Academic hospital in San Antonio,Texas, US
UT Health San Antonio
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Motto
| Disciplina, Praesidium, Civitatis
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Type
| Public
academic health science center
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Established
| 1959
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Parent institution
| University of Texas System
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Endowment
| $781 million (FY 23)
[1]
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President
| Robert A. Hromas, MD, FACP (Acting/Interim)
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Academic staff
| 2,400
[1]
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Total staff
| 8,500
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Students
| 4,759
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Undergraduates
| 3,656
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Postgraduates
| 1,103
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Location
| ,
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United States
29°30'28.2"N 98°34'32.3"W
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Campus
| Urban, 250 acres (100 ha)
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Website
| www.uthscsa.edu
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UT Health San Antonio
(
The
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
) is a
public
academic health science center
in
San Antonio, Texas
. It is part of the
University of Texas System
.
UT Health San Antonio is the largest health sciences university in
South Texas
. It is located in the
South Texas Medical Center
and serves
San Antonio
and all of the 50,000 square miles (130,000 km
2
) area of Central and South
Texas
. It extends to campuses in the Texas border communities of
Laredo
and the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
UT Health San Antonio has produced more than 42,550 graduates;
[2]
more than 4,700 students a year train in an environment that involves more than 100 affiliated hospitals, clinics and health care facilities in South Texas. The university offers more than 65 degrees, the large majority of them being graduate and professional degrees, in the biomedical and health sciences fields.
UT Health San Antonio is home to the Mays Cancer Center, which is in partnership with the
MD Anderson Cancer Center
and is a designated a
National Cancer Institute Cancer Center
. The Mays Cancer Center's Institute for Drug Development (IDD) is internationally recognized for conducting one of the largest oncology Phase I clinical drug trials programs in the world. Fifteen of the cancer drugs most recently approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration underwent development or testing at the IDD. Other noted programs include: cellular and structural biology, urology, nephrology, transplantation biology, aging and longevity studies, cardiology and research imaging. UT Health San Antonio publishes a periodic magazine,
Mission
.
[3]
History
[
edit
]
- 1959: South Texas Medical School is chartered.
- 1966: First class of 15 students is admitted to the Medical School; temporarily housed at
Trinity University
.
- 1969: Legislature authorizes creation of Dental School.
- 1970: Legislature authorizes School of Nursing.
- 1972: School of Allied Health Sciences and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences created Institution is officially designated The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Frank Harrison, M.D., Ph.D., appointed first president.
- 1976: Responsibility for the School of Nursing is transferred to the U. T. Health Science Center from the U. T. Nursing School at Austin.
- 1987: Gift of $15 million from H.
Ross Perot
finances creation of Institute of Biotechnology.
- 1992: National Institutes of Health funds HSC researchers' work on the
Human Genome Project
.
- 1998: State Legislature authorizes creation of a Regional Academic Health Center in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (RAHC), to be administered by the Health Science Center’s Medical School.
- 1999: Health Science Center is designated to receive a $200 million public endowment from the State of Texas to establish a Children’s Cancer Research Institute Construction begins on South Texas Centers for Biology in Medicine at the Texas Research Park.
- 2002: The Regional Academic Health Center in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (RAHC)
[4]
opens its doors for medical students and residents.
- 2003: Health Science Center receives largest grant to date for a $37 million study of small subcortical strokes. Health Science Center and UT San Antonio establish the San Antonio Life Sciences Institute, a collaborative research and education partnership. A $300 million initiative announced to build a Research Tower in the South Texas Medical Center and recruit leading scientists for it.
- 2004: Health Science Center dedicates $50 million
Children's Cancer Research Institute
.
- 2006: The Regional Academic Health Center - Medical Research Division (E-RAHC)
[1]
was dedicated April 25, 2006 on the campus of UT Pan American in Edinburg. Also administered by the Health Science Center, this division provides laboratory space and equipment for research on critical health problems of the South Texas/Border Region.
- 2007: Health Science Center receives a $25 million donation from the Greehey Family Foundation.
- 2007:
Valero Energy Corporation
donates $5 million to the university.
- 2007: The
Cancer Therapy & Research Center
is acquired by the Health Science Center.
- 2007: Health Science Center receives a $25 million donation from Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long. The central campus is renamed the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Campus.
- 2007: The second facility was dedicated at The Regional Academic Health Center in the Lower Rio Grande Valley
[4]
campus - the Academic and Clinical Research building. This facility houses the RAHC clinical research center and also the South Texas VA Health Care Center.
- 2008: University Hospital announces plans for a $1 billion expansion that includes a new trauma tower.
