Geriatrics, Gerontology and Palliative Medicine

Dr. Jannell Lising will be presenting Monday’s Dept of Surgery Grand Rounds focusing on Goals of Care conversations!

Dr. Jared Poland speaking at the Department of Medicine Grand Rounds this morning on “Palliative Care for High-Risk Patients”

2025 Halloween fun!

Very proud of our 2024-2025 palliative care chaplain fellow Dr. Lisbeth Rodríguez who published this amazing book during her training year! Her major acccomplisjent portrays the stories of so many suffering patients trying to find hope and comfort in the midst of crisis.

So excited to be part of the ribbon cutting ceremony of our supportive care clinic, located at the Mays Cancer Center and supporting our wonderful UT Multidisciplinary Specialty and Research Hospital!
Fully embedded in oncology, this venue will allow us to help numerous patients with complex illnesses and uncontrolled symptoms.

Congratulations to our beloved Dr. Jenny LaCoss, who received fhe 2025 Joe R and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine’s Academy of Educational Scholars Master Clinician Educator award! We are so proud of her!

Our beloved and talented faculty member Dr. Victoria Cooremans leading the very first book club of the year surrounded by inspired and inspirational fellows, can’t wait to attend the next one and hope you can join us!

Our beloved Dr. Lyda Arevalo-Flechas, dementia caregiver expert, delivering Medicine Grand Rounds this morning, highlighting the cruciality and crisis of caregiving in the U.S.

And we are off to an awesome start of our annual Introduction to Clinical Investigation Course! A joint effort sponsored by the UT San Antonio Divisions of Geriatrics, Gerontology and Palliative Medicine, the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, and the South Texas Veterans Health Care System GRECC and GEC services. So excited for the possibilities!

So proud of Dr. Jenny LaCoss and Dr. Angela Birdwell for their recent CHEST publication, love the inter-speciality true collaboration!

Considerations for single parents with terminal illness - CHEST Physician Clinicians often focus more on what happens in the hospital than on issues beyond the hospital. This article covers the complex end-of-life issues that clinicians should consider for seriously ill patients with minor children.

Dr. Elena Volpi leading our innovative UT MSTAR program, a UT wide effort to provide early aging research and clinical exposure to interested medical students…building the pipeline of future geriatricians!
Welcome students of UTMB, UT Houston, UT Southwestern and our very own in San Antonio!
Thank you for your support to provide the best future care for our older adults!

And we had a blast at our first fellow social event of the year!!! We are loving our fellows and look forward to a fantastic year ahead!