{"id":13,"date":"2017-07-26T21:11:17","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T21:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/default-wordpress\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2025-04-11T16:10:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T21:10:23","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/urology\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Mission, Vision and Core Values:<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3789\" src=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/urology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/10\/Urology-image-3.jpg\" alt=\"students graduating standing in the sunlight\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Mission<\/h3>\n<p>The mission of The Department of Urology at The UT Health San Antonio, is to make lives better through excellence in training, research, and urologic health care. Our strategies to achieve this mission include: training a diverse group of students, residents and fellows to excel in our core values; leading novel research efforts to understand and treat urologic disease; providing an inclusive and professional environment that fosters individual growth and compassion; and creating solutions to challenges in urologic disease, training, and health care.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3790\" src=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/urology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/10\/Urology-image-2.jpg\" alt=\"diversified students learning together in classroom setting\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Vision<\/h3>\n<p>Through creativity and innovation, the future of urologic care, training and research \u2013 begins here.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column 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