Gynecologic cancers support group

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When

6 to 8 p.m., third Wednesday of each month, beginning April 19

Where

Conference Room B, first floor, Medical Arts & Research Center, 8300 Floyd Curl Dr. (parking is free)

Details

UT Health San Antonio is initiating this monthly support group for women with gynecologic cancers. Called Purple Heals (purple is the ribbon color for gynecologic cancers), the group occasionally will have guest speakers, but will function primarily as a gathering in which women can discuss the issues they are experiencing as they receive treatment or become survivors of gynecologic cancers. Georgia McCann, M.D., a UT Health gynecologic oncologist who is leading Purple Heals.

For more information, visit uthealthcare.org/purple, or call (210) 450-9500.

View a KSAT 12 interview with Dr. McCann and one of her patients

10th Annual Milka M. Montiel, M.D., Lecture

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Michael Laposata, M.D., Ph.D.
Michael Laposata, M.D., Ph.D.

When

4 p.n., Thursday, April 13

Where

MED 409L

Details

The guest lecturer is Michael Laposata, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chairman, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston. He wil speak on “Implications for Pathology from the National Academy of Medicine Report on Improving Diagnosis in Healthcare.” Wine and cheese reception after the lecture.

Match Day is rite of passage for medical students

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More than 200 medical students from UT Health San Antonio™  will stand on stage in front of their classmates, family, friends and faculty members March 17 to open an envelope revealing their future. It’s a dramatic but festive occasion for the students, who are wrapping up a rigorous four years of medical education.

Match Day is a geographic rite of passage when graduating medical students throughout the U.S. find out where their residency training will take them – and perhaps where their medical careers will be launched. The new doctors could be heading to New York or Hawaii, Florida or Alaska ― or staying in San Antonio or South Texas.

Match Day will be held from 10:30 a.m.-noon on Friday, March 17, at  John T. Floore Country Store, 14492 Old Bandera Road, Helotes.  Viewers can watch a livestream broadcast of Match Day on the UT Health San Antonio Alumni Relations Facebook page.

During their fourth year of medical school, medical students typically interview with several graduate medical education programs and health care institutions to compete for residency slots in various specialties and have ranked their top choices. The health care institutions and programs also have ranked their top choices of residents. Match Day reveals where the students have been accepted. Match Day is held by UT Health’s Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine in conjunction with the National Resident Matching Program, an initiative sponsored by the American Board of Medical Specialties, the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association, the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Council of Medical Specialty Societies. The National Resident Matching Program is a private, not-for-profit corporation that ensures both a standardized systematic process and uniform period of appointment to positions in graduate medical education.

Share your Match Day photos by tagging @UTHealthSA on Twitter/Instagram and adding #UTHealthSAMatch #Match2017 to your posts.

Match Day March 17 offers medical students a look into their future

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WHAT:           Match Day is a geographic rite of passage when graduating medical students throughout the U.S. find out where their residency training will take them – and perhaps where their medical careers will be launched. The new doctors could be heading to New York or Hawaii, Florida or Alaska ― or staying in San Antonio or South Texas.

More than 200 medical students from UT Health San Antonio™ (formerly the UT Health Science Center San Antonio) will stand on stage in front of their classmates, family, friends and faculty members to open an envelope revealing their future. It’s a dramatic but festive occasion for the students, who are wrapping up a rigorous four years of medical education.

WHEN:           10:30 a.m.-noon, Friday, March 17.

10:30 a.m. – Begin interviewing students from the UT Health San Antonio’s Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine and faculty spokesperson Florence Eddins-Folensbee, M.D., vice dean of undergraduate education

11 a.m. 11:50 a.m. – Students open envelopes on stage to learn their residency location.

WHERE:         John T. Floore Country Store, 14492 Old Bandera Road, Helotes

WHO:              Attendance is expected to be approximately 800 people.

NOTES:         During their fourth year of medical school, medical students typically interview with several graduate medical education programs and health care institutions to compete for residency slots in various specialties and have ranked their top choices. The health care institutions and programs also have ranked their top choices of residents. Match Day reveals where the students have been accepted. Match Day is held by UT Health’s Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine in conjunction with the National Resident Matching Program, an initiative sponsored by the American Board of Medical Specialties, the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association, the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Council of Medical Specialty Societies. The National Resident Matching Program is a private, not-for-profit corporation that ensures both a standardized systematic process and uniform period of appointment to positions in graduate medical education.

Share your Match Day photos by tagging @UTHealthSA on Twitter/Instagram and adding #UTHealthSAMatch #Match2017 to your posts!

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Ewing Halsell Distinguished Lecture: ‘When Breath Becomes Air’

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When

Noon, Thursday, March 23. Reception and book signing at 1 p.m.

Where

Holly Auditorium

Details

Lucy Kalanithi, M.D., will speak on “When Breath Becomes Air,” the title of her late husband’s best-selling memoir, written as he faced a terminal cancer diagnosis. The discussion will be moderated by Jerald Winakur, M.D., FACP, CMD. Presented by the Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics. Free and open to the public. Register at TexasHumanities.org.

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