News & Media
2011
May
5/27: Express-News. Tomorrow's healers prepared to act with compassion
April
4/28: Express-News. UTHSC nursing students help combat diabetes
4/25: Express-News. Rethinking health care with help of mind-body techniques
4/9: Associated Press. Jury: Philly docs failed to report dangerous peer
March
3/9: HSC News. Laredo healthy aging conference draws nearly 200
3/5: Laredo Morning Times. An Important Medical Talk
3/4: El MaƱana. Buscan cuidar la salud de los abuelitos
3/3: Laredo Morning Times. Aging is topic of Friday conference
February
2/20: LareDos. UT Health Science Center to host healthy aging conference in March
2/10: Sacrametno Bee. Mobility Matters: Frustrated mobility providers ask White House to address gross mismanagement of mobility benefit
2/10: Diasabled World. Mobility Providers Ask White House to Address Gross Mismanagement of Mobility Benefit
2/2: Express-News. Art just what the doctor ordered
2/1: News from the Libraries. Aging Across America: A photo exhibit in the Briscoe Library
2/1: Statesman. Art helps medical students enhance powers of observation
January
January: Caring for the Ages. A Caution About Future 'Medical Homes'
1/25: WOAI. McNay Art Helping Train Student Doctors and Nurses
1/24: KENS5. An artful approach to teaching future doctors and nurses
1/23: Laredo Morning Times. Healthy Aging Topic of Seminar
1/12: Texas Public Radio. A Home for Haiti
1/11: KSAT 12. UTHSC Medical Students Return From Mission To Haiti
January | April: Impressions. Art Rounds: Using Art to Train Better Doctors and Nurses
2010
December
12/17: Dr. Robert C. Atkins Md. Diet. Memory Lessons - A Doctor's Story
12/11: Express-News. Fundraiser to help build home for Haitian family
12/10: KSAT 12. Local Students Prepare For Trip To Haiti
12/09: Washington Post. Seniors lose out with payment cuts to primary-care doctors
November
11/24: Express-News. Iraqi boy gets lifesaving surgery in S.A.
11/17: Express-News. Science's wonders obscured by stem cell hype
Aging: Narrative Matters by Health Affairs podcasts featuring Jerald Winakur, MD
11/15: WOAI 1200. Stem Cell Research Remains Political
11/07: KENS5. Expect fewer stray barks, meows due to free SpaySA program
11/06: Express-News. Free spay and neuter clinic planned for West Side
11/03: Animals Matter. Stray dogs can have an impact on your health
11/03: KENS5. Nursing students go to the dogs
October
10/14: Express-News. Book discussion: Rebecca Skloot's "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks"
September
09/06: iLivewithaDisability.com. Testing the Bonds of Doctor and Patient
09/03: Healthcare As Though People Matter. Attitude
09/02: New York Times. Tending to Patients During a Hurricane
09/02: Well - Tara Parker-Pope on Health. Testing the Bonds of Doctor and Patient
August
08/27: CNN Health. Charity's last hours: Brutal, beautiful
08/02: US Politics Today. Physician Outraged by Medicare Power Wheelchair Documentation Policy
July
07/28: HME News. Some relationship advice for CMS
07/16: The Medical Quack. Physician Talks About the Red Tape, Forms and Administrative Time Required by CMS to get a Wheelchair for Patients - Sounds Complicated!
