grows internationally with Kuwait joining Qatar as sites repeating successful EDICT trial SAN ANTONIO (Nov. 29, 2023) — They know of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio’s diabetes program in the Thai royal palace in Bangkok. They are familiar with it in Kuwait and Qatar, […]




Mays Cancer Center hosts annual breast cancer symposium, addresses care and advancements in treatment

December 1, 2023

  Recognized as world’s largest gathering of breast cancer researchers Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio, in partnership with American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), is hosting the 46th annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center on Dec. […]




Psychology professor, grad student to research cognitive impairment in cancer patients

November 15, 2023

SAN ANTONIO – The University of Texas at San Antonio associate professor of psychology Joe Houpt, is part of a team that has earned a one-year, $50,000 grant from the Mays Cancer Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio). The project, “Surviving is Not Enough: Enhancing Cognitive […]




Concentrated approach in chemotherapy comes to Mays Cancer Center, gives hope to patients with inoperable liver tumors

November 14, 2023

Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, proudly announces the launch of a specialized chemotherapy delivery system called hepatic artery infusion, also known as HAI pump therapy, for colorectal cancer patients whose tumors are inoperable and have spread to the liver. Approved […]