UTRGV School of Medicine

Health, wellness, and community in San Carlos. 🧡

UT Health RGV’s Area Health Education Center in San Carlos helped celebrate National Public Health Week with a community Pachanga that brought together local organizations, volunteers, students, and families.

Community members connected with free health screenings, educational resources, food bank support, and a day filled with culture, music, and movement.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this event a meaningful celebration of public health in the Rio Grande Valley. 🙌

A defining milestone for the UTRGV School of Medicine. 🩺🧡

As we celebrate our 10th anniversary, the Class of 2026 helped us surpass 300 physician-alumni, a decade of impact rooted in service, community and the future of healthcare in the Rio Grande Valley.

Congratulations to our newest physicians. Your next chapter begins now.

🔗 Read more here: https://www.utrgv.edu/newsroom/2026/05/11/a-defining-milestone-for-school-of-medicine.htm

Today, a new generation of physicians begins its story. 🩺🧡

Congratulations to the Class of 2026. 🎓

From UTRGV to NASA, Michael Tran has gone the distance. 🚀

Michael is a fourth-year UTRGV School of Medicine student who completed a prestigious NASA Aerospace Medicine Clerkship at Johnson Space Center, studying the science of keeping astronauts alive in space.

Now matched into internal medicine at Houston Methodist, he is preparing to walk the stage May 9.

Congratulations to Michael and the entire Class of 2026! 🎓

🔗 Read more about his story and upcoming graduation here: https://www.utrgv.edu/newsroom/2026/05/5/medical-student-answers-the-call.htm

Courtney Austin is showing what's possible in medicine. 🧡

Courtney is a fourth-year UTRGV School of Medicine student who is deaf, and she has matched into pediatrics at UC San Francisco. She is using her journey to advocate for greater accessibility and representation in healthcare.✨

Her advice: "Don't focus on what you can't do. Focus on how you can do it."

Congratulations to Courtney and the entire Class of 2026! 🎓

🔗 Read more here: https://www.utrgv.edu/newsroom/2026/05/6/a-future-built-on-possibility.htm

Commencement is almost here, Class of 2026. 🎉

In less than three weeks, we celebrate the newest physicians from UTRGV School of Medicine.

These are the doctors who will serve our communities, our families, and our region. 🧡

Courtney Austin, MS4, is a soon-to-be physician with a mission to serve the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community. ✨🩺

After losing her hearing at age 4, Courtney never let that stop her from chasing her dream of becoming a doctor.

Now she's steps away from the finish line, with her sights set on serving that same community as an ENT surgeon.

She recently appeared on The Jennifer Hudson Show to share her story. 🧡