Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, answers questions about stroke rehabilitation

April 29, 2021

May is National Stroke Awareness Month — the perfect time to remind us of the F-A-S-T way to detect a stroke: FACE drooping ARM weakness SPEECH difficulty TIME to call 911 Time lost is brain lost, so if you or a loved one think a stroke has occurred, seek help FAST. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, professor […]

Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD



Laredo Morning Times: Opinion commentary: Center marks 5,000 life-saving transplants in San Antonio

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 […]



Medical Xpress: Strokes after TIAs have declined over time, study shows

January 27, 2021

This Medical Xpress story is about study findings released in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) about transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), which are harbingers of subsequent strokes. Sudha Seshadri, MD, Neurology/Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, is senior author of the study. Read the story.