Melissa Cienega (left) and Michelle Leon display the two sets of pig lungs they will use to educate students on the dangers of smoking. The lungs on the left are normal healthy lungs, and the set on the right are lungs that have been continuously exposed to smoke. The two students from STC’s Respiratory Therapy program have been selected as regional ambassadors for a smoke-free initiative, and report for training in Washington D.C. in April.

South Texas College Receives Truth Initiative Grant and Pledges to go...

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Dr. Ameer Hassan Expanding Stroke Treatment

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Students from the UTRGV School of Medicine, School of Nursing, and Physician Assistant Studies Program in the College of Health Professions, work on a case study Friday, March 1, as part of the first Team-Centric Friday event. More than 160 students – nurse practitioner, physician assistant and first-year medical students – collaborated on how to treat a patient with vision problems. The interprofessional education training exercise addressed one of the goals of the medical school and the allied health professions programs at UTRGV: to prepare future healthcare providers to work in an interprofessional team-based setting. (UTRGV Photo)

UTRGV Event Brings Together SOM, Nursing, PA Students for Interprofessional Team-building...

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Dr. Esselstyn telling his plan to fight heart disease.

Heart Disease, a Paper Tiger that Can Be Defeated

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South Texas College’s Nursing and Allied Health campus will be hosting its open house March 30 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Community Invited to Explore Opportunities at Nursing and Allied Health Open...

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Dr. Robert Sepulveda, Internal Medicine Physician in Weslaco, is serving as chair of the 27th Annual Rio Grande Valley Medical Education Conference & Exposition, which will be held Friday, April 26 and Saturday, April 27 at the at Isla Grand Beach Resort on South Padre Island. Photo by Roberto Hugo Gonzalez

Conference for Valley Physicians, Nurses, to be held on South Padre...

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Dr. Miguel Zabalgoitia, Cardiologist, is a specialist who treats patients with heart-related conditions at the South Heart Clinic in Weslaco. Dr. Zabalgoitia was recently re-certified in echocardiography by the National Board of Echocardiography.

Cardiologist in Weslaco, Board Certified in EchoCardiography

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Dr. Luis Rios

Important: Physicians Address Opioid Crisis at the Texas Capitol

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Jocelyn Castillo, born at 24 weeks at Valley Regional Medical Center, returns to the hospital's NICU where she shared her first birthday with nurse Daniela Valdez, BSN, RN.

Valley Regional Medical Center’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit  Earns Official Level III...

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Ribbon Cutting

UTRGV School of Medicine Celebrates Opening of its Biomedical Research building...

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