Headline News: Four faculty members receive national recognition   
Posted: Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Four faculty members of the UT Health Science Center San Antonio have recently received national recognition. Joel Baseman, Ph.D., (pictured) will be inducted as a fellow into the American Academy of Microbiology. Others include David Cochran, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D., Marsha C. Kinney, M.D., and Paula Shireman, M.D......more»

Headline News: New endowed professorship to benefit RAHC   
Posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2012
As mayor of Harlingen, Col. H. William “Bill” Card Jr. worked with other champions to bring the Regional Academic Health Center (RAHC) of the UT Health Science Center San Antonio to Harlingen in 2002. In conjunction with the RAHC’s 10th anniversary this summer, RAHC Regional Dean Leonel Vela, M.D., M.P.H., is honoring with Col. Card by establishing the RAHC’s first endowed professorship......more»

Headline News: Registration open for Summer Institutes on EBQI   
Posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Health care providers, educators and now students interested in boosting their IQ for QI (quality improvement) are invited to attend the 2012 Summer Institutes on Evidence-Based Quality Improvement July 17-21 in San Antonio. Leading the institutes is School of Nursing faculty member Kathleen R. Stevens, RN, Ed.D., ANEF, FAAN......more»

Headline News: HSC professor helps revise definition of deadly lung disease   
Posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2012
An international task force has unveiled a revised definition of acute respiratory distress syndrome, a disease first recognized during the Vietnam War in casualties with limb injuries who had trouble breathing. Antonio Anzueto, M.D., of UT Medicine San Antonio participated on the task force that reviewed evidence collected from San Antonio patients. .....more»

Headline News: Peer coaching can help lower patients’ blood pressure   
Posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Behavioral support from peers and primary care office staff can help patients improve their blood pressure control by as much as starting a new drug, a new study found. Barbara J. Turner, M.D., M.S.Ed., M.A., MACP, of UT Medicine San Antonio is the senior author. .....more»

Headline News: Respiratory specialists help transport ill, injured children    
Posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2012
When the phone rings in pediatric and neonatal transport units of San Antonio area hospitals, chances are good that a UT Health Science Center respiratory care alumnus will be called upon to help save a life. Respiratory specialists work as part of a hospital’s medical team, providing care during transport for critically ill or injured children from throughout South Texas......more»

Headline News: More minority participants needed for aspirin study    
Posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2012
The San Antonio hub of an international study assessing aspirin’s effects in the elderly is leading all U.S. centers in the number of ethnic minority recruitments. Even so, 150 to 200 more minority participants are needed for the study led by Sara Espinoza, M.D. Dr. Espinoza is an assistant professor of geriatrics, gerontology and palliative medicine at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio......more»

Headline News: Apply soon for University Teaching Excellence Course    
Posted: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The Academic Center for Excellence in Teaching has been offering the University Teaching Excellence Course (UTEC) for more than 35 years. It is designed to provide the knowledge, skills, and experiences required to become exemplary educators. Applications for the next class will be accepted in early summer. .....more»

Headline News: Review finds ICU stays for the worst asthma drop 74 percent   
Posted: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A review of 30 years of life-threatening asthma cases in a San Antonio intensive care unit found that annual ICU admissions for the condition have dropped 74 percent. The study, by UT Medicine San Antonio physicians who reviewed cases at University Hospital between 1980 and 2010, also showed intubation in the emergency department to help patients breathe did not result in longer hospital stays......more»

Headline News: NAC luncheon highlights School of Nursing accomplishments   
Posted: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A special welcome from a simulation manikin named Pat set the tone for the 29th annual Nursing Advisory Council (NAC) luncheon. The event May 9 showcased the many accomplishments of the School of Nursing at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio, including its new clinical simulation center. .....more»