The University of Texas
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is one of 5 NMAETC Regional Performance Sites and serves San Antonio and the 50,000 square-mile area of South Texas. It extends to campuses in the metropolitan border communities of Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley. The site has been a major contributor to the development of NMAETC Hispanic BESAFE Model and provides capacity building services to community organizations, clinics and other healthcare settings focused on treating minorities in a multi state territory.
More than 2,700 students a year train in an environment that involves more than 100 affiliated hospitals, clinics and health care facilities in South Texas. The mission of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is to serve the needs of the citizens of Texas, the nation, and the world through programs committed to excellence and designed to:
- Educate health professionals for San Antonio and the entire South Texas community and for the State of Texas, to provide the best possible health care, to apply state-of-the-art treatment modalities, and to continue to seek information fundamental to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease.
- Play a major regional, national and international role as a leading biomedical education and research institution in the discovery of new knowledge and the search for answers to society's health-care needs.
- Be an integral part of the health-care delivery system of San Antonio and the entire South Texas community, as well as an important component of the health-care delivery system of the State of Texas and the nation.
- Serve as a catalyst for stimulating the life science industry in South Texas, culminating in services and technology transfer that benefit local and state economies.
- Offer continuing education programs and expertise for professional and lay communities.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) Medical Hispanic Center of Excellence (MHCOE) Website is intended to provide information regarding the activities of the MHCOE and medical school to faculty, medical students and premedical undergraduate.
- Contact Information
- University of Texas Health Science Center
- 7271 Wurzbach Road, Ste. 220
- San Antonio, TX 78240
- Phone: 210.567.7400
- Toll Free: 800.687.6027
- Fax: 210.567.7443
Terrence Doran, MD – Co-Principal Investigator
dorant@uthscsa.edu – 210.567.7400
Anthony Duran, BA, LVN – Project Coordinator
durana0@uthscsa.edu – 210.567.7400