UT Health De Zavala brings personalized health care close to home

January 31, 2022

Written by Eileen Teves Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – UT Health San Antonio’s newest state-of-the-art primary and specialty care location is now open and accepting patient appointments. Known as UT Health De Zavala, the 9,000-square foot practice is located at 4306 De Zavala Road, near the Lockhill Selma Road intersection in northwest […]




Can HIV infection be prevented? First mRNA vaccine study for HIV in San Antonio’s history is getting underway.

January 27, 2022

    Media contacts: Will Sansom, UT Health San Antonio, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu Shelley Kofler, University Health, (512) 294-5224, Shelley.Kofler@uhs-sa.com SAN ANTONIO (Jan. 27, 2022) — The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and clinical partner University Health soon will begin a Phase 1 clinical research study of an HIV vaccine candidate […]

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Anamaria Repetti joins UT Health San Antonio as vice president for development, chief development officer

January 26, 2022

Contacts: Monica Taylor, 210-450-8970, taylorm1@uthscsa.edu Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – Anamaria Repetti recently joined The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, as vice president for development and chief development officer, and is the new leader of the organization’s Office of Institutional Advancement. Repetti most […]


Landmark national study resumes after COVID-enforced pause

January 24, 2022

Scientists look at the molecular mechanisms behind exercise’s health, anti-aging benefits. Contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Jan. 24, 2022) – After a 15-month-long COVID-19 stoppage, a landmark National Institutes of Health effort to detail the exact molecular mechanisms that explain exercise’s health and anti-aging benefits is again under way. “We’re very excited […]

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Neuro-intensivist Ali Seifi, MD, won big on ABC’s Shark Tank

January 21, 2022

SAN ANTONIO — Ali Seifi, MD, a neuro-intensivist at UT Health San Antonio, appeared on ABC’s Shark Tank on Jan. 21, winning a $250,000 offer for 20% equity from Mark Cuban for his hiccup-relieving invention. Dr. Seifi invented a straw-like device that a person suffering from hiccups can use to sip water through from a […]

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UT Health Kyle Seale Parkway outpatient and surgery center begins construction

January 20, 2022

Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – Construction has begun on the UT Health San Antonio outpatient and surgery center at Kyle Seale Parkway, which will be a five-story, 108,000-square-foot community medical facility at the southeast corner of Loop 1604 and Kyle Seale Parkway in San Antonio. The $50 million project, expected to open […]