News 4: Health officials fear Thanksgiving COVID numbers getting higher
December 9, 2020
Dr. Ralph Riviello, Emergency Medicine, is quoted in this News 4 story about the dramatic rise in the 7-day average of COVID-19 cases. Read the story.
KENS 5: Child gun injuries on the rise in San Antonio
November 25, 2020
Dr. Lillian Liao, Department of Surgery, discusses the disturbing trend that shows an increase in the number of cases in children that were injured by firearms this year. Read and watch the story.
San Antonio Express-News: San Antonio’s first double lung transplant for COVID-19 performed at University Hospital
November 24, 2020
This story was published by the San Antonio Express-News on Nov. 24, 2020. A patient who suffered permanent lung damage from COVID-19 is recovering after receiving a double lung transplant at University Hospital several weeks ago. The surgery in late October was the first of its kind to be performed in San Antonio. Only a […]
EMS World: What happens when the medical director dies?
November 24, 2020
David Miramontes, MD, and CJ Winckler, MD, LP, both faculty members in the School of Health Professions Department of Emergency Health Sciences, and in the Department of Emergency Medicine in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, are quoted in the story about the unexpected passing of prominent emergency physician Craig Manifold, […]
Collaborative research projects accelerate bioscience innovation in San Antonio
November 9, 2020
UT Health San Antonio faculty are collaborating with other scientists in San Antonio on newly funded projects to advance research on aging, cancer, COVID-19 and trauma care.
Department of Emergency Medicine research news
November 6, 2020
The Department of Emergency Medicine in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine has released the latest issue of its research newsletter. Check out the November 2020 issue