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Steven Canfield, MD, performs a focal therapy procedure that uses electrodes to destroy targeted tissue with electricial pulses during prostate cancer surgery. (Photo by UTHealth)

At the Bedside: New focal therapies at UTHealth Houston make prostate cancer treatment easier on patients

One in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime and 11 years ago, Morton McPhail, now 73, became one of them. Fortunately, time was on his side.

Study authors Sunil A. Sheth, MD, with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, and Youngran Kim, PhD, with UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, in the lab. (Photo by Rogelio Castro/UTHealth Houston)

UTHealth Houston study: Artificial intelligence software improves endovascular thrombectomy treatment times for stroke patients

Students at Cizik School of Nursing were happy to be back in class earlier this month. (Photo by UTHealth/Houston)

Cizik School of Nursing BSN program ranked No. 1 in Texas

Roy Gray is not your average 70-year-old. His sense of adventure translates to 60 years of water sports and lots of broken bones. His recent knee replacement enables him to continue his passion of water skiing. (Photo provided by Gray)

Knee replacement allows active 70-year-old to return to water sports

(From left) Andrea Ancer Leal, DNP, RN; Alejandra Castro, BSN, RN; and Jennifer Beauchamp, PhD, RN, and others created and developed R.Á.P.I.D.O., which has been adopted by the AHA/ASA. (Photo by David Sotelo/UTHealth Houston)

American Heart Association’s ASA adopts Spanish-language R.A.P.I.D.O. acronym for stroke awareness created by Cizik School of Nursing and Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases at UTHealth Houston

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The Many Faces of UTHealth Houston

As one of the nation’s most comprehensive academic health science centers, UTHealth Houston brings together the best in health care across hundreds of disciplines and specialties. Teamwork fuels our excellence in health education, innovation, scientific discovery, and patient care, allowing us to solve the greatest health challenges of our time. Our heart and vascular team is just one outstanding example.

Discover the Power of a World-Renowned Team

Lighting the way for nursing leaders

With its Ambassador program, UTHealth Houston Cizik School of Nursing is helping to address the growing nursing shortage. The program trains confident, empowered nurse leaders to care for our communities and educate future nurses.

Discover the Impact of Education

Marching on with hope

Neurosurgery experts at UTHealth Houston are reimagining care of pediatric brain tumors. Philanthropy has empowered a team of neurosurgeons to pursue breakthroughs in the way we treat central nervous system tumors in children.

Discover the Advances in Neurosciences

UTHealth Houston at a Glance

5319

Total students

Total # of degree and certificate programs

$319M+

Total research expenditures

2000+

Providers in 80+ subspecialties

50000+

Total alumni

UTHealth Houston Campus Profile

UTHealth Houston Schools

Cizik School of Nursing

McGovern Medical School

MD Anderson UTHealth Houston Graduate School

McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics

School of Dentistry

School of Public Health

UTHealth Houston Clinics

With over 2,000 clinicians certified in more than 80 medical specialties and subspecialties, UT Physicians provides multi-specialty care for the entire family. UT Physicians is the medical group practice of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.

Through its student, advanced education, and faculty clinics, the School of Dentistry offers a wide range of dental care services to patients of all ages.