[5]
- 2011: The
Liaison Committee on Medical Education
(LCME) put the Medical School on probation.
[6]
The LCME cited curricular issues as a central feature that prompted the probationary status
[7]
- 2013: The
Liaison Committee on Medical Education
(LCME) removed the Medical School from its probation list.
[8]
Failed merger with University of Texas at San Antonio
[
edit
]
State Senator
Leticia Van de Putte
championed the creation of a special advisory group that would research the benefits of a possible merger between the Health Science Center and the
University of Texas at San Antonio
(UTSA), which is also located on the city's northwest side.
[9]
In 2010, the special advisory group, headed by
Peter T. Flawn
, former president of both UTSA and the
University of Texas at Austin
, concluded that a merger would not be in the best interest of the two institutions.
[10]
Among its key arguments were that both institutions had strong leadership already on a positive trajectory, the merger would be a short-term distraction for UTHSCSA, and the benefit to UTSA's national stature would be slight.
[10]
The Health Science Center has a
public?private partnership
that is designed to promote research at the institution.
[11]
The $300 million project, titled "The Campaign for the Future of Health", seeks to build new infrastructure with the South Texas Research Facility and the President's Excellence Fund.
[12]
Campuses
[
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]
The university is one of four medical schools in the
University of Texas System
.
UT Austin
's Pharmacy School is also partially located on this campus. The school has eight campuses, spanning 250 acres (1.0 km
2
) in total:
[13]
- Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Campus
- Greehey Academic and Research Campus
- Center for Oral Health Care & Research (COHR)
[14]
- Multispecialty and Research Hospital
[15]
- Texas Research Park Campus
- Medical Arts & Research Center
- Cancer Therapy & Research Center at UT Health San Antonio
- Laredo
[16]
- Regional Academic Health Center (RAHC)
Harlingen
- Regional Academic Health Center - Edinburg (ERAHC)
Edinburg
Campus design
[
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]
The campus has a
postmodern architecture
, with several notable architects contributing to the design of the campus buildings, namely:
Teaching hospitals and clinics
[
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]
Rankings and research
[
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]
Rankings
[
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]
Research
[
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]
Schools
[
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]
- School of Dentistry:
Community Dentistry, Comprehensive Dentistry, Dental Diagnostic Science, Endodontics, General Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthodontics, Pediatric Dentistry, Periodontics, Prosthodontics, Restorative Dentistry.
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences:
Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Cellular and Structural Biology, Clinical Investigation, Clinical Lab Sciences, dental Hygiene, Dentistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Molecular Medicine, Pathology, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Nursing, Physiology,
Radiological Sciences
.
- Medical School:
Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, Family and Community Medicine, Medicine,
[31]
Obstetrics
and
Gynecology
,
Ophthalmology
,
Orthopaedics
,
[32]
Pediatrics
,
Psychiatry
,
Radiation Oncology
,
Rehabilitation Medicine
,
Surgery
,
Urology
.
- School of Health Professions:
Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Dental Hygiene, Dental Laboratory Sciences, Dietetics, Emergency Health Sciences, Occupational Therapy, Physician Assistant Studies, Physical Therapy, Respiratory Care, Speech-Language Pathology.
- School of Nursing:
Acute Nursing Care, Chronic Nursing Care, Family Nursing Care.
- College of Pharmacy (affiliated with
University of Texas at Austin
)
- School of Public Health
Centers and institutes
[
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]
- Addiction Research Treatment and Training Center of Excellence
- Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice
- Aging Research and Education Center
- Be Well Texas
- Biomolecular Structure Analysis
- Center for Analytical Ultracentrifugation of Macromolecular Assemblies
- Center for Biomedical Neuroscience
- Center for Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy
- Center for Integrative Health
- Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics
- Center for Neurosurgical Sciences
- Center for Oral Health Care & Research
- Center for Surface Plasmon Resonance
- Children's Cancer Research Institute
- Comparative Mouse Genomics Center
- Cancer Therapy & Research Center
- Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center
- Hemophilia Treatment Center
- Institute of Biotechnology
- Institutional Flow Cytometry Core Facility
- Lions Sight Research Foundation
- Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging
- Regional Center for Health Workforce Studies at CHEP
- Research Imaging Center
- Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies
- San Antonio Cancer Institute
- South Texas AIDS Center for Children and Their Families
- South Texas Environmental Education and Research Center
- South Texas Fertility Center
- South Texas Health Research Center
- South Texas Poison Center
- South Texas Women's Health Center
- Southwest Research Consortium
- Texas Center for the Study of Children With Special Health Care Needs
- Texas Diabetes Institute
Notable alumni
[
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]
- Kyle Altman
(born 1986) - ex-professional soccer player, orthopedist
- Sharon Bannister
- dentist, director of medical ops in the Office of the
Surgeon General of the United States Air Force
- Heidi Chumley
- physician, academic, dean of
Ross University School of Medicine
- Ivan Edwards
- flight surgeon, community activist, humanitarian
- Lawrence B. Harkless
- podiatrist, academic, retired department head
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks
(born 1955) - physician, politician
- Anita Thigpen Perry
(born 1952) - nurse, ex-First Lady of Texas (longest serving)
- George M. Rapier III
- physician executive, entrepreneur
- Susan Weintraub
- scientist, academic, director of mass spectrometry
See also
[
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]
References
[
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]
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a
b
"About UT Health San Antonio"
. 4 January 2024.
