Newsroom
March 5, 2021
The efforts of Wisdeen Wu, DO, and the Pediatric Palliative Care team to take care of the most medically fragile children in San Antonio with no heat, electricity and running water during the winter storm are featured in this KSAT 12 story. Read and watch the story.
February 24, 2021
Barbara Robles-Ramamurthy, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, wrote of her witnessing the devastating mental health challenges faced by children of color, only emphasized by more COVID-19 infections and deaths, in an opinion piece published by the Association of American Medical Colleges. Read the commentary.
February 24, 2021
Dr. Mandie Svatek, Pediatrics, explained that the effects of child abuse are more than just psychological and severe malnourishment can cause major complications with brain development and heart function. Watch the story.
February 8, 2021
Dr. Elaine Maldonado, Pediatrics, shared with KSAT 12 audiences that nearly all instances of chest pain or palpitations in children are not cardiac-related; most are a byproduct of the stress children feel from the pandemic. Read and watch 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 […]