University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) is an institute of health science education and research (its research program into the basic biology of aging at the Barshop Institute is world renowned).[1] It is home to the Cancer Therapy and Research Center (CTRC) - a major National Cancer Institute supported Center. The CTRC's Institute for Drug Development (IDD) is internationally recognized for conducting the largest oncology Phase I clinical drug trials program in the world. Fifteen of the cancer drugs most recently approved by the Food & Drug Administration underwent development or testing at the IDD. Other noted programs include: structural biology, urology, nephrology, transplantation biology, and imaging/medical physics. It is ranked as the 14th largest medical school in the United States in terms of enrollment.[3]
UTHSCSA is the largest health sciences university in South Texas. Located in the South Texas Medical Center, it serves San Antonio and all of the 50,000 square mile (130,000 km²) area of central and south Texas. It extends to campuses in the metropolitan border communities of Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley.
With 24,000 graduates[4], more than 3,000 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 over 65 degrees, the majority of them being graduate and professional degrees, in the biomedical and health sciences fields.
The school publishes a periodic newsletter, The Mission.[5]
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Size and budget
- Number of employees: 5,076[5]
- Number of Graduates: 24,000[6]
- BUDGET (2008): $668 million [7]
- ENDOWMENTS (September 2005):[8]
- 234 endowed accounts
- $348 million total market value[1]
- RESEARCH EXPENDITURES: $203 million (FY 2008)[9]
In 2005, UTHSCSA ranked 2nd among all Texan universities in Federal/State R&D expenditures ratio, only after Baylor College of Medicine.[10] The university ranks third in terms of the cheapest tuition among all medical schools in the United States.[11]
Campuses
University of Texas Health and Science Center in Laredo, Texas UTHSCSA Laredo Academic BuildingThe university is one of four medical schools in the University of Texas System. The school has six campuses, spanning 250 acres (1.0 km2) in total[12]:
- Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Campus (Central campus)
- Greehey Campus (North campus)
- Texas Research Park
- Laredo[13]
- Bachelor's in Respiratory Care
- Master’s degree in Physician Assistant (Two of three-year master’s degree)
- Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Dietetics and Nutrition Program (coming in 2009)
- Clinical Laboratory Science
- Regional Academic Health Center (RAHC) Harlingen
- Regional Academic Health Center - Edinburg (ERAHC) Edinburg
Teaching hospitals and clinics
The main campus. Seen here are the CTRC, Mc Dermott Research building, University Hospital, CCRI, the Medical School, and Administration building.- University Hospital (ranked as one of the Top 50 hospitals in the US for seven years in a row)[14]
- UTHSCSA Dental School outpatient clinic
- Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital
- Christus Santa Rosa medical center
- San Antonio State Hospital
- Brooke Army Medical Center (Fort Sam Houston)
- Wilford Hall Medical Center (USAF)
- Faculty Practice Plan: UT Medicine San Antonio
Achievements, rankings and impact
The Dolph Briscoe Jr. Library has a rare book collection including works by Avicenna, Albinus, Vesalius, Celsus, Galen, Mascagni, and Withering.- Dental School ranked one of world's highest [15] overall, and fourth worldwide in dental science publications.[16][17]
- Dental School ranked #1 in US News last ranking printed in 1996.[18]
- The Pharmacy School (partially located on campus but run by UT Austin) is 2nd in the nation.[19]
- Ranked sixth in the nation in clinical medicine research impact for the period 2001 to 2005.[20][21][22]
- The university is ranked number 51 in the 2009 world ranking in the clinical medicine category.[23]
- Ranked 5th for Hispanics in the medical sciences category.[24]
- Number one in National Institutes of Health funding for aging research.
- Named a National Center of Excellence in Women's Health, by the U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services.
- The Medical School ranked 48th in NIH funding for research grants among 3,181 institutes in 2004.[25]
- The Cellular and Structural Biology program ranks 10th in NIH funding.
- The Physiology department ranked 17th in NIH funding.[26]
- The liver transplant program is ranked 9th largest and most successful in the nation.
- UTHSCSA faculty members are among the world's most cited scientific authors, listed in the top one-half of one percent of all published scientists.
- University Hospital ranked among top 50 hospitals in the U.S. in three specialties: Respiratory Disorders, Kidney Disease and Hormonal Disorders (endocrinology, including diabetes care) for the sixth consecutive year (2005). [27]
- Only tier one research university in South Texas.
- The Palmaz Stent, developed by Dr. Julio Palmaz, has been named "one of ten patents that changed the world."
- UTHSCSA is conducting the largest study of congestive heart failure in America.
- $1.29 billion a year contributed to the South Texas economy.
- Chief catalyst for the $16.3 billion biosciences and health care industry in San Antonio.[28]
- Accounting for at least 12,000 jobs both on and off campus.
- $263 million of facility upgrades have been allocated for the campus by the University of Texas Board of Regents.[29] This includes the new $150 million 200,000-square-foot (19,000 m2) South Texas Research Facility, currently under construction.
- The San Antonio Cancer Institute (SACI) is a National Cancer Institute ( NCI )-designated cancer center and is one of only two centers with this prestigious distinction in Texas.[30]
- The university ranked 76th nationwide in 2005 in the number of faculty awards, tied with Virginia Tech, Arizona State University, Florida State University, Mayo Medical School, and Iowa State University.[31][32]
History
A Latin copy of Avicenna's Canon of Medicine, dated 1484, located at the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library.- 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 new 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)[6] opens it's doors for medical students and residents.
