3. William Randolph Hearst Foundation Endowment
The William Randolph Hearst Endowment and Chair in Congenital Heart Disease was created in October of 2013 as the program was in transition to move to University Health System. This endowment has grown to $800,000 through funds from the Hearst Foundation, the President’s office at UT Health San Antonio, as well as local philanthropic support. It has allowed for a yearly visiting professorship to be created which has been extremely educational for the entire program in regards to bringing nationally recognized physicians to San Antonio. In addition, the endowment is in the process of funding a large portion of the information technology and academic resources within the Children’s Heart Center at University Hospital.
4. Doctor’s Hospital At Renaissance Partnership
University Health System and UT Health San Antonio jointly have partnered with Doctor’s Hospital at Renaissance (DHR) for the care of children and families with congenital heart disease in the Rio Grande Valley Region. This partnership was initiated in August of 2015 with the first formal surgical clinic being held at DHR on September 24, 2015. We are seeing fetal consultations as well as pre- and post-operative surgical patients. This partnership, in its infancy, has already yielded a 300% increase in patient referrals from the region to our program. In addition, a pediatric cardiology summit was held involving all local pediatric cardiologists on January 20, 2016 at which time further discussions were held regarding the amalgamation of pediatric cardiothoracic surgical services for the area. Our program was associated with the first cardiac catheterization procedure performed this past year on a pediatric patient at DHR. We will continue to hold a monthly clinic as well as well defined outreach initiatives in 2017. In addition, we are pleased to be a template for other pediatric subspecialty services who wish to create a formal partnership with DHR. The objective of creating a University Children’s Health multispecialty pediatric clinic at DHR is to further the pediatric initiative in the Rio Grande Valley region.
5. El Paso Quarterly Surgical Clinic
UT Health San Antonio has initiated a quarterly surgical clinic to be held in El Paso to serve the residents in this community as well as provide local consultative care for Pediatric Cardiologists in the community.
6. Laredo Monthly Cardiology Clinic
UT Health San Antonio has initiated a monthly Pediatric Cardiology clinic in Laredo to serve patients in the region.