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Members of the Department of Neurosurgery were in attendance at the 2009 Start! Heart Walk San Antonio on November 7th, 2009. The Heart Walk was held on Brooks City Base and began right at 7:30 AM.

Start! Heart Walk is the AHA mission in action and it’s signature fund-raising event. The Start! Heart Walk promotes physical activity and heart-healthy living in a fun, family-friendly environment. Funds that are raised are used to save lives from the country’s number 1 and number 3 killers, heart disease and stroke.

Dr. David Jimenez was named one of Hispanic Business Magazine's 100 Most Influential Hispanics of 2009 in the education category. Also honored in the education category was Dr. Francisco Cigarroa, Chancellor of UTHSCSA. The school itself is listed as number 5 of the Top 10 Schools for Hispanic Students. Click "Read More" for more information on the honors.

For the first time in San Antonio, doctors used a new technique to kill a cancerous brain tumor. It’s a novel approach using laser energy.

Deep inside Miguel Perez’ head lurks a potential killer. After a seizure in May, doctors made a frightening discovery. “They found the tumor,” Perez recalled. “They found the tumor and it turned out to be a real bad one.”

Perez has had one surgery to remove the tumor, but now the cancer has returned. This time, Dr. John Floyd, a U.T. Health Science Center neurosurgeon, is trying something different.

This summer Department of Neurosurgery was home to four Medical Students who participitated in the Medical Student Research Program.

Neurosurgeons are constantly looking for new ways to remove delicate brain tumors. The latest technology allows some of those growths to be removed through the nose.

Louis Leal of Poteet suffers from a benign (non-cancerous) pituitary tumor. It’s deep inside his head, threatening his vision and ruining his overall health.

“I mean, I’m just so fatigued,” Leal explained. “You get very moody.”