UT Health Science Center faculty to visit local schools for Doctors’ Day
WHAT:
Every minute of every hour, a medical doctor is answering the call of patient care and fulfilling the Physician’s Oath of Hippocrates. From providing therapies to counseling, and from testing theories of disease to developing new treatments, physicians and other professionals provide an essential service to humanity. To celebrate this call and inspire students to follow medicine and science career paths, faculty members from the School of Medicine at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio are heading to schools throughout the city for National Doctors’ Day. They will share their personal stories and watch the spark grow in young people.
WHEN:
School visits will occur Wednesday, March 26, throughout the day. A media opportunity is offered starting at 9:30 a.m. with William L. Henrich, M.D., MACP, president of the Health Science Center, and Francisco González-Scarano, M.D., dean of the School of Medicine and vice president for medical affairs.
WHERE:
Health Careers High School, 4646 Hamilton Wolfe, San Antonio, Texas 78229.
WHO:
Dr. Henrich is a nephrologist and Dr. González is a neurologist. Both leaders have extensive lists of publications from their fields in scientific journals.
This year’s speakers represent a wide range of specialties, including neurosurgery, ophthalmology, emergency medicine, radiology, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, neurology, gastroenterology, cardiology, psychiatry, family medicine, otolaryngology, orthopaedics, nephrology and microbiology. Most of the speakers see patients of UT Medicine San Antonio, the clinical practice of the School of Medicine.
Complete list of UT Health Science Center speakers at local schools for Doctor’s Day:
Faculty Name, Department, School Visiting on March 26
Carmelito Arkangel, M.D., Emergency Medicine
School Visiting: John Jay Science & Engineering Academy
Jodi Gonzalez Arnold, Ph.D., Psychiatry
School Visiting: Stevens High School
Chatchawin Assanasen, M.D., Pediatrics-Hematology/Oncology
School Visiting: East Central High School
Philip Chen, M.D. , Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery
School Visiting: Judson High School
N. Carol Dornbluth, M.D., Radiology
School Visiting: Churchill High School
Donald Dudley, M.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology
School Visiting: Antonian College Preparatory High School
Marijan Gillard, M.D., Family & Community Medicine
School Visiting: Brennan High School
Francisco González-Scarano, M.D., Neurology/Dean, School of Medicine
School Visiting: Health Careers High School
Glenn Gross, M.D., Medicine-Gastroenterology
School Visiting: Whittier Middle School
Karen Hentschel-Franks, D.O., Pediatrics-Pulmonology
School Visiting: St. Anthony Catholic High School
William L. Henrich, M.D., Medicine-Nephrology/President
School Visiting: Health Careers High School
Haneme Idrizi, M.D., Pediatrics-Inpatient Pediatrics
School Visiting: STEM Academy – Lee High School
Daniel Johnson, M.D., Ophthalmology
School Visiting: Fox Tech High School Health Professions Magnet
Sarah Lapey, M.D., Medicine-Gastroenterology
School Visiting: Warren High School
Tisha Lunsford, M.D., Medicine-Gastroenterology
School Visiting: Taft High School
Darlene Metter, M.D., Radiology
School Visiting: Brennan High School
Travis Murray, M.D., Orthopaedics
School Visiting: San Antonio Christian School
Pamela Otto, M.D., Radiology
School Visiting: Brandeis High School
Sara Pastoor, M.D., Family & Community Medicine
School Visiting: McNair Middle School
Sophia Pina, Ph.D., Microbiology & Immunology
School Visiting: Marshall High School
Sophia Pina, Ph.D. (second visit), Microbiology & Immunology
School Visiting: Providence Catholic School
Carlos Rosende, M.D., Ophthalmology
School Visiting: Clark High School
Ali Seifi, M.D., Neurosurgery
School Visiting: Basis San Antonio
Shafqat Shah, M.D., Pediatrics-Hematology/Oncology
School Visiting: Burbank High School
Dina R. Tom, M.D., Pediatrics-Inpatient Pediatrics
School Visiting: Young Women’s Leadership Academy
Hugh White, M.D., Radiology
School Visiting: Marshall High School
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