07/16: Redorbit.com. Physician Outraged by Medicare Power Wheelchair Documentation Policy
07/16: Mobility Matters. Physician Outraged by CMS Documentation Policy
07/15: Salud Today. San Antonio Medical/Nursing Students Teach Healthy Choices to Latino Kids
07/13: HSC News. HSC students teach 'Healthy Choices for Kids'
07/12: Express-News. Kids learn about healthy choices
May
o5/21: The SCOOTER Store. The SCOOTER Store Invests in Ethics Training for Future Doctors
05/11: Alamo Asian America Chamber of Commerse. Chamber's Women's Community Group Lunch Program Sold Out
April
Caring for the Ages. What We Owe: Payments Due the Invisible Minority
04/15: Express-News. Teen moms taught basics of breast-feeding
March
03/31: San Antonio Business Journal - Greater Chamber, Ford honor outstanding San Antonio women
03/24: On the Road with Dr. Rohack - Today's medical students to benefit from health reform
03/24: Express-News - AMA chief says health reform just starting
03/12: San Antonio Business Journal - Greater Chamber releases names of women business leaders
03/04: KLRN - Conversations: Dr. Ruth Berggren & Dr. Tyler Curiel
03/04: Inside KLRN - A Major Tragedy Struck
February
02/09: The Writers Read - Jerald Winakur
02/09: WMBF - CCU visiting lecturer to discuss ethics of cybernetics
January
STFM - Medical Students Hone Altruistic Skills Through Service to the Underserved
San Antonio Woman - Teaching Caring and Compassion
01/29: Express-News - I can't wait to return to Haiti
01/25: KSAT12 - Blog: Local Doctor Blogs From Haiti Hospital
01/24: WOAI - Burrito competitions help relief efforts in Haiti
01/24: Express-News - Burritos to Haiti's rescue
01/22: Express-News - S.A. hosts events, collects donations
01/21: QueQue - Dr. Berggren in Haiti: Safe, heartbroken, and hopeful
01/20: Current - Special Haiti-edition QueQue
01/17: QueQue - Haiti: An SA Aftershock
01/15: KSAT12 - Local Doctor Returns To Haiti
01/14: WOAI - San Antonio doctor ready to fly to Haiti as soon as possible
01/14: TPR.org - UTHSC Working To Provide Relief to Haiti After Quake
01/14: 590KLBJ.com - Local doctor traveliing to Haiti prepared for challenges
01/13: Express-News - San Antonian heading back to Haiti to help
01/13: KSAT12 - Local Students Missed Quake By Days
Caring for the Ages - The Power of Story in Long-Term Care
San Antonio Magazine - Best Doctors 2009-10, Working Holiday
Vanguard - Donors fund lectures, bring prominent speakers to campus
2009
December
Scene in S.A. - San Antonio's Top Doctors
November
11/05: San Antonio's Classical Oasis - Schweitzer & Bach
News from the Libraries - Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics to host 3rd annual community service learning conference in April 2010
October
10/30: San Antonio Business Journal - Women's Leadership Award Luncheon
10/20: Express-News - Health care reform tackled at UTHSC lecture
10/16: MySA.com - Health care heavy hitters to talk on fixing broken system
10/14: KENS5 - S.A. to host free forum on health care reform
10/09: San Antonio Medicine - TexasLivingWill.org brings advance directives home
September
09/26: Express-News - Surgeon's book explores empathy, ethics
09/26: Texas Public Radio - UTHSC 2008 Frank Bryant Memorial Lecture Series
09/25: Express-News - 2 local writers honored at INKstravaganza
09/25: Adding Life to Years - Nearly half of Nevada pharamcists think they should have the right to refuse to fill prescriptions
09/23: Express-News - Writing couple gets a well-deserved honor
09/22: HSC News - Dr. Pauline Chen to discuss her book, 'Final Exam,' Sept. 25
09/17: Express-News - Multitalented man touts music's healing power
09/08: KSAT12 - Doctor's Book Tells Personal Story
09/07: MySA.com - Healthy Choices for Kids Program
09/04: Express-News - Student-run clinics a godsend for poor, uninsured
San Antonio Woman - Autumn Reading
August
08/31: Kens5 - Colorful atlas a labor of love for S.A. doctor
08/20: Express-News - San Antonio doctor discusses end-of-life issues
08/18: KENS5 - Local Geriatrician joins national discussion on health care reform
08/18: HCB Magazine - San Antonio Geriatrician Joins National Discussion On Health Care Reform
08/07: KSAT12 - Playground, Paint Provide Education
Future Magazine - Authors and Authorities: Writing Textbooks is a Labor of Love; Ethics in Action is the driving force at the Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics
July
07/27: HSC News - Summer program helps kids learn to make healthy choices
07/16: Express-News - Health Science Center adopts West Side park
June
National Association of Attorney Generals - Other News of Interest
06/22: Hospice Foundation of America Blog - End of Life Care Notes: Around the United States
06/22: The Monitor - UT Health Science Center ethicist creates living will Web site
06/20: Brownsville Herald - New Web site offers living will help
06/17: Valley Morning Star - Living wills help families prepare for emergencies, death of loved ones
06/17: AARP Bulletin Today - Living wills help families prepare for emergencies, death of loved ones
06/11: Ethics Illustrated - Web site makes 'end-of-life' planning easier for Texans
06/09: Beumont Enterprise - Web site makes 'end-of-life' planning easier for Texans
06/07: Unavision - Recuperan parques en San Antonio
06/07: KENS5 - Teens, med students come together to clean up Vidaurri Park on west side
06/04: HSC News - New Web site eases end-of-life planning for Texans
06/04: HCB Magazine - New Web site Eases End-Of-Life Planning for Texans
May
05/24: Express-News - Advance directive can help make sure that you get your wish
05/24: MYSA.COM Videos - Unusual approach to living wills
05/01: ValleyCentral.com - Clay's Clincher: The UIL Got It, Get It?
