UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital is the first to bring focused ultrasound therapy to San Antonio, transforming what’s possible for patients living with essential tremor.
Precision Technology, Delivered by a Multidisciplinary Team
Focused ultrasound is an innovative MRI-guided technology that treats essential tremor without surgery, implants or a lengthy recovery.
Led by experts in functional and stereotactic neurosurgery, focused ultrasound is a coordinated precision approach that combines the expertise of UT Health San Antonio neurosurgeons, neurologists, radiologist, anesthesiologists and rehabilitation specialists.
It uses real-time MRI guidance to map the brain and adjust treatment down to fractions of a millimeter, ensuring accuracy while patients remain awake and actively engaged during the procedure.
By precisely targeting a small area deep within the brain, the approach can reduce or eliminate tremors in real time, often within minutes. Watch how.
Part of the region's only academic health center, the hospital is uniquely positioned to provide patients with a fully integrated care model designed to support them, from evaluation through recovery, with precision and compassion at every step.
Expanding Access to Advanced Neuroscience Care in South Texas
The introduction of focused ultrasound at the hospital represents its broader commitment to expanding access to advanced, highly specialized care close to home.
For patients across South Texas, this means no longer needing to travel out of town for leading-edge movement disorder treatments. Instead, they can receive world-class care in a comfortable setting intentionally built to provide complex, multidisciplinary care.
Real Results, Real Time
The impact of focused ultrasound is often immediate and life changing. Tremor reduction can be seen during the procedure, steadily restoring a patient's ability to again perform everyday tasks like writing, eating or steadily holding a cup.
Patients typically return home the same day and quickly resume normal activities, which is a meaningful difference compared to traditional surgical options.
These life-changing outcomes underscore what sets the hospital apart: the ability to translate innovation into meaningful improvements in patients’ daily lives.
Redefining What’s Possible
As the focused ultrasound program continues to grow, the hospital continues to expand its foundation of advanced clinical care, research and education to deliver even more breakthrough therapies, including enrolling its first patient in a novel cancer study.
These advancements are central to UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital's vision of transforming health care through healing discovery.
Beyond treating conditions, UT Health San Antonio is redefining the level of care South Texans can expect from their hospital.
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