University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
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University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Main entrance to the UTHSCSA main campus.
Main entrance to the UTHSCSA main campus.
Motto: Disciplina, Praesidium, Civitatis
Established: 1959
Endowment: Over $348 million [1]
President: Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D.
Faculty: 1,494 [2]
Undergraduates: 325
Postgraduates: 2,754
Location: San Antonio, Texas, United States
Campus: Urban
Website: http://www.uthscsa.edu
The UT Health Science Center's administration building.
The UT Health Science Center's administration building.

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) is a major and nationally recognized institute of health science education and research.[1] It is ranked as the 14th largest medical school in the United States, ahead of Harvard, Case Western, Georgetown, and BCM.[3]

UTHSCSA is the largest comprehensive 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 22,000 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.

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Size and budget

  • Number of employees: 5,076[5]
  • BUDGET (2008): $576,189,482 [6]
  • ENDOWMENTS (September 2005):[7]
    • 234 endowed accounts
    • $348 million total market value[1]
  • RESEARCH EXPENDITURES: $170 million (FY 2008)[8]
University of Texas Health and Science Center in Laredo, Texas
University of Texas Health and Science Center in Laredo, Texas

In 2005, UTHSCSA ranked 2nd among all Texan universities in Federal/State R&D expenditures ratio, only after Baylor College of Medicine.[9] The university ranks third in terms of the cheapest tuition among all medical schools in the United States.[10]

Campuses

The 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[11]:

  • Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Campus
  • North
  • Texas Research Park
  • Laredo[12]
    • 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
  • Harlingen (RAHC)
  • 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.
The main campus. Seen here are the CTRC, Mc Dermott Research building, University Hospital, CCRI, the Medical School, and Administration building.

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.
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 [14] overall, and fourth worldwide in dental science publications.[15][16]
  • Dental School ranked #1 in US News last ranking printed in 1996.[17]
  • The Pharmacy School (partially located on campus but run by UT Austin) is 2nd in the nation.[18]
  • Ranked sixth in the nation in clinical medicine research impact for the period 2001 to 2005.[19][20][21]
  • The university is ranked number 51 in the 2007 world ranking in the clinical medicine category.[22]
  • Ranked 5th for hispanics in the medical sciences category.[23]
  • 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.[24]
  • The Cellular and Structural Biology program ranks 10th in NIH funding.
  • The Physiology department ranked 17th in NIH funding.[25]
  • 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). [26]
  • 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 $15.3 billion biosciences and health care industry in San Antonio.[4]
  • 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.[27] 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.[28]
  • 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.[29][30]

History

A Latin copy of Avicenna's Canon of Medicine, dated 1484, located at the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library.
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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 2008: University Hospital announces plans for a $1 billion expansion that includes a new trauma tower. [31]

Schools

The DNA sculpture is a familiar landmark on the main campus (as seen here from Medical Dr).
The DNA sculpture is a familiar landmark on the main campus (as seen here from Medical Dr).

CTRC

The Medical School Auditorium.

School from corner of Medical Drive and Floyd Curl Drive.

The GSBS and University Hospital.

Centers and institutes

References

  1. ^ a b c http://www.uthscsa.edu/HSCNews/archive/HSCfactsheet.pdf
  2. ^ University of Texas System - Put office name here
  3. ^ USNews.com: America's Best Graduate Schools 2008: Medical Schools: Which are the largest and smallest medical schools?
  4. ^ a b HSC NEWS - The University of Texas Health Science Center - The Office of External Affairs
  5. ^ http://research.uthscsa.edu/VPRnews-3-28-08.pdf
  6. ^ Office of the Vice President - The University of Texas Health Science Center
  7. ^ Financials
  8. ^ UTHSCSA - Office of Vice President for Research
  9. ^ Research Expenditures 9/04-8/05
  10. ^ USNews.com: America's Best Graduate Schools 2008: Medical Schools: Priciest and cheapest public schools
  11. ^ Campus
  12. ^ UTHSCSA news; Laredo Programs
  13. ^ Error Page
  14. ^ HSC NEWS - The University of Texas Health Science Center - The Office of External Affairs
  15. ^ UT Health Science Center Dental School named world's fourth-best - San Antonio Business Journal:
  16. ^ HSC NEWS - The University of Texas Health Science Center - The Office of External Affairs
  17. ^ http://members.tripod.com/~softballteam/best.html
  18. ^ [1][2]
  19. ^ HSC NEWS - The University of Texas Health Science Center - The Office of External Affairs
  20. ^ MySA.com: Metro | State
  21. ^ Health Science Center ranked among America's best for medical research - San Antonio Business Journal:
  22. ^ field
  23. ^ Magazine ranks UT Southwestern best medical school for Hispanics - Dallas Business Journal:
  24. ^ NIH Awards to Medical Schools by Rank, FY 2004
  25. ^ UTHSCSA Department of Physiology - Positions Available
  26. ^ [3] [4]
  27. ^ HSC NEWS - The University of Texas Health Science Center - The Office of External Affairs
  28. ^ http://www.utsystem.edu/news/2006/BOR-CompetitivenessInit-08-10-06.htm
  29. ^ Academic Sourcebook, A report on the State of Science in Universities and Colleges, June 2007, p.57
  30. ^ See p.189 of pdf version
  31. ^ University Health System officials say expansion is needed medicine - San Antonio Business Journal:

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