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The Mission
The Mission is published by the University of Texas Health Science Center.
UTSA Discovery
UTSA Discovery is published annually for the Office of the Vice President for Research by the Office ...
Our Headquarters provides oversight, policy and resources to modernize healthcare services and our Medical Support Agency discovers world-class solutions to global healthcare challenges.
A multi-disciplinary group practice centering on spinal care and orthopaedics that emphasizes, beyond patient care, research aimed at improving the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders.
South Texas largest institution of higher education with over 50,000 credit students each semester enrolled in our five colleges – San Antonio College, St. Phillip’s College, Palo Alto College, Northwest Vista College, and Northeast Lakeview College.
San Antonio’s innovative nanotherapy company working to improve the safety and efficacy of chemotherapy drugs.
Bank of America is one of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk-management products and services.
Baptist Health System is a leading provider of healthcare in San Antonio and South Texas, offering 5 acute-care hospitals located throughout the city of San Antonio.
Bartlett Cocke General Contractors is San Antonio's largest commercial builder that specializes in the construction of biomedical and medical technology research facilities. Sample projects include the Children's Cancer Research Institute and the South Texas Blood and Tissue Center.
Biomedical Development Corporation is commercializing a portfolio of pharmaceuticals that decrease bacterial bioburden in the mouth, reduce chronic inflammation, and subsequently improve systemic health. Biomedical Development Corporation has two drugs in Phase 2 clinical trials.
BME’s business initiatives as a medical device manufacturer and research service provider have allowed it to increase the medical community’s knowledge in osteoporosis, bone healing, and bone replacement materials. BME's strategy is focused on minimally invasive orthopaedic instrumentation and implants that elicit a biologic response.
BioNumerik Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel drugs for the treatment of cancer and cancer supportive care. The company currently has two drug candidates, Karenitecin (BNP1350) and Tavocept, in late-stage clinical development.
Bone Bank Allografts is located in San Antonio, Texas and is the distributor of the SteriGraft™ line of high quality bone and soft tissue allografts to medical professionals. The company has been in existence for over 13 years and has helped doctors and their patients with over one hundred thousand successful transplantations.
Established in 1941, Broadway Bank (along with its military division, Eisenhower Bank) is the largest independent bank in the San Antonio and Hill Country region, with 38 neighborhood banking center locations.
Owner, operator, and economic developer of Brooks City-Base, a 1250-acre premier location for science, research, technology and business, with over 2 million square feet of facilities.
A physician who provides cardiovascular care to the San Antonio community. Services include cardiac, peripheral vascular, and thoracic surgery. His interest in new techniques and technologies in cardiovascular surgery brought to San Antonio minimally invasive and robotic assisted cardiovascular surgery. cmics-sa.com
Family Dentistry Practice in Central San Antonio: 210 Chestnut Street, SA 78202, Phone: 210-212-8707.
Has provided top quality healthcare for over 137 years, and is the only Catholic faith-based, not-for-profit healthcare system in San Antonio.
CimMed Inc. provides sales, service and training to medical professionals in hospitals and burn centers. Our products are used for the creation of compression masks used in burn scar management, and in the creation of custom-fit compression garments.
CMI, a woman-owned, small disadvantaged business, is a biotechnology and software engineering company with core competencies in biological research, bioinformatics, modeling, and simulation. CMI's commercial product is an Electronic Health Record called SevocityTM.
Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated is one of the leading business law firms in Texas. From its dominant position in San Antonio, with a growing presence in key markets, Cox Smith Matthews' attorneys help regional, national and international businesses with a wide variety of matters involving all aspects of business law and litigation.
South Texas only academic cancer center designated by the National Cancer Institute and an international resource for the development of novel approaches for treating cancer.
Twenty years of stage II – IV dermatology clinical trial experience with local and systemic agents, including biologicals, anesthetics, and light-based therapies. Easy access in the South Texas Medical Center. Steven A. Davis, MD, Principal Investigator
Don Fraser PharmD MBA, Boerne, TX (830) 336-4410. E-mail – don.fraser@careernovations.com
Don Fraser is the President of Career Novations, a consulting firm that services the recruitment, coaching and outplacement needs for biomedical companies. In addition, he serves as a management and marketing consultant to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and non-profit organizations.
A contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) offering full service sourcing solutions for the world’s leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare companies.
Drury Hotels San Antonio offers choice locations for medical and bioscience conferences with great rates, free Quikstart breakfast, cold beverages, hot food each evening and award-winning service.
