Department of Pediatrics

The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is proud to take on the roles of educators of both the current and next generation of health care providers, providers of cutting edge clinical care, as researchers unlocking the doors to new knowledge and advocates for our society's most precious asset — our children.

Have you heard?

• The University of Texas System Board of Regents today authorized The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSC-San Antonio) to execute an agreement with Nashville-based Vanguard Health Systems to bring a new, state-of-the-art children’s hospital to San Antonio. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), one of the nation’s top-ranked children’s hospitals, will join Vanguard in the administration of the San Antonio facility. Read more.