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We've been educating and training the state and nation's health care professionals for more than 130 years.

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Patient Care

Expert care and excellent, caring providers stand ready to serve you, close to where you live and work.

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Celebrating Labor Day

Adjusted holiday hours across our campuses and clinics

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Research

Through innovation and discovery, we're carrying solutions to medical challenges from the research bench to the patient bedside.

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Stigma and the return of syphilis

May 30, 2024 • 12:00 a.m.

Stigma and the return of syphilis

STAT, May 30, 2024

Syphilis, one of the oldest infections known to humans, has returned to the U.S. at epidemic rates that have been climbing since 2001, writes Dr. Jacob D. Moses, a professor of bioethics and health humanities at UTMB, in an opinion piece for STAT.

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Stigma and the return of syphilis

May 30, 2024 • 12:00 a.m.

Stigma and the return of syphilis

STAT, May 30, 2024

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The University of Texas Medical Branch established in 1891 as the University of Texas Medical Department, has grown from one building, 23 students and 13 faculty members to a modern health science center with more than 70 major buildings, more than 2,500 students and more than 1,000 faculty. Read more about UTMB»