Watch the topping out of UT Health San Antonio’s newest facility

November 29, 2022

An evergreen tree was lifted to the roof of the new primary, specialty and surgery center recently – signaling the construction of UT Health San Antonio at Kyle Seale Parkway has reached its final height. The topping out of a new building is a Scandinavian tradition dating back more than thirteen centuries. The five-story, 108,000-square-foot […]


Parkway outpatient and surgery center holds beam-signing ceremony

November 16, 2022

Much-needed primary and specialty health care, as well as surgical services, for a growing Northwest Side drew an important step closer with a beam-signing ceremony for the UT Health at Kyle Seale Parkway outpatient and surgery center, signaling that crews have completed the steel construction phase of the project. Leaders of UT Health Physicians, the […]




Robotic kidney cancer surgery shows desirable outcomes in study

August 17, 2022

  Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Aug. 17, 2022) — Kidney cancer is not always confined to the kidney. In advanced cases, this cancer invades the body’s biggest vein, the inferior vena cava (IVC), which carries blood out of the kidneys back to the heart. Via the IVC, cancer may infiltrate the liver […]

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Thoracic surgery team achieves highly coveted ranking for lung, esophageal cancer outcomes

March 10, 2022

The UT Health San Antonio Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery has earned a distinguished three-star rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons for its patient care and lung and esophageal cancer resection outcomes. The three-star rating denotes the highest category of quality and places the department among the elite for general thoracic surgery.

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Dr. Francisco G. Cigarroa receives Lozano Long Medal of Excellence

December 9, 2021

Francisco G. Cigarroa, MD, is the inaugural recipient of the Joe R. & Dr. Teresa Lozano Long Medal of Excellence Award presented by the LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections at The University of Texas at Austin, in conjunction with benefactors Joe R. and the late Teresa Lozano Long.