Saliva test may revolutionize pre-hospital care of heart attacks
December 7, 2009
Could a swab of saliva help paramedics confirm a heart attack sooner and give the patient a better shot at survival?
Exercise to train 160 on responding to mass radiation exposures
December 1, 2008
Eighty Texas Medical Rangers of the Texas State Guard and 80 U.S. Public Health Service regional personnel will use Geiger counters to take radiation readings on mock victims in San Antonio.
UT Health Science Center establishes distinguished chair in burn and trauma surgery
December 6, 2007
A $1 million gift from San Antonio philanthropists Betty and Col. Robert E. Kelso to The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio will ensure that San Antonio remains the nation’s leader in burn and trauma surgery.
Crash robbed South Texas of neurosurgeon’s heart and talent
October 4, 2006
I received the news early in the morning of September 20. Roman Hlatky, M.D., a highly valued faculty neurosurgeon at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, had been killed in a motor vehicle accident on his way home from University Hospital.
Health Science Center students take lead in shelter medical response
September 6, 2005
Hundreds of students and faculty from the Health Science Center are responding to the call to help victims of Hurricane Katrina now in shelters in the Alamo City.
Health Science Center assisting Katrina efforts on multiple fronts
September 6, 2005
The Health Science Center is focusing its Hurricane Katrina relief efforts on providing care for critically ill refugees, addressing public health challenges, assisting local and state agencies, accommodating displaced health professional students and residents, and offering research resources to scientists so that vital work is not lost, Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., president, said in a campus e-mail Friday.