• Family, farm, pharmacy, and physicians

    Thursday, December 22, 2022 — Deep in the heart of Weslaco, Texas – near grassy fields and family farms, nestled on a corner lot – is the place where the four Sander doctors grew up.

• UTRGV’S telehealth therapy program expands with $6M in state funding

    Thursday, December 22, 2022 — The UTRGV School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry is expanding a telehealth program that addresses the regional and state need for more mental health providers for children and teens.

• UTRGV School of Medicine physician creates scholarship for Valley med students

    Wednesday, December 21, 2022 — It's no surprise that medical education is expensive, even in one of the nation's most affordable medical schools like the UTRGV School of Medicine, where the annual tuition and fees are $19,639 for in-state residents, compared to the ...

• UTRGV pipeline programs paving paths for the underrepresented in health professions

    Tuesday, November 22, 2022 — Through two pipeline programs – the Vaqueros MD Early Assurance Program formed by UTRGV and the Joint Admission Medical Program (JAMP) created by the Texas Legislature – the UTRGV School of Medicine increasingly is recruiting talented ...

• UT Health RGV provides epilepsy care for an underserved region

    Thursday, November 17, 2022 — There are 3 million people with epilepsy in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

• UTRGV’s Maestre to participate in conference on dementia in low- and middle-income countries

    Thursday, November 10, 2022 — Dr. Gladys E. Maestre, director of the UTRGV School of Medicine’s Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research, will join some of the leading global dementia researchers at the Dementia and Brain Aging in Low- and ...

• UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine holds first White Coat Ceremony

    Wednesday, November 02, 2022 — Students in the inaugural cohort of the UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine donned their white coats for the first time last Friday, marking their official participation as student-doctors.

• UT Health RGV breaks ground on Cancer and Surgery Center in McAllen

    Friday, October 14, 2022 — UTRGV and community leaders on Friday morning broke ground on the much-anticipated UT Health RGV Cancer and Surgery Center, centrally located in the 495 Commerce Center complex in McAllen.

• UT Health RGV neuroscientist shares hope for substance abuse, mental disorder recovery

    Thursday, September 29, 2022 — September is National Recovery Month, which aims to educate the community on substance use treatment and the mental health services available to empower those with a mental disorder and substance dependency.

• UT Health RGV board-certified psychiatrist shares importance of suicide prevention

    Tuesday, September 20, 2022 — Since 2003, Suicide Prevention Awareness Month has been a somber reminder of the need for an annual mental health check. Every Sept., world health organizations mark their collaboration to raise awareness that suicide can be averted. ...

• “I Can Hear Now”

    Friday, September 02, 2022 — Jose Suarez Jr. is 19 now, but he has had trouble hearing since at least kindergarten, when his teacher first noticed he wasn’t responding to his name during roll call.

• UT Health RGV pediatrician, board-certified lactation consultant, talks benefits of breastfeeding

    Thursday, August 18, 2022 — August is National Breastfeeding Month, an observance designed to spread awareness about the benefits of breastfeeding and how important it can be to a child's health.

• UT Health RGV Student Health accreditation renewed by AAAHC

    Wednesday, August 17, 2022 — UT Health RGV Student Health, which helps meet the medical needs of UTRGV students free of charge, has been for renewed for accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

• UT Health RGV encourages men to get annual checkups, be more physically active

    Wednesday, August 10, 2022 — UT Health RGV physicians encourage men in the community to become proactive in their health and schedule checkups.

• Inaugural cohort seated for UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine

    Wednesday, August 03, 2022 — UTRGV’s School of Podiatric Medicine – the first in Texas and one of only 10 in the country – is welcoming its very first cohort of 27 students, five of them from the Rio Grande Valley.

• UT Health RGV dermatologist urges protection from sun, harmful UV rays

    Friday, July 22, 2022 — As the sun shines down on us, so do its ultraviolet rays. This month, Ultraviolet (UV) Safety Month, highlights the importance of keeping safe from UV exposure and reminds the community to stay protected from the sun’s potentially ...

