Laredo

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio’s Laredo extension campus represents an excellent model for the increase of health profession services in underserved communities throughout South Texas.

 

The D.D. Hachar Building, with its distinctive bell tower, opened in 2002 followed by the Administration Building in 2007. The Laredo campus supports health professional education as well as training programs throughout the Mid-Rio Grande Border Region.

 

This campus offers top educational programs and initiatives such as:

• Dietetics and Nutrition Program
• To be initiated in fall 2008, this joint program with Texas A&M International University will help meet the demand by hospitals, schools, medical practices and agriculture for dietetics and nutritional experts.
• Oral Health Initiative
• Dental students, dental residents and dental hygiene students receive clinical instruction in Laredo while providing service to the community.
• Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Care
• Professionals work with patients who have breathing difficulties such as asthma, emphysema and pneumonia.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program
• Licensed vocational nurses and foreign educated doctors can earn their bachelor’s degree in nursing online.
• South Texas Environmental Education and Research Program
• Award-winning program for health professions students offers first-hand training.
• Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies
• Three-year program for health care professionals who work with doctors to provide medical services. Now students can take first and third year of classes in Laredo and South Texas.
• Clinical Laboratory Science Education Program
• Clinical laboratory science students receive training in Laredo that prepares them for a career in the laboratory. The tests they perform give doctors important information upon which to base their diagnoses and treatment.
• Texas Cancer Registry South Texas/Laredo Partnership
• Data about cancer incidence in the Laredo area is collected through the San Antonio Cancer Institute’s registrar on campus.
• Med Ed Program

Designed to encourage and recruit area high school and college students into the health sciences by providing information and enrichment experiences.

 

If you would like more information about our Laredo programs, please contact Sonia Vasquez at (210) 567-0028.