The University of Texas System is an American government entity of the state of Texas that includes 13 higher educational institutions throughout the state including eight universities and five independent health institutions. The UT System is headquartered in Downtown Austin, and has a total enrollment of nearly 240,000 students and employs 21,000 faculty and more than 83,000 health care professionals, researchers and support staff. The UT System's $30 billion endowment is the largest of any public university system in the United States. As of 2018, Reuters ranks the UT System among the top 10 most innovative academic institutions in the world.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is a public academic health science center in Houston, Texas, United States. It was created in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents. It is located in the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical center in the world. It is composed of six schools: McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UTHealth School of Dentistry, Cizik School of Nursing, UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics and UTHealth School of Public Health.
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.
The South Texas Medical Center (STMC) or Bexar Country Hospital District consists of 900 acres (360 ha) of medical-related facilities on the northwest side of San Antonio, Texas, USA.
UT Health San Antonio Cancer Center, founded in 1974, is an NCI-designated Cancer Center in San Antonio, Texas. It is a component of the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio which is located adjacently.
Francisco Gonzalez Cigarroa is an American transplant surgeon who served as chancellor of the University of Texas System. As a Mexican-American, Cigarroa is also the first Hispanic to serve as president of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA). Cigarroa currently serves as chairman of the Ford Foundation. He also serves as the head of pediatric transplant surgery at UTHSCSA.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Department of Radiology is the second largest academic department in Radiological Sciences in the United States. Its Graduate Program in Radiological Sciences offers graduate training in various tracks, including Medical Physics, radiation biology, Medical Health Physics, and Neuroimaging. In addition the educational enterprise includes an accredited radiology residency program and a number of fellowships.
The Improvement Science Research Network (ISRN) is a research network for academics and physicians who are conducting studies in the new medical field of improvement science.
The UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry, Formally known as Dental School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, often abbreviated UTHSCSA-Dental, is one of three dental schools in the state of Texas. It is located on the main campus of University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas.
The Dolph Briscoe Jr. Library is the central library of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio library system. It is located in South Texas Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, US.
The Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine is one of twelve medical schools in the state of Texas. It is located on the main campus of University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas.
FKP Architects is an American architecture firm based in Houston, Texas. It specializes in the design of major academic, research, scientific, and healthcare projects. In 2017, FKP Architects merged with CannonDesign, a global architecture, engineering and planning firm.
Muñoz and Company is an architecture firm based in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Founded in 1927, the firm specializes in the design of major academic, K-12, healthcare, scientific and infrastructure projects. It is the largest minority-owned design and management firm in the state of Texas.
Richard P. Usatine is a Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery. He is Assistant Director of Medical Humanities Education at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He has devoted his life to providing compassionate care for underserved populations nationally and globally. His teaching and writing has served to advance humanism in medicine and advocate for social justice. His passion for photography has led him to create over 25,000 clinical images now being in many books, monographs, journal articles and educational websites.
The ACE STAR Model of Knowledge Transformation © is a framework for the systematic integration of evidence into practice. The STAR Model is composed of five major stages: knowledge discovery, evidence summary, translation into practice recommendations, integration into practice, and evaluation. The model is one of the most commonly used frameworks that have shaped evidence-based nursing.
Frank Harrison Jr. was an American physician, professor and university administrator.
Brian Mealey is an American periodontist.
Susan Weintraub is an American scientist. She is a professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA). She received a BS in Chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania in 1967, MS in Chemistry from Trinity University in 1970 and a PhD in Biochemistry from UTHSCSA in 1979. She was the president of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry for the period of 2012-2014. In 2017 she was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). She is an associate editor of the Journal of Proteome Research.
Omid B. Rahimi, Ph.D. is a professor at the Long School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA). He is most notably the head instructor for the school's human anatomy program.