• Deadline looms for application to UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine

    Wednesday, July 20, 2022 — The extended deadline to apply to the UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine closes on July 27, 2022, for admission to the inaugural, 2022 cohort.

• Honored to Serve: U.S. Airman receives white coat on Fourth of July weekend

    Saturday, July 02, 2022 — For Jose Victor Delgado, a Rio Grande Valley native and Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, the Fourth of July has special meaning this year as he and 117 UTRGV School of Medicine students received their white coats on Saturday.

• UTRGV names inaugural dean of School of Podiatric Medicine

    Tuesday, June 28, 2022 — Dr. Javier La Fontaine has been appointed the inaugural dean of the UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine (SOPM), effective July 1, 2022.

• Drs. Subram and Elizabeth Krishnan establish scholarship for outstanding fourth-year medical students

    Monday, June 27, 2022 — For 40 years, Drs. Subram and Elizabeth Krishnan have provided compassionate patient care and community service to the Rio Grande Valley.

• UTRGV granted candidacy for state’s first School of Podiatric Medicine

    Wednesday, June 15, 2022 — UTRGV is now the first university in the Texas – and one of only 10 in the nation – ready to prepare and graduate Doctors of Podiatric Medicine (DPM).

• UTRGV medical student advocates for LGBTQIA+ Health

    Monday, June 13, 2022 — Third-year UTRGV med student Isha Mittal is the most recent recipient of the U.S. Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health Award.

• UT Health RGV urges women to get annual health and wellness check-ups

    Friday, May 20, 2022 — Every year during May, for Women's Health Month, reminders go out to women to prioritize their health and well-being.

• First-year UTRGV med student aims to make a difference in mental health

    Thursday, May 19, 2022 — Valley native Lesley Chapa didn’t always want to be a doctor – until she had a chance to shadow an internal medicine physician from McAllen during her undergrad studies.

• Former UTRGV medical school graduate, Valley native, reflects on learning experiences

    Tuesday, May 17, 2022 — Just one year ago, Dr. Patrick Ojeaga was a medical student at the UTRGV School of Medicine, anxiously waiting to know what residency program he would match.

• UTRGV establishes MOU with UT System Center in Laredo

    Thursday, April 28, 2022 — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) and The University of Texas System Education and Research Center at Laredo (UT Center at Laredo) have announced an expansion of a collaboration to offer degrees in social work.

• UTRGV’s Linda Nelson one of seven national ‘Nexstar Woman of the Year’ finalists

    Friday, April 15, 2022 — KVEO-TV, a Nexstar Media Inc. television station airing in the Valley on Channel 23, has chosen UTRGV’s Dr. Linda Nelson as its top “Remarkable Woman of the Year 2022.”

• UTRGV medical student headed to Harvard Med

    Tuesday, March 29, 2022 — In honor of National Doctors’ Day 2022 – marked on March 30 this year – a UTRGV School of Medicine fourth-year med student, Adriana Saavedra-Simmons, shared her own journey to becoming a doctor and her plans for giving back to ...

• UT Health RGV's Gomez talks about neurology for Multiple Sclerosis Month

    Monday, March 28, 2022 — March is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month, so to bring awareness to the neuroinflammatory disorder, UT Health RGV neurologist Dr. Francisco Pascual Gomez will discuss MS and efforts to provide services for the Valley and beyond.

• UTRGV announces ION’s Salloum as the Sujata G. Krishnan Endowed Chair in Neuroscience

    Friday, March 25, 2022 — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has announced the appointment of Dr. Ihsan Salloum as the endowed chair in the Institute of Neuroscience benefiting the UTRGV School of Medicine.

• UTRGV fourth-year medical students celebrate Match Day 2022

    Saturday, March 19, 2022 — The UTRGV School of Medicine's Class of 2022 celebrated its annual Match Day on Friday, March 18, with 51 medical students who applied to residency programs across the United States.

