School of Medicine establishes professorship in amputation prevention

October 19, 2007

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Medicine today announced the establishment of the Lee J. Sanders Professorship in Lower Extremity Amputation Prevention. The professorship will support a faculty member in the Health Science Center Department of Orthopaedics.



Berggren selected to lead medical humanities-ethics center

October 18, 2007

Ruth E. Berggren, M.D., a compassionate hero who for days cared for the poor, disenfranchised and uninsured of New Orleans in extreme conditions after Hurricane Katrina, has been appointed interim director of the Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Medicine.


Hillis is new chair of medicine at UT Health Science Center

October 15, 2007

L. David Hillis, M.D., a widely published and respected academic physician and administrator in Dallas, today was named chairman of the Department of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. William L. Henrich, M.D., M.A.C.P., dean of the School of Medicine and vice president for medical affairs at the Health Science Center, announced the recruitment, which culminated an extensive national search.