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COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution & Increase in Phone Calls

The limited number of COVID-19 vaccines we have received are being provided only to current patients identified as being at the highest risk. Our office is directly contacting this list of eligible patients by phone and through MyChart.

We are experiencing a high volume of phone calls. Patients are encouraged to use MyChart to send messages and request appointments.

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New therapy helps reduce hospitalization for COVID patients

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Friday, December 4, 2020


Bamlanivimab is not easy to pronounce, but it’s a new therapy that helps prevent dangerous outcomes and hospitalizations for high-risk patients with COVID-19. And it has finally arrived in Texas. Jan Patterson, MD, said that "patients who are treated early could potentially be kept out of the hospital, especially the high-risk patients with obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and immuno-suppressed patients."

Watch the full story at News 4


Dr. Jan Patterson is an infectious disease specialist and practices internal medicine at UT Health Medical Arts and Research Center.

To make an appointment call 210-450-9800.

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