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What we do

Our Department has the most Emergency Medicine board-certified physicians in any teaching hospital in South Texas. Their combined decades of expertise in emergency medicine education, clinical care, and research ensure treatment to some of the most complex patients in the region. In addition to our hospital practice, our faculty provide medical care to the public through the following sections and areas housed in our Department.

Operational Medicine

Clinical practice facts

80,000
Patients Annually

25%
Admission Rate

50+
Board-Certified Physicians

Our clinical practice site

We are the physician practice for University Hospital’s Emergency Department. Our advanced practice providers and physicians provide comprehensive care to many of the most critically ill and injured patients from San Antonio, Bexar County, South Texas, and beyond. University Hospital’s Emergency Department is an integral component to the premier adult and pediatric Level I trauma center in South Texas. Learn more about the Emergency Department and Pediatric Emergency Department at University Hospital.

Our Practice

emergency entrance