San Antonio's largest public relations firm that helps business and nonprofit leaders develop and implement communications strategies to support their products, services and issues.
At ENTrigue Surgical, Inc., we are harnessing breakthroughs in biotechnology and instrument design to develop novel, yet sensible solutions for the ENT operating room and office. Our initial focus is on enhancing surgical access for increased functionality and precision. In addition, we are also developing a unique class of proven bioabsorbable and biologic implants designed to simplify surgical procedures and improve healing.
Eric Whittington, General Manager and Vice President of Pierpont Communications' San Antonio office, has developed and executed life sciences and health care communications strategies for 20 years. He has provided biotechs, research institutes, universities, pharmaceutical manufacturers, cancer centers, physician groups, hospitals, insurers and others with marketing strategies, media relations, crisis communications, investor relations, regulatory communications and other services.
Evestra seeks to improve the health and wellness of women around the world through innovative technologies and commercially viable products focused primarily on fertility control, gynecological disorders and oncology.
Frost opened its doors in 1868 and we've been involved with San Antonio's medical community ever since. From banking and insurance to retirement and trust services, Frost serves the needs of the healthcare and biosciences industries in San Antonio.
Fulbright & Jaworski has been helping those in the healthcare and bioscience industries to achieve their dreams, missions and objectives for over 30 years.
Two office locations specializing in the delivery of diagnostic and therapeutic services to patients with gastrointestinal and hepatic diseases. In addition, we provide clinical and state of the art outpatient endoscopic services.
A development stage oncology company focused on therapeutics which deliver a potent, unique and patented drug directly to tumors.
Genzyme Corporation is developing and commercializing novel treatments for cancer through internal research and active collaborations. Marketed products are Campath® and Clolar®.
Since 1974, Grubb & Ellis San Antonio has consistently provided clients in the central and south Texas markets consultative and transactional services in office, industrial, retail, investment, land and multi-family areas of specialization.
Former four-term Mayor of San Antonio and HUD Secretary in the Clinton Administration. Founding Chair of BioMed SA and Executive Chairman of CityView, a corporation that works to create housing for America's working families by providing financing to America's best builders.
Humana Inc. is one of the nation’s largest publicly traded health benefits companies, with approximately 11.3 million medical members, including more than 500,000 in Texas. Humana offers a diversified portfolio of health insurance products and related services.
Jason is the Founder and President of Torchlight Technologies, LLC which uses open source technology to secure corporate information and develop professional databases.
KCI is a global medical technology company that designs and manufactures a wide range of proprietary products that can improve clinical outcomes and can help reduce the overall cost of patient care.
Former biotech and pharma sales, marketing and business development executive in U.S. and Latin America. Founding principal of Healthcare Division at Investment Real Estate Co.L.C., a full service commercial real estate brokerage in San Antonio since 1975.
At Medtronic, Innovating for life means we’re committed to finding more ways to help more people around the world. Constantly pushing the limits of medical technology. Driven by our deep understanding of the human body and our collaboration with physicians, we're transforming technology to treat patients across the entire care continuum. Our innovations help physicians diagnose diseases earlier, treat patients with the least amount of disruption possible, and help alleviate symptoms throughout the patient's life.
The largest provider of healthcare services in the region with eight hospitals and 15 other health-related facilities.
For more than sixty years, privately held Mission Pharmacal has been dedicated to identifying unmet health needs and developing innovative products to meet them.
The National Trauma Institute is a non-profit organization that assembles funds from public and private sources to support and prioritize trauma research and fosters civilian and military collaboration in trauma care and research.
Time-honored leader in healthcare, where patients are not just cared for, but cared about through quality physicians, cutting-edge technology and new medical services.
Paragonix Technologies, LP is a privately owned company based in San Antonio with a mission to research, develop and commercialize organ preservation technologies used in transplantation medicine. Paragonix Technologies LP has an organ preservation platform used to create a rich pipeline of preservation systems, and has ongoing collaborations with organizations/universities in the United States and Europe.
PlainsCapital Bank is proud to call Texas home. With locations in Dallas, Fort Worth, Lubbock, San Antonio, and Austin, PlainsCapital provides a range of financial products including commercial and private banking, wealth management, trust services, treasury management, capital equipment leasing and residential mortgages.
An emerging leader innovating aptamer-based, hand-held diagnostic assay development that eliminates culture enrichment for real-time, rapid testing for food/water safety, homeland security.
