UT Health San Antonio employees who served in the UT System for milestone anniversaries from five to 50 years were honored May 10 at the Service Anniversary Celebration—the first held in person since 2019.

Nearly 300 clinical employees working at UT Health Physicians and Mays Cancer Center were among those celebrated. See a list of these employees and their service milestones below.

At the event, hundreds of employees enjoyed food, drinks, live music and inspiring stories. Presenters included university president William L. Henrich, MD, MACP, and Andrea Marks, MBA, CPA, the university’s senior executive vice president and chief operating officer.

This event celebrated employees with service anniversaries for five, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 and 50 years. All employees celebrating these five-year milestones from Sept. 1, 2019, through April 30, 2022 were invited. Watch highlights from the celebration.

We invite you to share this video on your favorite social media: #EverythingItTakes to make lives better.

Five Years

• Adriana Lewis

• Adriana Pacheco

• Adrienne Meyer

• Alec Herrera

• Alicia Martinez

• Alma Villescas

• Amanda Garza

• Amanda Jones

• Amy O'Shea

• Angela Rios

• Angelica Felix

• Angelica Hernandez

• Anita Garza

• Annalisa Bouwmeester-Robinson

• Antoinette Israel

• April Stephens

• Ariel Guerrero

• Beatriz Gonzalez

• Beatriz Padilla

• Belinda Alvarado

• Belinda Perez

• Beth Peura

• Brenda Molina

• Carlo Ernesto Angeles

• Carol McGraw

• Catherine McDaniel

• Cecilia Wangner

• Christopher Page

• Christy Chiavacci

• Clarissa Becerra

• Claudia Trevino

• Crystal Casillas

• Crystal Placeres

• Cynthia Rojas

• Daniel Beecher

• Daniel Lopez

• Daniella Munoz

• Darline Martinez

• Darrell Cooper

• David Hunter

• Debra Zamora

• Denisse Vallejo

• Desiree Adams

• Eddie Martinez

• Elizabeth Acosta

• Elsa Zertuche

• Elva Rodriguez

• Erica Rodriguez

• Erlinda Balaan

• Evelyn Chapa

• Frances Viera

• Francisca Estrada

• Francisco Rodriguez

• Gloria Garcia

• Herlinda McFarlin

• Isabel Espinoza

• Jaleesa Peterson

• James Garza

• James Johnson

• Jennifer Hood

• Jessica de Anda

• Jessica Huron

• Joshua Rangel

• Judy Zapata

• Karla Almazan

• Katherine Molina

• Kaye Jajou

• Kayla Reynolds

• Keyry Rubio

• Kim Jackson

• Lamar Callier

• Laura Castro

• Laura Justice

• Laura Vigil

• Leticia Gonzalez

• Leticia Sanchez

• Letticia Arguijo

• Linda Frausto

• Lisa Hicks

• Lisa Minyon

• Lizzette Magalong-Solis

• Lori Rueda

• Lorrie Groesbeck

• Luz Rodriguez

• Magdalene Allahar

• Margaret Skrehot

• Margarita Garcia

• Maria Flores-Abrego

• Maria Paz

• Marisa Wangner

• Marla Rivas

• Mary Mendoza

• Maryalice Aguillon

• Matilda Galvan Albarran

• Melinda Cortez

• Melissa Delgado

• Melissa Garza

• Melissa Zamora

• Melody Hernandez

• Michael Banuelos

• Michelle Nicholson

• Michelle Ramirez

• Molly Sarchet

• Monica Faz

• Monica Garcia

• Monica Lopez

• Nancy Cerda

• Nancy Mendicino

• Nazneen Ali

• Oralia Ackley

• Patricia Gomez

• Patricia Hernandez

• Patti Garlow

• Paula Moerbe

• Perla Rodriguez

• Randy Leal

• Raquel Cantu

• Rebecca Guillen

• Rebecca Hurtado

• Rhonda Menchey

• Rita Rodriguez

• Robert Rios

• Rodolfo Vasquez

• Roxann Guevara

• Ruben Rodriguez

• Sabrina Fernandez

• Sabrina Guerra

• Sandra Chavez

