UT Health San Antonio 7703 Floyd Curl Dr. San Antonio, TX 78229
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The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.
The purpose of UT Health San Antonio is to provide the best in health careers education, biomedical research, patient care and community service to San Antonio and the South Texas/Border Region. Through undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programs, the faculty is committed to educating health professionals who will provide excellent patient care and research that can be applied to treat and prevent disease.
UT Health San Antonio became a local partner site for the South Central AIDS Education and Training Center (SCAETC) on January 2, 2020. UT Health San Antonio South Central AETC offers professional training and education to the central region of Texas to include didactic and interactive presentations, communities of practice (ECHO®), self-study, clinical preceptorships, clinical consultation, and coaching for organizational capacity building.
UT Health San Antonio South Central AETC uses the ECHO® (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) telementoring model to partner with providers and healthcare workers in underserved, remote, and rural communities to increase their HIV related knowledge so that they can provide necessary care to patients in their communities.
Dr. Serrano is an Assistant Professor in the Infectious Disease Division at the University of Texas Health at San
Antonio. She attended Medical School at the “Universidad de Carabobo” in Valencia, Venezuela. She completed Internal Medicine Residency and Infectious Diseases Fellowship in the University of Texas in San Antonio. Dr. Serrano provides treatment for patients with complex infections requiring long term antibiotics in the Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Clinic (OPAT) in the Robert B Green Clinic from the University Hospital System. She is a provider and Medical Director at the Alamo Area Resource Center (AARC), a community clinic focused in providing comprehensive care to the LGTBQ community and people living with HIV in San Antonio. She is an expert on pre and post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV, transgender care, management of sexually transmitted infection, antiretroviral and treatment Hepatitis B and C. She actively participates in teaching Medical Students, Residents, fellows, and other trainees in the UT Health San Antonio School of Medicine.
Program Manager
bobadilla@uthscsa.edu
Raudel Bobadilla is a Senior Research Coordinator and Community Health Worker (CHW) who serves as the Program Manager for the UT Health San Antonio South Central AETC. He has built a strong skill set for engaging and partnering with communities, care providers, and clinics to improve the population’s health.
In multiple projects, he has collaborated with community members, leaders, and organizations to connect the public to services and research opportunities. Mr. Bobadilla brought considerable experience as a Practice Facilitator and Case Manager for an HCV screening and linkage to treatment project. He helped create innovative treatment pathways within 18 clinics across 14 counties in South Texas.
Mr. Bobadilla also serves as the CHW Coordinator for an HIV/HCV Co-infection project (TACKLE). He manages a team of 6 CHWs throughout South Texas to improve patient navigation and ensure movement through the HCV and HIV care continuum. Through close collaboration with each clinic, Mr. Bobadilla, trains staff in program protocols, adapts the care model to the context of each site and serves as lead contact between clinic partners and the research team.
Program Coordinator
Maria Gutierrez is the Program Coordinator for the South Central AETC. After completing her BS in Community Health from The University of Texas at San Antonio, Ms. Gutierrez has dedicated the past 5 years working with marginalized populations in the nonprofit sector.
Her experience includes comprehensive and culturally competent education to empower communities to prevent the spread of HIV and STI’s. Most recently, she had been navigating patients living with HIV/HCV through the continuum of care for the TACKLE HIV/HCV Project.
Her skill set includes the prevention and management of infectious disease, distribution of project specific HIV/HCV education and providing access to quality care for underserved communities.
Maria Chacko is a research assistant in the Department of Infectious Diseases. Maria graduated from Calvin
College with a Bachelor of Science. She then earned her Dental Surgery degree (BDS) from Ambedkar Dental college and hospital in Bangalore, India. While practicing as a dentist in India, Maria was involved in community health programs that inspired her to improve health care provisions for people living in rural areas.
This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Under grant number U1OHA33225 (South Central AIDS Education and Training Center). It was awarded to the University of New Mexico. No percentage of this project was financed with non-governmental sources. This information or content and conclusions are those of the authors and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government.