- 2003: Health Science Center receives largest grant to date for a $37 million study of small subcortical strokes, the most common type of stroke in South Texas. Health Science Center and UT San Antonio sign an agreement to establish the San Antonio Life Sciences Institute, a new collaborative research and education partnership. President Cigarroa announces a $300 million initiative 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, where scientists currently study formation and development of cancer in children and adults.
- 2006: The Regional Academic Health Center - Medical Research Division (E-RAHC) [7] was dedicated April 25, 2006 on the campus of UT Pan American in Edinburg. Also administered by the Health Science Center, this division provides state-of-the-art laboratory space and equipment for scholars and scientists to conduct 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 UTHSCSA.
- 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 [8] 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. [33]
Schools
The DNA sculpture is a familiar landmark on the main campus (as seen here from Floyd Curl Dr).- Dental School: Community 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, Family and Community Medicine, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics:, Otolaryngology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Radiology:, 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.
- 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 (affiliated with University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston)
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Centers and institutes
- CTRC
- Texas Diabetes Institute
- South Texas AIDS Center for Children and Their Families
- Aging Research and Education Center
- Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies
- Center for Analytical Ultracentrifugation of Macromolecular Assemblies (CAUMA)
- Center for Biomedical Neuroscience
- Center for Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy
- Biomolecular Structure Analysis
- Center for Health Economics and Policy
- Center for Integrative Health
- Children's Cancer Research Institute
- Center for Community Based Health Promotion in Women and Children
- Comparative Mouse Genomics Center
- Environmental Hazards Research Center
- Frederic C. Bartter General Clinical Research Center
- Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center
- Hartford Center of Excellence for Geriatrics Education
- Hemophilia Treatment Center
- Injury Prevention and Research Center
- Institute of Biotechnology
- Institutional Flow Cytometry Core Facility
- Lions Sight Research Foundation
- Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics
- Center for Neurosurgical Sciences
- MESA: Center for Health Disparities
- Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging
- American Parkinson's Disease Association Information and Referral Center
- Center for Public Health Preparedness and Biomedical Research
- Regional Center for Health Workforce Studies at CHEP
- Research Imaging Center
- San Antonio Cancer Institute
- Texas Cancer Clinic
- South Texas AIDS Center for Children and Their Families
- South Texas Center for Health Disparities
- South Texas Environmental Education and Research Center
- South Texas Fertility Center
- South Texas Poison Center
- South Texas Women's Health Center
- START/South Texas Addiction Research and Technology Center
- South Texas Health Research Center
- Southwest Research Consortium
- Texas Center for the Study of Children With Special Health Care Needs
- VERDICT - Veterans Evidence-based Research Dissemination Implementation Center
- Center for Surface Plasmon Resonance
- Center for Violence Prevention
- Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice (ACE)
References
- ^ a b c http://www.uthscsa.edu/HSCNews/archive/HSCfactsheet.pdf
- ^ University of Texas System - Put office name here
- ^ USNews.com: America's Best Graduate Schools 2008: Medical Schools: Which are the largest and smallest medical schools?
- ^ HSC NEWS - The University of Texas Health Science Center
- ^ http://research.uthscsa.edu/VPRnews-3-28-08.pdf
- ^ http://www.uthscsa.edu/hscnews/singleformat.asp?newID=2905
- ^ http://www.uthscsa.edu/hscnews/singleformat.asp?newID=2905
- ^ Financials
- ^ http://www.uthscsa.edu/hscnews/singleformat.asp?newID=2905
- ^ Research Expenditures 9/04-8/05
- ^ USNews.com: America's Best Graduate Schools 2008: Medical Schools: Priciest and cheapest public schools
- ^ Campus
- ^ UTHSCSA news; Laredo Programs
- ^ Error Page
- ^ HSC NEWS - The University of Texas Health Science Center - The Office of External Affairs
- ^ UT Health Science Center Dental School named world's fourth-best - San Antonio Business Journal:
- ^ HSC NEWS - The University of Texas Health Science Center - The Office of External Affairs
- ^ http://members.tripod.com/~softballteam/best.html
- ^ [1] [2]
- ^ HSC NEWS - The University of Texas Health Science Center - The Office of External Affairs
- ^ MySA.com: Metro | State
- ^ Health Science Center ranked among America's best for medical research - San Antonio Business Journal:
- ^ University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- ^ Magazine ranks UT Southwestern best medical school for Hispanics - Dallas Business Journal:
- ^ NIH Awards to Medical Schools by Rank, FY 2004
- ^ UTHSCSA Department of Physiology - Positions Available
- ^ [3] [4]
- ^ http://www.uthscsa.edu/hscnews/singleformat.asp?newID=2905
- ^ HSC NEWS - The University of Texas Health Science Center - The Office of External Affairs
- ^ http://www.utsystem.edu/news/2006/BOR-CompetitivenessInit-08-10-06.htm
- ^ Academic Sourcebook, A report on the State of Science in Universities and Colleges, June 2007, p.57
- ^ See p.189 of pdf version
- ^ University Health System officials say expansion is needed medicine - San Antonio Business Journal:
See also
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External links
- UTHSCSA's official site
- UT HSC Libraries
- University Hospital - The primary teaching hospital for The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
- UT Medicine, the Health Science Center's newest addition, Medical Arts & Research Center (MARC)]
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