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April 26, 2021
UT Health San Antonio, University Health and Texas Biomedical Research Institute are reporting promising results following a minimally invasive procedure that dissolved abdominal fat in two patients. The goal of the novel procedure is to improve the patients’ health and minimize or reverse the adverse health effects of their Type 2 diabetes. Read the story.
April 26, 2021
Dr. Kumar Sharma, Nephrology, is quoted in this San Antonio Express-News article and explains that many people are skipping doctor visits or don’t get blood tests because of the pandemic and that COVID itself can cause acute kidney disease. Read the story.
April 8, 2021
Dr. Elizabeth Thomas, Transplant Surgery, is mentioned in this KTSM-TV story as the surgeon who will perform this living donor transplant. Watch the story.
February 19, 2021
Dr. Shweta Bansal, Nephrology, is quoted in this San Antonio Express-News article about patients who have developed complications from delayed dialysis during the winter weather in San Antonio. Read the story.
February 1, 2021
Dr. Francisco Cigarroa’s opinion piece, celebrating 5,000 life-saving transplants at our University Transplant Center, was published in the Laredo Morning Times; while 2020 was a tragic year in which COVID-19 claimed the lives of so many, University Transplant Center pushed forward as generous organ donors made it possible to save lives through transplant surgery. Read […]
February 1, 2021
By Dr. Francisco G. Cigarroa, submitted to the San Antonio Express-News as an opinion piece and published on Jan. 29, 2021. While 2020 was a difficult year in which COVID-19 claimed the lives of so many, University Transplant Center pushed forward, as generous organ donors allowed us to save lives through the miracle of transplant […]