September is Women in Medicine Month

September 5, 2018

The Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine and the Office for Inclusion and Diversity are celebrating Women in Medicine Month, held annually in September and promoted by the American Medical Association. This year’s theme is “Celebrating Our Legacy, Embracing Our Future.” Each week in September will focus on a different area (education, […]

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Medical team provides care to indigenous community in Guatemala

August 17, 2018

Hundreds of people lined up by 8 in the morning, waiting to be treated. Long, 12- to 16- hour shifts. Ninety-three life changing surgeries in five emotional days. Such was the life of 17 UT Health San Antonio surgeons, anesthesiologists, residents, scrub techs and nurses who traveled to Huehuetenango, Guatemala, in late July to provide […]




White coats, and the journey begins

July 23, 2018

New medical students in the Class of 2022 donned their white coats and recited the Hippocratic Oath July 21, beginning their journey.




Longs to receive UT System’s highest honor

July 12, 2018

Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long, for whom the UT Health San Antonio School of Medicine and the central campus are named, will receive the UT System Board of Regents highest honor – the Santa Rita Award.




Voelcker Fund awards $2.3 million for young faculty research, pipeline education

June 26, 2018

William L. Henrich, M.D., MACP, president of UT Health San Antonio, on June 26 announced that the Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Fund is giving $1.45 million to the university to support three innovative research projects and one pilot research project, all conducted by rising young faculty studying cancer and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Henrich also […]

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