- ^
State of Texas, UT Health San Antonio (4 January 2024).
"UT Health San Antonio: Facts and Figures"
.
uthscsa.edu
.
- ^
"Mission - UT Health San Antonio"
.
uthscsa.edu
.
- ^
a
b
"UTRGV - UTRGV School of Medicine homepage"
.
rahc.uthscsa.edu
. Retrieved
9 April
2018
.
- ^
"University Health System officials say expansion is needed medicine"
.
San Antonio Business Journal
.
- ^
"UT Med School in San Antonio Put on Probation"
.
wtaw.com
.
- ^
Hamilton, Reeve (17 October 2011).
"UT School of Medicine in San Antonio Put on Probation"
.
The Texas Tribune
. Retrieved
15 March
2013
.
- ^
"UTHSC Medical School No Longer Under Probation"
.
BioNews Texas
.
- ^
"
Merger of UT Health Science Center, UTSA to be studied by "academic rock stars"
". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
- ^
a
b
"
UT System special advisory group releases merger report
". UTSA Today. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
- ^
"
President's Excellence Fund
". UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
- ^
"
The Campaign for the Future of Health
". UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
- ^
"Campus"
.
uthscsa.edu
. Retrieved
9 April
2018
.
- ^
"Dental Care | UT Dentistry"
. 9 June 2015.
- ^
"About the Project"
.
UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital
. Retrieved
2023-05-18
.
- ^
State of Texas, UT Health San Antonio.
"HSC NEWS - Laredo Campus Extension offers educational opportunities"
.
uthscsa.edu
.
- ^
State of Texas, The University of Texas UT Health San Antonio at San Antonio (2012-06-04).
"Mission Magazine - Golden AgesA New Era in Aging Research Dawns at the UT Health San Antonio"
. Uthscsa.edu
. Retrieved
2014-01-11
.
- ^
"FKP Architects"
. Fkp.com
. Retrieved
2014-01-11
.
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"Archived copy"
(PDF)
.
www.universityhealthsystem.com
. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 17 July 2011
. Retrieved
17 January
2022
.
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)
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.
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. Archived from
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- ^
"Press Releases - University Health System, San Antonio, TX"
.
universityhealthsystem.com
.
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"We Are Advancing Care"
.
UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital
. Retrieved
2023-05-18
.
- ^
"Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital"
. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
. Retrieved
June 11,
2014
.
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"The Texas Department of State Health Services - San Antonio State Hospital"
.
www.dshs.state.tx.us
. Retrieved
9 April
2018
.
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.
utmedicine.org
.
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. Shanghairanking.com
. Retrieved
2014-01-11
.
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Lee, Steven (2021-08-31).
"The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio selected to Forbes Best-In-State Employers 2021 list"
.
UT Health San Antonio
. Retrieved
2021-09-22
.
- ^
Sansom, Will (2021-09-09).
"UT Health Science Center San Antonio, UT Rio Grande Valley selected as NIA Alzheimer's Disease Research Center"
.
UT Health San Antonio
. Retrieved
2021-09-22
.
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Lavery, Lawrence A.; Armstrong, David G.; Harkless, Lawrence B. (1996).
"Classification of diabetic foot wounds"
.
The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
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(6): 528?531.
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:
10.1016/S1067-2516(96)80125-6
.
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.
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.
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.
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:
10.1111/iwj.13964
.
ISSN
1742-4801
.
PMC
10031233
.
PMID
36164753
.
S2CID
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.
- ^
Services, State of Texas, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Multimedia.
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.
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. Retrieved
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.
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cite web
}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
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)
- ^
"Welcome to the Department of Orthopaedics"
.
uthscsa.edu
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