Dr. Alexis Ramos named AAFP Foundation oral history grant recipient

May 2, 2025

Project documents experience of healthcare professionals during pandemic Alexis Ramos, MD, board-certified family medicine physician, assistant professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and assistant clerkship director for the Family Medicine Clerkship in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozao Long School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San […]


UT Health San Antonio’s accelerated rise: Advancing innovation, research and national impact

March 3, 2025

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has undergone a remarkable transformation over the past decade, marked by growth across every facet of its mission. This momentum is reflected in the latest rankings from the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, an independent nonprofit that compiles annual National […]



New hospital will feature museum-quality artwork by local, regional artists

June 26, 2024

  Spending time in and out of hospitals as a child with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, Kate Sheerin is well acquainted with the lack of good art on hospital walls. “I remember one room I spent a lot of time in looking at Raggedy Ann and Andy over and over. It’s almost the only thing I […]




$11 million NIH grant awarded for five-year investigation of novel oral chlamydia vaccine

May 2, 2024

The study of a novel oral vaccine that could protect against chlamydia infection received more than $11 million in National Institutes of Health funding through a five-year U01 grant in April 2024. “We are excited about receiving the U01 award because it will enable us to move our basic microbiology and immunology bench research work […]


UT Health San Antonio offers new services in Converse

September 28, 2023

UT Health San Antonio is now offering obstetrics and gynecology services and maternal-fetal medicine services in Converse at a shared site with University Health. Specialists are equipped to care for women through healthy and high-risk pregnancies. Kristen Plastino, MD, vice chair for clinical operations, and other officials at the ribbon cutting shared information about providing […]