Community invited to presentation on heart disease at UT Health Science Center Laredo Campus Extension

What: The UT Health Science Center at San Antonio is holding a special community health presentation in Laredo on heart disease featuring Steven R. Bailey, M.D.

Who: Dr. Bailey is a professor at the UT Health Science Center. He is chief of the division of cardiology and holder of the Janey Briscoe Distinguished University Chair. He also is director of the Janey Briscoe Center of Excellence in Cardiology Research, one of the top cardiovascular research centers in the nation. The center’s mission is to develop new ways to prevent and treat heart disease and stroke.
Dr. Bailey will present “Cardiovascular Health Care Disparities: Improving the System with Focused Interventions,” a discussion of the latest strategies for the treatment of heart disease for underserved populations, including the residents of South Texas. A question-and-answer session will follow.

When: Wednesday, Aug. 20. A light buffet will be served at 5:30 p.m. followed by the lecture at 6:30 p.m.
Dr. Bailey will be available for media interviews immediately before the event, from 5 to 5:30 p.m., at the D.D. Hachar Building.

Where: D.D. Hachar Building at the UT Health Science Center’s Laredo Campus Extension, 1937 Bustamante Street, Laredo, Texas

 

 

 
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is the leading research institution in South Texas and one of the major health sciences universities in the world. With an operating budget of $576 million, the Health Science Center is the chief catalyst for the $15.3 billion biosciences and health care sector in San Antonio’s economy. The Health Science Center has had an estimated $35 billion impact on the region since inception and has expanded to six campuses in San Antonio, Laredo, Harlingen and Edinburg. More than 23,000 graduates (physicians, dentists, nurses, scientists and allied health professionals) serve in their fields, including many in Texas. Health Science Center faculty are international leaders in cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, aging, stroke prevention, kidney disease, orthopaedics, research imaging, transplant surgery, psychiatry and clinical neurosciences, pain management, genetics, nursing, allied health, dentistry and many other fields. For more information, visit www.uthscsa.edu.



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