Teaching Facilities
General:
The primary teaching sites are University Hospital (UHS), the Audie L. Murphy Veterans Medical Center (VA), UT Multispecialty Research Hospital (MSRH), and South Texas Reference Laboratories (STRL) located in UT San Antonio Long School of Medicine Building. Most major teaching sites are co-located within a couple city blocks or physically connected to each other in the South Texas Medical Center in northwest San Antonio.
The majority of the Pathology Services activities, including the gross room, frozen-section area, sign-out areas, clinical laboratories and resident’s room are located in contiguous spaces at the teaching hospitals (UHS, MSRH, and VA).
Additional core rotations and electives are performed at various facilities within San Antonio including the Bexar County Medical Examiner Office and South Texas Dermatology laboratory. Notably, the Bexar County Medical Examiner Office, though not officially associated with UT San Antonio, is located on the UT San Antonio Campus where a core rotation and electives are available.
University Hospital
The 1000+ bed hospital includes the Women’s and Children’s Hospital and Sky Tower buildings. UHS is a county hospital serving the community. A wide variety of adult and pediatric services within this institution provide educational patient case materials in both anatomic and clinical pathology. Services include Hematology & Oncology, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Neurosurgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Trauma, Urology, Transplant (liver, lung, kidney), and other surgical subspecialties. Additional patient case materials are obtained from the five associated UHS outpatient facilities, including the Robert B. Green which has additional operating room capabilities and large outpatient laboratory. The University Health System is rapidly expanding with three additional hospital locations opening in 2028: Retama, Palo Alto, and Babcock Specialty Hospital.
UHS Pathology Services are located on the third floor of University Hospital and are connected to Sky Tower and the VA Hospital by a skywalk. The grossing activities are attended by numerous support staff including a pathologist assistant. Sign out with the faculty is located in a space that is immediately adjacent to other Pathology functions. The main Resident room is located at UHS, where each resident is provided their own personal desk, computer and microscope. They are also provided access to the resident’s physical and digital library.
The South Texas Veterans Health Care System
The Audie L. Murphy Veterans Medical Center is adjacent to the University Hospital and is one of the teaching sites affiliated with the Pathology Residency Program. Medical services provided are complimentary in patient case material and bring forth a different demographic than those served by other training sites. VA Pathology services are located on the first floor, a quick walk from the skywalk connection with the UHS. The residents on clinical and anatomic pathology rotations are provided with offices to include microscopes, computers, and access to reference books.
UT San Antonio Campus-South Texas Reference Laboratories
UT San Antonio Long School of Medicine building is home to the various laboratories within the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. The laboratories known as South Texas Reference Laboratory (STRL), include specialties such as cytogenetics, flow cytometry, molecular diagnostics, histopathology and immunohistochemistry, electron microscopy, and fungus identification and susceptibility testing.
STRL, along with most pathology faculty offices, are located on the third floor of the Long School of Medicine building. This floor directly connects to the third floor of UHS where easy access is obtained to the UHS pathology department, also located on the third floor. Core rotations and electives are performed within these laboratories for pathology residents and fellows.
Additional patient case materials are obtained from the Mays Cancer Center with large outpatient laboratory, the UT associated outpatient clinics and the Medical Arts & Research Center (MARC) which has additional operating room capabilities. The Mays Cancer Center, affiliated with MD Anderson Cancer Center, has a large outpatient laboratory and is the location of several of the multi-disciplinary tumor boards that the pathology department participates in.
New UT San Antonio Hospital- Multispecialty & Research Hospital
A 150+ bed hospital with multiple subspecialties, including bone marrow transplant and surgical services, that opened in December 2024. Medical services provided are complimentary in patient case material and bring forth a different demographic than those served by other training sites and hosts additional experiences for trainees including the cell therapy processing laboratory. The residents on clinical and anatomic pathology rotations are provided with office space to include microscopes, computers, and access to reference books.
