Advancement and Alumni Engagement
March 5, 2025
What year did you graduate from UT Health San Antonio? 2013 What degree do you have? Doctor of Dental Surgery What is your specialty? General Dentistry What inspired you to become a dentist? I was in a program in high school called the National Hispanic Institute where our project administrator was Dr. Rene Vela, Class […]
February 28, 2023
Why did you choose UT Health San Antonio? I chose UT Health San Antonio initially because it was affordable, easy to attend, and had a great reputation as a state school. How did UT Health San Antonio help you? Getting a master’s degree at UT Health was like levelling up in a video game, while […]
February 28, 2023
Why did you choose medicine? My mother has battled various autoimmune disorders for most of my life. When first diagnosed, she spent years working with her doctors to find a treatment regimen that balanced disease control while mitigating medication side effects. This process was one of great compassion, concern, and teamwork alongside her physicians, and […]
February 23, 2023
Why did you choose UT Health San Antonio? A large part of my journey into medicine stemmed from my strong belief that representation was important for improving patient outcomes. Subsequently, it was really important to me to attend a school in a city where there was a large Latinx community. During my time visiting and […]
February 23, 2023
What year did you graduate from UT Health San Antonio? What degree did you receive? I graduated with my Doctorate in Physical Therapy in the summer of 2020 during the height of the pandemic in a Zoom ceremony, which was something I definitely will never forget! What is your specialty? I currently don’t have a […]
February 23, 2023
What year did you graduate from UT Health San Antonio? 1983 What degree do you have? Doctor of Dental Surgery What is your specialty? General Dentistry What was the most valuable lesson – inside or outside the classroom – you have learned at UT Health SA? I learned that dentistry is a relationship-people profession. People […]
February 23, 2023
What year did you graduate from UT Health San Antonio? What degree do you have? 2014 – BSN 2016 – MSN, FNP What is your specialty? My degree is family practice, but I fell in love with gastroenterology during clinical rotations and now work full time in a GI clinic. What was the most valuable […]
February 23, 2023
“I am currently a PGY-2 Internal Medicine resident at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital in New York City, New York. As part of my training in the Internal Medicine residency program, I have worked in both the hospital’s emergency room and on the inpatient floors upstairs. To try and meet the rapidly increasing number of […]
February 23, 2023
“I am currently the lead COVID-19 therapist in San Antonio, meaning that I am treating all patients recovering from a COVID-19 diagnosis at home. I am also developing clinical practice guidelines for our entire enterprise, consisting of six locations in Texas and two in Florida, for physical and occupational therapists treating patients recovering from a […]
February 7, 2023
“I went to Brooklyn, New York, during the peak of COVID-19 the first week of April. I volunteered over 100 hours of my time as a critical care physician leaving my private practice for over a week. I was one of two critical care trained physicians at Woodhull Medical Center with over 60+ critically ill […]
