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Health First surgeon Dr. Marshall Bovelsky believes informed patients make the best decisions, and that honest conversations ...

Looking back on 2025, Neda Shamie shares how a challenging monocular patient reinforced the importance of patience, presence, and psychological support in ophthalmic care.

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A cardiac surgeon is a type of cardiothoracic surgeon who specializes in operating on the heart, its valves and structures, and the important veins and arteries near it. General cardiothoracic ...

At 15 months old, Dr. Kyle Riggs had his first heart surgery. Now, he's a pediatric heart surgeon at the University of ...

Your bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, and muscles make up your musculoskeletal system. It is common to have pain in these parts of your body because they play such an important part in everyday ...

SAN ANTONIO — Sitting in a quiet conference room, away from the chaos of the trauma unit at University Hospital, Dr. Ronald Stewart paused and closed his eyes several times Thursday before choking ...