UT Medicine San Antonio opens Westover Hills clinic

October 8, 2008

UT Medicine San Antonio, the clinical practice of the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Medicine, opened its newest clinic today in Westover Hills – a rapidly growing area in west San Antonio that is also home to the new Microsoft data center and SeaWorld.


Briscoe Library to host celebration of women in medicine exhibit

October 2, 2008

Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians,” a traveling exhibition of women physicians’ inspiring stories from the mid-1800s to the present, is coming soon to the UT Health Science Center’s Dolph Briscoe Jr. Library.


UT System grants $1.7 million to 3 faculty teaching programs

October 2, 2008

The three grants totaling $1.7 million will provide or expand innovative approaches to medical education with the ultimate goal of producing physicians who are educationally outstanding, compassionate and service oriented.


COPD genetic research study needs 1,000 volunteers

September 29, 2008

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio and the South Texas Veterans Health Care System seek to enroll 1,000 current and former smokers in a genetic epidemiology study of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the fourth-leading cause of death in the U.S.



Briscoe, a Texas icon, adds to legacy with $5 million gift to UTHSC

September 20, 2008

More than 1,300 people attending The University of Texas Health Science Center’s second annual gala Saturday received great news for women in South Texas: the evening’s special honoree, former Texas Gov. Dolph Briscoe Jr., announced he is giving $5 million in support of cardiology and women’s health.