University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio

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University of Texas
School of Medicine
at San Antonio
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Established1959 [1]
School type Public
Dean Francisco González-Scarano
Location San Antonio, Texas
Enrollment901 students (2010) [2]
Homepage som.uthscsa.edu

The University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio 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.

Texas State of the United States of America

Texas is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population. Geographically located in the South Central region of the country, Texas shares borders with the U.S. states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the southwest, and has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast.

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio hospital in Texas, United States

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Budget

The school's budget in 2009 was $415 million. [3]

Rankings

National Institutes of Health Medical research organization in the United States

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University hospital

The school's main teaching hospital is the University Health System, and was ranked among the top 50 hospitals in the U.S. in kidney disorders in 2010. [11]

University Health System hospital in Texas, United States

University Health System is the public district hospital for the San Antonio, Texas, US metropolitan area. It is also San Antonio's only health system recognized by U.S. News & World Report, regarded as one of America's Best Hospitals. Owned and operated by Bexar County, it is the third largest public health system in Texas.

Departments

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The departments are:

University of Texas Health Science Center Department of Radiology

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Richard P. Usatine physician

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.

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