• Sara Guffey

• Sarah Alexander

• Sarah Castaneda

• Sathian Devarajan

• Sheila Davis-Fitzgerald

• Sierra Lee

• Stacy Saldivar

• Stefan Sensenbrenner

• Steven Colodny

• Suzette Valdez

• Tammy Cortez

• Tarana Ahmed

• Tomasita Herricks

• Ursula Garcia

• Valerie Gonzalez

• Valerie Ytuarte Hernandez

• Vanessa Zamora

• Veronica Chavarria

• Veronica Guadarrama

• Veronica Martinez

• Virginia Gamez

• Willena Harris

• Ya-Chin Yang

• Yvonne Hansel

• Zachary Fernandez

10 Years

• Ada Morrison

• Alvina Momin

• Amanda Martinez

• Amanda San Miguel

• Ana Trejo

• Angela Acuna

• Anna Morante

• Ashley Borrego

• Ashley Calhoun

• Barbara Niaves-Tholl

• Belinda Reyes

• Beverly Volkmann

• Carolina Lizcano

• Carolyn Welch

• Carrie Cooke

• Catherine Trevino

• Chris Trujillo

• Christina Aguirre

• Christina Stephens

• Christina Stephens

• Christine Barsch

• Christine Holder

• Clarissa Zalduondo

• Crystal Rodriguez

• Cynthia Gonzalez

• Debra Cutshall

• Debra Gutierrez

• Dedra Garcia

• Donna Wilhelms

• Edna Mallen

• Elizabeth Maltos-Munoz

• Enrique Mendez

• Erica Gonzalez

• Generosa Zimmerman

• Guadalupe Estrada

• James Baxley

• Jane Taylor

• Jennifer Juarez

• Jennifer Logan

• JoAnn Rios

• John Hilgers

• Julia Smith

• Katia Pelletier-Snell

• Lieyette Saunders

• Lisa Castro

• Lisa Galindo

• Lisa Sepulveda

• Maria Gallegos

• Maria Jew

• Maria Moreno

• MaryAnn Contreras

• Matilde Solis

• Michael Escobedo

• Michelle Guzman

• Michelle Webb

• Natalie Lujan

• Natalie Torres

• Norma Garza

• Priscilla Rodriguez

• Rachell Reaux

• Ralph Quinones

• Ray Bell

• Rebecca Solis

• Ronda Haywood

• Rosa Linda Rodriguez

• Rudy Flores

• Sandra Hernandez

• Sarah Vasquez

• Sharon Morgan

• Sonia Harris

• Stanley Whiting

• Stephanie Avila

• Tameka Collins

• Tricia Tovar

• Veronica Villarreal

• Victoria Cuevas

• Wendy Flores

• Yolanda Urias

• Yvette Garza

• Yvonne Wade

15 Years

• Andrew Krecek

• Ann Lamon

• Beverly Watson

• Carolina Salazar

• Clifford Laskie

• Deborah Niblett

• Elizabeth Martinez

• Evelyn Carroll

• Irma Leija

• Janice Hernandez

• Juanita Arroyo

• Kenneth Benton

• Lea Rongey

• Maria Alvarez

• Maria Mendoza

• Mary Barragan

• Mary Summers

• Michael Walter

• Michele Hernandez

• Norma Rangel

• Octaviana Saavedra

• Pamela Glasscock

• Perla Riojas

• Rebecca Medina

• Rose Recheverri

• Sandra Montalvo

• Susan Hilgers

• Veronica Valenzuela

• Virginia Alvarado

• Yvonne  Adams

20 Years

• Blanca Montoya

• Rogelio Valdez

• Alma Rangel

• Belinda Patterson

• Carolyn Whyte

• Christopher Rosas

• Dalia Perez

• David Rodriguez

• Juanita Sanchez

• Kathryn Nelson

• Lisa Gonzales

• Lori Luker

• Martha Acosta

• Matthew Anderson

• Nancy Starr

• Nicole Molina

• Nydia Kent

• Tricia Ybarra

• Yolanda Torres

• Yu Tovar 25 Years

• Diana Quintanilla

• Martha Parra

• Mary Olivarez

30 Years

• Dora Deleon

• Mario De La Pena

• Shirley Sierra

• Sylvia Valle-Ottaway

35 years

• Maria Garcia

40 Years

• Casey Peterson

In light of Tuesday's tragedy in Uvalde, we welcome employees to wear a maroon shirt, accessory, or ribbon as an outward display of our support for our neighboring community, family and friends. Maroon is the school color of the Uvalde School District and Robb Elementary. Maroon shirts must be worn with standard uniform scrub bottoms.

