{"id":14,"date":"2024-01-01T21:11:17","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T03:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/emergency-medicine\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-08-11T11:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T16:37:39","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/emergency-medicine\/about-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Our Mission<\/h2>\n<p>The Department of Emergency Medicine is committed to excellence in patient care, education, and research.\u00a0 We are honored that the people of South Texas choose us for their emergency care.\u00a0 We take seriously the mission of teaching the next generation of emergency medicine physicians.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide outstanding patient centered clinical care.<\/li>\n<li>Teach the next generation of physicians and providers.<\/li>\n<li>Develop a culture of research and academic excellence to support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uthscsa.edu\/academics\/medicine\/education\/ume\">UME<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uthscsa.edu\/academics\/medicine\/about\/ogme\">GME<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Support <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uthscsa.edu\/\">UT San Antonio<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.universityhealthsystem.com\/\">University Health System<\/a>, and other partners to improve community health.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Our Vision<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Become the premier Academic Emergency Medicine Program in Texas based on a culture of scholarship and excellence.<\/li>\n<li>Establish a patient centered clinical practice as the Emergency Department of choice for San Antonio.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Our values<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Duty: Caring for our patients, teaching our students, and building great programs to support them. Ours is a sacred mission, not just a job.<\/li>\n<li>Respect: For our patients, our students, our colleagues and teammates.<\/li>\n<li>Integrity: We handle ourselves with honesty, clarity and forthrightness.<\/li>\n<li>Teamwork: Emergency Medicine more than any other specialty is unequivocally based on the ability of our team to function as a cohesive unit towards a shared goal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;] \n        <a class=\"panel no-equilizer panel-mobile text-center colorized colorized-academics\" href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/emergency-medicine\/about\/chairs-message\/\" title=\"A Message From Our Chair\" target=\"\">\n            <span class=\"circle close2x mid-icon\"><span><i class=\"icon-person-labcoat-male\"><\/i><\/span><\/span><br>\n            <h3 >A Message From Our Chair<\/h3>\n            <p><\/p>\n        <\/a> \n        <a class=\"panel no-equilizer panel-mobile text-center colorized colorized-patientcare\" href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/emergency-medicine\/team\/department-leadership\/\" title=\"Our Leadership\" target=\"_blank\">\n            <span class=\"circle close2x mid-icon\"><span><i class=\"icon-person-labcoat-male\"><\/i><\/span><\/span><br>\n            <h3 >Our Leadership<\/h3>\n            <p><\/p>\n        <\/a> \n        <a class=\"panel no-equilizer panel-mobile text-center colorized colorized-academics\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/careers\/\" title=\"Employment Opportunities\" target=\"\">\n            <span class=\"circle close2x mid-icon\"><span><i class=\"icon-puzzle\"><\/i><\/span><\/span><br>\n            <h3 >Employment Opportunities<\/h3>\n            <p><\/p>\n        <\/a>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; el_class=&#8221;extra-roomy bleed colorized colorized-theme text-center&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;close&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"emulate-h1\">Clinical Practice Fast Facts<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span class=\"super-mega-icon\">80K+<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"large-text\">Patients Treated Annually<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span class=\"super-mega-icon\">22<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"large-text\">South Texas Counties Served<br \/>\n<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span class=\"super-mega-icon\">50+<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"large-text\">Board-Certified Physicians<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;roomy&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;911&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ruled-heading\">The largest ER in San Antonio<\/h2>\n<p>University Hospital houses South Texas\u2019 busiest Level I Trauma Center for adult care and the only Level I Pediatric Trauma Center in South Texas. 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