In Case You Missed It
By Office of the President | Apr 17, 2023
San Antonio Express News
Renowned Physician eyes end to inequities鈥擜pril 12
Featuring: President Wayne J. Riley, M.D., delivered 鈥淥ur Quest for Health Equity,鈥� the Twentieth Anniversary Frank Bryant Jr. MD, Memorial Distinguished Lecture at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). The annual lecture series honors Dr. Bryant, a leader in his community and Texas medical professional societies and one of the first African American students to attend the UTMB School of Medicine.
Politico
鈥擜pril 10
Featuring: 含羞草研究所
Caribbean Life
鈥擜pril 5
Featuring: Clifford V. Young, M.D., FACP, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine.
Gothamist
鈥擜pril 4
Featuring: College of Nursing Students Laurel Katz-Bohen and Diane Torcell; includes photos of the CON鈥檚 Simulation Center.
Haitian Times
鈥擬arch 30
Featuring: Christina Pardo, M.D., MPH, Clinical Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology Vice Chair of Quality Improvement and Innovation and Director of Health Equity.
Holidays / Observances
Hospital Employee Observances
- 3/2: National Hospitalist Day
- 3/3: National Employee Appreciation Day
- 3/8: Registered Dietitian Nutrition Day
- 3/17: National - Residency Match Day
- 3/19: Certified Nurses Day
- 3/21: World Social Work Day
- 3/30: National Doctors Day
- 3/31: Anesthesia Tech Day
Health Awareness Observances
- 3/1: Baby Sleep Day
- 3/1: Self-Injury Awareness Day
- 3/2: World Teen Mental Health Day
- 3/3: World Birth Defects Day
- 3/4: Brain Injury Awareness Day
- 3/9: World Kidney Day
- 3/10: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
- 3/17: World Sleep Day
- 3/20: National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
- 3/20: World Oral Health Day
- 3/21: World Down Syndrome Day
- 3/24: World Tuberculosis Day
- 3/25: National Cerebral Palsy Day
- 3/26: Epilepsy Awareness-Purple Day
- 3/28: American Diabetes Alert Day (American Diabetes Assoc.)
Cultural/Religious/ Miscellaneous Observances
- 3/8: International Women鈥檚 Day
- 3/6-7: Purim (Jewish; sundown to sundown)
- 3/8: Holi (Hindu; Festival of Colors; sundown to sundown)
- 3/17: St. Patrick鈥檚 Day
- 3/20: Spring Equinox
- 3/20: Nowruz (Persian New Year)
- 3/31: International Transgender Day of Visibility
Hospital Employee Observances
- 3/12-18: Patient Safety Awareness Week
- 3/13-17: Healthcare HR Professionals Week
- 3/20-25: National Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week
- 3/25-31: National Physicians Week
Health Observances:
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3/1-6: National Aplastic Anemia & MDS Awareness Week
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3/4-10: Endometriosis Awareness Week
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3/5-11: World Glaucoma Week/Save Your Vision Week
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3/12-18: National Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week
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3/12-18: National Sleep Awareness Week
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3/12-18: Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week
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3/12-18: Sleep Awareness Week
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3/12-19: MS Awareness Week3/13-19: Brain Awareness Week
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3/19-25: National Inhalants and Poison Prevention Week
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3/20-26: National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week
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3/27-4/2: World Autism Acceptance Week
Cultural/Religious/ Miscellaneous Observances
- 3/22-4/21: Ramadan (Muslim; sundown to sundown)
National Cultural Months
- National Women鈥檚 History Month
- National Irish-American Heritage Month
Hospital Employee Observances
- Child Life Month (Association of Child Life Professionals)
- National Professional Social Workers Month
Health Observances:
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American Red Cross Month
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Bisexual Health Awareness Month
- Brain Injury Awareness Month
- Colic Awareness Month
- Deep-Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month
- Hemophilia Awareness Month
- Malignant Hyperthermia and Training Awareness Month
- Myeloma Action Month
- National Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
- National Breast Implant Awareness Month
- National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month
- National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
- National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month
- National Developmental Disabilities Month
- National Endometriosis Awareness Month
- National Essential Tremor Awareness Month
- National Eye Donor Month
- National Kidney Month
- National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
- National Nutrition Month
- National Poison Prevention Awareness Month
- Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month
- Save Your Vision Month
- Trisomy Awareness Month
- Vascular Anomalies Awareness Month
- Workplace Eye Health and Safety Awareness Month
Calendar of March observances, celebrations, and recognitions!