San Antonio Express-News: Commentary: Masks, vaccines only way residents will truly be free
August 16, 2021
Dr. Ronald Stewart, Surgery, wrote this opinion piece published in the San Antonio Express-News. Read commentary
CJ’s gift: How a doctor couple saved their baby’s life and gained valuable perspective on patient care
July 19, 2021
A day after baby CJ’s heart stopped, twice, his parents were presented grim options including a future for him hooked to machines or in end-of-life hospice care.
KSAT 12: Blood donors sought as San Antonio hospital orders outpace donations
June 10, 2021
Dr. Donald Jenkins, Trauma and Emergency Surgery, is quoted in this KSAT 12 story about the growing demand for blood donations and the impact of a critically low blood supply in San Antonio. Watch the story.
Lone Star Health News: Lone Stars on the Medical Frontier: Dr. Richard Peterson says pioneering surgery could reverse diabetes
May 21, 2021
Dr. Richard Peterson, Surgery/Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, and Dr. Ralph DeFronzo, Medicine/Diabetes, are featured in this Lone Star Health News article that highlights the minimally invasive procedure, developed by researchers and physicians at UT Health San Antonio, University Health and Texas Biomedical Research Institute, that is showing promising results to improve patients’ health and minimize […]
San Antonio Express-News: Could removing abdominal fat reverse Type 2 diabetes? San Antonio researchers are testing a new surgery to find out.
April 30, 2021
Dr. Richard Peterson, Surgery/Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, and Dr. Ralph DeFronzo, Medicine/Diabetes, are quoted in this San Antonio Express-News story about a minimally invasive procedure, developed by researchers and physicians at UT Health San Antonio, University Health and Texas Biomedical Research Institute, that is showing promising results to improve patients’ health and minimize or reverse […]
San Antonio partners pioneer surgery aimed at reversing Type 2 diabetes
April 23, 2021
The goal of the novel procedure is to improve the patients’ health and minimize or reverse the adverse health effects of their Type 2 diabetes.
