• The act of swallowing is deceptively complex, a symphony of physiology that relies on the split-second, seamless coordination of 26 muscles and nine cranial nerves. The ability to swallow is essential for eating and drinking, and yet about 20 million adults in the U.S. experience a swallowing disorder, also known as dysphagia. Some people’s symptoms […]

  • Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Dec. 13, 2023) — COVID-19’s long-term effects on cognition in older adults will be studied for five years thanks to a $32 million federal grant awarded to ¹ú²ú´óƬÎçÒ¹¸£Àû of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (also called UT Health San Antonio). The National Institute on Aging […]

  • Barbara Robles-Ramamurthy, MD, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, was interviewed for this news segment.   Watch Now
  • Help UT Health Physicians keep the top spot as the best Medical Group in San Antonio for the 2024 YourSA San Antonio Express-News Readers’ Choice Award. To submit your nomination, click here and choose the Health tab. Then, nominate UT Health Physicians in the Medical Group Practice category.

  • The Enterprise Research Management System (ERMS) application is now fully operational for the Agreements, Conflict of Interest and Institutional Review Board (IRB) modules. The ERMS-IRB module is a one-stop shop for all human subjects research. The ERMS-IRB module replaces email as the primary venue for study submissions and status checks. Key points for the ERMS-IRB […]

  • Help UT Health San Antonio keep the top spot as the best in San Antonio for the 2024 YourSA San Antonio Express-News Readers’ Choice Award.

  • With mountain cedar having reared its head earlier than its expected mid-December arrival, some may be scrambling to find the best ways to manage the effects of the dreaded tree pollen.

  • The service road behind the McDermott Clinical Sciences Building on the Greehey Campus will be closed from 7 a.m. to noon Thursday, Dec. 14, to facilitate the delivery of a 13-ton Siemens 3T Magnetom Prisma Magnetic resonance imaging scanner. During the road closure, traffic will be rerouted to the main entrance of the Greehey Campus […]

  • When School of Health Professions student Araceli Ortiz learned she would be receiving a $2,000 scholarship from the Association of Retired Faculty and Associates (ARFA), she was thankful that her passion for helping others shined through in her scholarship application.

  • Serving patients with state-of-the-art, low-radiation, high-resolution imaging for spinal and orthopaedic care The Spine Center at UT Health San Antonio is now open, offering complete spine care for adults and children from a team of neurosurgeons, orthopaedic surgeons and specialists in non-operative care. Located at the UT Health Medical Arts and Research Center, The Spine Center is home […]