QualTex Laboratories performs testing services for clients that collect, prepare, and distribute FDA regulated blood components/biological products for human therapies. Tests performed are used to qualify blood/plasma donors and support global public safety.
A nationally and internationally recognized physician dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the colon and rectum. Surgeons from all over the world come to San Antonio to work in conjunction with Dr. Ramos.
Designed for discriminating patients who require short-term medical therapy or treatment after being discharged from the hospital, Remington Medical Resorts offer comfortable, private, medically-appropriate environments conducive to recovery.
Rochal Industries is a privately owned bioscience company focusing on the development of new polymeric materials for wound and burn care treatment. Rochal licenses its intellectual property to companies capable of commercializing the resulting products.
Founders and directors of the South Texas Medical Center, which encompasses over 1,000 acres with over 55,000 employees, servicing 4.4 million outpatient visits and 104,000 inpatient visits in 2006.
Sanger & Altgelt is a leading provider of insurance and risk management services. Since 1900 the agency has conducted business with a personal focus and offered the highest level of quality service and insurance to protect their clients' assets with cost-effective solutions. Our history, experience, innovative and service-oriented employees, claims handling, and professional loss control programs differentiate us from other insurance agencies.
Seno Medical Instruments Inc. is focused on the early detection of cancer through the use of its patented opto-acoustic imaging technology.
The mission of START is to accelerate the development of new anticancer drugs with the purpose of improving quality of life and survival for patients with cancer. START consists of a team of highly trained physicians and staff with extensive experience in Phase I clinical trials research.
South Texas Blood & Tissue Center (STBTC) is a unique, non-profit, community resource that saves lives by working with volunteer donors to provide the highest quality blood and tissue components to patients. By using cutting-edge technology, our team of dedicated professionals has helped save hundreds of thousands of lives over more than 35 years. We collect and test more than 200,000 components of life-saving blood and tissue each year from volunteers all over South Texas. We are internationally recognized for the quality of our services and research.
SFBR is one of the nation’s leading independent biomedical research institutes, with marked success in genetics, neonatal development, and research on infectious, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.
Southwest Research Institute is an independent, nonprofit, applied research and development organization benefiting government, industry and the public through innovative science and technology since 1947.
Providing comprehensive laser surgery, cosmetic, skin cancer and general dermatology services for over 20 years. Our free-standing clinic is conveniently located in the South Texas Medical Center. Se habla espanol.
An innovation-based economic developer for San Antonio and South Texas, providing the physical infrastructure and start-up capital to bioscience-based enterprise.
South Texas’ leading research institution, ranked in the top 5% of the 1,650 U.S. universities and non-profits receiving federal research funding.
An emerging public research university dedicated to higher education, the creation of new knowledge, access and excellence.
Texas' 4th largest private university; 75 years of Nursing; only Nuclear Medicine bachelor's degree in Texas; Pharmacy School; developing Optometry School; Hispanic-Serving Institution; Catholic affiliation.
South Texas’ leading research institution, ranked in the top 5% of the 1,650 U.S. universities and non-profits receiving federal research funding.
UT Medicine San Antonio is made up of the primary care doctors and the specialists from the faculty of the School of Medicine at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio, with more than 60 different types of specialists and sub-specialists.
The leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of advanced intraosseous technology which offers the potential to establish new standaards of clinical excellence in the safe, rapid performance of medical procedres using the intraosseous space. The Wall Street Journal named Vidacare's EZ-IO Vascular Access System its sole Technology Innovation of the Year Gold Award recipient in 2008. Vidacare products are marketed in over 50 countries worldwide.
ViroXis is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative, proprietary, botanical pharmaceuticals derived from Sandalwood oil.
Develops, manufactures and commercializes a broad suite of devices designed to facilitate endovascular procedures, enhance the diagnosis of vascular and structural heart disease, and guide optimal therapies.
Voxelogix Corporation provides the most comprehensive suite of digitally integrated restorative services and products for full arch dental implant patients.
WellMed Medical Management is the largest physician-owned practice management company in South Texas, specializing in senior health care. We serve more than 70,000 patients, most of whom are Medicare-eligible seniors. WellMed has over 20 medical clinics and over 30 affiliated physicians¹ offices across the Greater San Antonio area and the Treasure Coast of Florida.
Headquartered in Houston, with a local office in San Antonio, Wortham Insurance is the largest broker in Texas. Wortham is privately held, answering solely to the needs of our clients rather than outside investors. For more than 90 years, we have been serving our clients' insurance and risk management needs in the healthcare and life science industries.