April 30, 2009
04/30: Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Expert answers to common swine flu questions
04/30: Express-News - Answers to some swine flu questions
04/22: KENS5 - S.A. Doctor Pens New Medical Atlas
04/07: HSC News - Prominent biomedical ethicist visits campus
04/07: EmaxHealth.com - PAHO Says Hospitals Should Stand Up to Disasters
March
03/30: Express-News - Barbershop home of hypertension fight
03/17: Salud! America - Future doctors, nurses to model healthy nutrition, physical activity for middle-school children
February
02/27: Express-News - Katrina forged a new outlook for director
02/23: KENS5 - Memory Lessons: A Doctor's Story
02/18: Express-News - Doctor returns to S.A. with new novel in hand
02/15: Dallas Morning News - 'Cutting for Stone' by Abraham Verghese: Compelling characters inhabit saga of conjoined twins
02/12: Rediff.com - Mira Nair, Abraham Verghese in conversation
02/10: HSC News - Medical students to share Haitian mission experience Feb. 17
02/10: HSC News - Verghese returns to Health Science Center for reading
02/08: Express-News - Physician Verghese takes readers on epic journey
January
01/27: HSC News - HSC Physician Writes Book About the Aging Process
01/18: Express-News - Doctor Advocates for the Elderly
01/17: Star Tribune - Leading the Blind: A Doctor helps his father through the dark and frightening world of Alzheimer's
01/11: Express-News - Winter/spring book offerings provide some bright spots
01/09: Texas Monthly - The Long Goodbye
01/09: O Magazine - The Long Goodbye
01/01: HCB Magazine - Dr. Jerald Winakur and Hyperion Press Announce Release of Novel
2008
August
Mission magazine - Seeing, Believing, Healing
July
07/21: KENS-5 CBS San Antonio - Group Teaches Kids How to Prevent Diabetes
07/02: Express-News -
West Side: Having good, healthy fun
March
San Antonio Magazine - Best Doctors of 2008
January
01/01: UTHSCSA -
Teaching Excellence Awards
2007
December
12/01: KGNS 08 -
Frontera de Salud students and faculty volunteers gave free checkups
October
10/18: Express-News -
Katrina responder to head UTHSC unit
August
08/30: Express-News -
Author reflects on a lifetime of laughter, relationships
June
06/01: Brown Alumni Magazine -
The View From The OR
May
05/01: Chicago Tribune -
Book Club Good Medicine for Patients, Physicians
March
03/26: Express-News -
Historian to discuss polio book
2006
December
12/02: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -
AIDS specialist combines 2 arts to create a science of healing
October
10/20: Reuters Report -
Creative writing may make doctors better
10/01: Medical Progress -
The Hindu
June
06/01: KRIS - UTHSCSA medical students volunteer
March
03/01: ACP Observer - Looking to the arts
to keep compassion
in patient care
