Allied Health Fair & Science Expo is Nov. 3; registration deadline is tomorrow

October 25, 2007

The Allied Health Fair & Science Expo, an interactive, hands-on event designed to interest high school and college students in the allied health professions and careers in medicine, dentistry, nursing and research, will be held at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3.




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.