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ENVIRONMENTAL SAN ANTONIO
SAN ANTONIO
MEDICINE
MEDICINE MEDICINE

The Rapidly Growing Northwest Side of

San Antonio Has a New Medical Home

By W. Allen Fink, DO, MHA, CPE, FACEP, FACHE

UT Health Outpatient and Surgery Center at Kyle Seale Parkway Nicolette and the entire sports medicine team are dedicated to
opened its doors and began welcoming patients this spring. treating every patient like professional players.
At a recent ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening, Act- From modern treatments for joints, bones and muscles to concus-
ing President Robert Hromas, MD, FACP, said: “We are on a mission sion management and sports psychology, UT Health at Kyle Seale
here at UT Health San Antonio to make lives better. It’s a mission we Parkway offers patients advanced ultrasound imaging for both bedside
live out every day by increasing access and advancing medicine.” diagnostic and therapeutic use, such as orthobiologic injections.
I couldn’t agree more. We dedicate ourselves to meeting the health- Our approach is grounded in modern techniques. Proven interven-
care challenges our community faces today and will face in the future. tions including shockwave therapy and platelet-rich plasma injections
The new five-story, 108,000-square-foot outpatient and surgery cen- can be tailored to address a spectrum of conditions that may impede
ter offers primary care and specialty care at one state-of-the-art location. an active lifestyle.”
This is why UT Health San Antonio is remarkable. This facility
allows us to offer critically needed specialties including obstetrics and World-Class Outpatient Surgical Care
gynecology, orthopaedics, ophthalmology, radiology and urology, all When surgery is needed, patients can receive surgical care at the
connected in one place, to create multidisciplinary yet individualized UT Health Outpatient and Surgery Center at Kyle Seale Parkway.
care for the people of the Northwest Side of San Antonio. The surgery center is staffed by board-certified surgeons, anesthe-
Its location — off Loop 1604 — is no coincidence. siologists, registered nurses and medical technicians specially trained
Strategically built near The Rock at La Cantera and The University in surgical and recovery care. It provides safe, contemporary suites for
of Texas at San Antonio, the location also serves as the central hub for surgical procedures that don’t require an overnight stay.
UT Health San Antonio’s growing sports medicine program. UT Health at Kyle Seale Parkway was built to create more access
Its mission? To keep athletes and all South Texans moving and to to the top-tier academic medicine our community needs and deserves.
enhance human performance. Its opening is momentous for our institution and for the patients we
As the Official Sports Medicine Partner of the San Antonio Spurs are privileged to serve.
and the Official Health Care Partner of UTSA Athletics, UT Health
San Antonio brings advanced sports medicine services to professional
and collegiate athletes, and patients of all ages.
The sports medicine program at UT Health San Antonio has a rich
history — pioneering expert musculoskeletal care across South Texas W. Allen Fink, DO, MHA, CPE, FACEP, FACHE. is the
for more than 50 years. Chief Medical Officer at UT Health San Antonio. He oversees
From diagnosis to treatment and rehabilitation, our integrated a comprehensive medical group, an Ambulatory Surgery Center
team of highly specialized orthopaedic providers, psychiatrists and and the soon to open Multispecialty and Research Hospital. Dr.
primary care physicians collaborate seamlessly to provide a multidisci- Fink is board-certified in Emergency Medicine, a Certified Physician
plinary approach to athletic health. Executive, and a Fellow of both the American College of Healthcare
That means at UT Health San Antonio, the community can get Executives and the American College of Emergency Physicians. He is an
expert multispecialty treatments for sprained ankles, concussions, Associate Professor/Clinical at the UT Health San Antonio Joe R. and
arthritis, tennis elbow or torn ACLs with board-certified professional Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine and holds a cross appointment at
and collegiate team doctors. the University of Texas School of Public Health, San Antonio.
Guy Nicolette, MD, is among them. He serves as the lead sports
medicine physician for the San Antonio Spurs and is an associate clin- To learn more about the services offered
ical professor at the Long School of Medicine at The University of at UT Health at Kyle Seale Parkway, visit
Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He also treats patients
at UT Health at Kyle Seale Parkway and brings over 20 years of expe- www.UTHealthCare.org/KSP.
rience to the team.
Both the Spurs and UT Health San Antonio are committed, in For appointments with a sports
word and deed, to translating all that we learn from taking care of elite medicine provider, call 210-56-SPORT.
athletes into better health for the greater San Antonio community.

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