St. Luke’s donates $15,000 to School of Nursing

January 14, 2004

The St. Luke’s Lutheran Health Ministries Foundation has donated $15,000 to the School of Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio to help endow a new academic professorship aimed at addressing the critical nursing faculty shortage.

Professor appointed to American College of Radiology committee

January 14, 2004

Charles R. Thomas, M.D., associate professor and vice chairman of radiation oncology at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, has been appointed to the select, 13-member Patterns-of-Care Gastrointestinal (GI) Committee of the American College of Radiology.

Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics receives $100,000 endowment

January 14, 2004

Stewart Reuter, M.D., former chairman of radiology at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and his wife, Marianne, have given a $100,000 endowed professorship to the Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics at the Health Science Center.

New state research academy to bolster collaborations

January 13, 2004

Research institutions that maximize collaborations with peers stand a better chance of attracting federal funding, said Dr. Francisco G. Cigarroa, president, who participated in a conference where U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison announced a major new project to beef up Texas’ research funding.

‘Listening to Prozac’ author to speak at Health Science Center

January 12, 2004

The Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio will present “A Dialogue with Peter Kramer” at 5 p.m. today (Jan. 12) in Lecture Hall 3.104A near the Health Science Center’s Briscoe Library. The address is 7703 Floyd Curl Drive in the South Texas Medical Center.