• UTRGV’s Jamal one of just 7 women in country heading ENT department

    Thursday, February 03, 2022 — Dr. Nausheen Jamal, chair of the UTRGV School of Medicine’s department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, admits she wasn’t always a leader.

• UTRGV School of Medicine receives grant to meet healthcare needs of border residents

    Tuesday, February 01, 2022 — The UTRGV School of Medicine has been awarded a grant to help meet the healthcare needs of Hispanic communities on the South Texas border.

• UT Health RGV doctors urging awareness, check-ups

    Thursday, January 27, 2022 — Research and data show that early detection of conditions caused by the thyroid gland can be imperative, as those conditions can worsen slowly over time.

• UT Health RGV drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites closed through weekend due to weather

    Thursday, January 20, 2022 — Due to the predicted severe weather, all of UT Health RGV’s COVID drive-thru testing sites will be closed tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 21, through the weekend, and will reopen on Monday as scheduled.

• UT Health RGV’s drive-thru COVID-19 testing site open tomorrow in Brownsville

    Wednesday, January 19, 2022 — The UT Health RGV drive-thru COVID-19 testing site in Brownsville will be open again Thursday, Jan. 20, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the UTRGV Brownsville Campus Parking Lot B4, next to the UTRGV Police Department.

• UT Health RGV expands COVID-19 testing sites to Harlingen and Brownsville

    Monday, January 10, 2022 — UT Health RGV, clinical arm of the UTRGV School of Medicine, will conduct two drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites in Cameron County.

• UT Health RGV expands COVID-19 testing sites, vaccine clinics

    Friday, January 07, 2022 — This Saturday, UT Health RGV, clinical arm of the UTRGV School of Medicine, will host a COVID-19 vaccine pop-up clinic at the men’s basketball game against New Mexico State, from 5-7:30 p.m. at the UTRGV Fieldhouse on the Edinburg Campus.

• UT Health RGV opening COVID-19 drive-thru testing site in Edinburg

    Monday, January 03, 2022 — Beginning Tuesday, Jan. 4, UT Health RGV, clinical arm of the UTRGV School of Medicine, will have a drive-thru COVID-19 testing location in Edinburg.

• UTRGV School of Medicine’s free telehealth mental health program expands to nine school districts

    Thursday, December 30, 2021 — For Dr. Alcides Amador, the challenges of accessing mental healthcare in the Rio Grande Valley hit close to home.

• UTRGV’s free prenatal and preventative reproductive care program expands

    Wednesday, December 22, 2021 — Edinburg resident Maluisa Gonzalez has been a patient of UTRGV’s mobile OBGYN project, Healthy Mujeres, for almost a year.

• Still Cautious… but Hopeful

    Friday, December 17, 2021 — The Rio Grande Valley has been through a lot since COVID-19 first hit the area in early March 2020. But today, after administering almost 97,000 vaccines in the last year, the university's frontline workers say they know the pandemic is ...

• UT Health RGV to provide free Health and Wellness Fairs for the public

    Thursday, December 09, 2021 — UT Health RGV’s Area Health Education Centers, known as AHECs, will offer free healthcare screenings to the community from Dec. 9-14, as part of its health and wellness fairs.

• UT Health RGV begins administering COVID-19 vaccines to children ages 5-11

    Friday, November 05, 2021 — Nine-year-old RJ Valdez and his mother, Jennifer, were among the first to arrive at 9:30 a.m. to get his first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the UT Health RGV pop-up vaccine site in Brownsville.

• UT Health RGV to offer COVID-19 vaccines to children ages 5-11

    Thursday, November 04, 2021 — UT Health RGV starting Friday, Nov. 5 will offer pediatric Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 5 through 11.

• Ribbon cutting officially opens UTRGV Institute of Neuroscience in Harlingen

    Tuesday, October 26, 2021 — The UTRGV School of Medicine, together with its clinical arm UT Health RGV, officially opened its Institute of Neuroscience (ION) with a ribbon-cutting event on Tuesday.