International Study Helps Predict Heart & Vascular Disease UTRGV SOM professor Dr. Gladys Maestre, is part of an international study that found blood pressure over 24 hours is best predictor of heart, vascular disease.
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UTRGV SOM Welcomes Class of 2023 The UTRGV School of Medicine welcomes its fourth cohort of 55 medical students with a White Coat Ceremony.
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Inspiring the Next Generation of Physicians UTRGV School of Medicine Dean donates white lab coats to Lamar Academy state bound Science Olympiad team.
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Innovating Medical Research and Education UTRGV School of Medicine celebrates the opening of the Biomedical Research Building in McAllen, TX.
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Transforming Medical care in the RGV The UTRGV School of Medicine Unimóvil now providing comprehensive primary health care delivery to the Rio Grande Valley community.
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TMA Chapter of the Year The UTRGV School of Medicine won the Texas Medical Association-Medical Student Section (TMA-MSS) Chapter of the Year award
Read MoreThe University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine offers an exceptionally innovative learning experience designed to instill students with scientific, clinical and research expertise of the highest professional standards.
Our goal is to attract the best talent from the Valley, the state, the country and beyond for faculty and staff positions. We are fortunate to have laid some of this groundwork over the past 15 years through the Regional Academic Health Centers in Harlingen and Edinburg. The UTRGV School of Medicine opened in the summer of 2016 and welcomed 55 students into its charter class.
Dr. John H. Krouse joined the UTRGV School of Medicine July 1, 2017, to lead the School of Medicine in its mission to:
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine will welcome its fourth class of medical students into the medical profession with a White Coat Ceremony, 10 a.m. Saturday, July 27, at the UTRGV Performing Arts Complex Auditorium, 1201 W. University Drive in Edinburg.
The Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation has awarded The UTRGV School of Medicine a four-year, $2.5 million grant for scholarships for medical students from the Rio Grande Valley.
UTRGV SOM is committed to providing a diverse environment for faculty, students and staff. The School of Medicine is a community that appreciates, values and seeks the different dimensions that age, race, ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status, religious beliefs, experiences, perspectives, lifestyles sexual orientation, geographic regions and cultures have to offer.
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