As we navigate this tragedy as a community, our UT Health Employee Assistance Program offers a variety of mental health resources for employees. This service is accessible 24-hours a day at 1-800-346-3549. Learn more about our Employee Assistance Programs.   

UT System employees and retirees, along with their dependents, get discounts when they use certain UT providers or certain UT medical facilities with the UT SELECT medical plan. Take a look at the top five things to know about UT SELECT to make sure you are getting the most out of your health insurance.

1. Program benefits save employees on copays and coinsurance.

Each time you visit a primary care physician or specialist at UT Health Physicians, save $10 on your copay. Current coinsurance under the UT SELECT medical plan is 20%, but if you use a UT Health physician it is only 10%.

2. Access to comprehensive health care.

With UT SELECT, you have access to more than 140 medical and surgical specialties through UT Health Physicians network of more than 800 providers throughout San Antonio and in the Hill Country. For a complete listing, visit UTHeathcare.org.

3. Receive network benefits, even if your primary care provider is not under UT Health Physicians.

You do not have to be assigned to a primary care physician under UT Health Physicians to receive benefits. You can still save on specialty care if your external primary care provider refers you, or if you visit a UT Health Physicians specialist on your own. However, you are encouraged to connect with one of our primary care physicians if you do not currently have a primary care provider.

4. University Health System in San Antonio is a network provider.

University Health System offers a lower member cost share for inpatient hospital stays and some other hospital-based services. Benefits and claims for services provided by emergency room providers, anesthesiologists, radiologists, and pathologists will be based on the network status of the provider. Ask your University Health Providers if they are in the UT SELECT network to ensure benefits will apply. If facilities or providers are out of network, visit the UT Benefits webpage for guidelines.

5. The best contact for information on UT SELECT.

For specific questions on what providers and services are covered, please contact Blue Cross Blue Shield at the number on the back of your insurance card. UT Health employees may also contact their benefits team by sending an email to benefits@uthscsa.edu.

For more information, or to read frequently asked questions, visit uthealthcare.org.

When you’re ready to schedule your next medical appointment, call UT Health Physicians at 210-450-9000.

Debra Kent, DNP, MSN, APRN-CNP, RN, has recently joined the Mays Cancer Center as our new director of the cancer survivorship clinics. Debra will be responsible for growing our survivorship program for adults, adolescents and children for our cancer services.

Before joining the Mays Cancer Center, Debra spent nearly 15 years as an advanced practice nurse at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Ohio. She was responsible for developing the pediatric, adolescent and young adult cancer survivorship program, improving patient clinical outcomes with survivorship research efforts and providing leadership to inform the patient care experience. In addition, she was responsible for monitoring survivorship metrics for the achievement of the Commission on Cancer accreditation.

Debra has devoted her nursing career to oncology, working in the past as a bone marrow transplant pediatric nurse practitioner and co-developing the first onco-primary care program in the U.S. for survivors of childhood cancers at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She has served in leadership roles for the Children’s Oncology Group and the Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses. She maintains a membership in the American Organization for Nursing Leadership.

She received her Doctorate of Nursing Practice in population health leadership from Xavier University in Cincinnati and a Master of Science in Nursing with a pediatric nurse practitioner/maternal child health focus from the University of Cincinnati. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Pittsburgh.

In her role, Debra will focus on integrating survivorship services through institutional and community collaborations, program development, strategic planning, survivorship research and improving patient care outcomes. Her academic home is the School of Nursing, where she will serve as an associate professor.

Connect with Debra on LinkedIn

Since 1993, state, higher education, and retired employees in Texas have generously contributed more than $200 million through the SECC. We want to encourage all employees to consider giving this year and you can help inspire others to give by sharing your reason. Giving is a personal choice and we want to share real quotes of why people give.

Share your story to inspire people to tell us what motivates you to give through the SECC. Words and pictures are encouraged.  Responses received by the deadline of Tuesday, May 31, 2022, will be considered for use in 2022 SECC campaign messaging (in print and online). Click here to see examples from last year’s campaign.

Please note: Submissions indicate an employee’s consent/permission to use their story/photo in SECC promotional materials, if selected.

Send an email containing the following:

!. Your NAME … (first + last)

2. Your STATE AGENCY or UNIVERSITY

3. Your SECC REGION … (https://www.secctexas.org/local-campaign-manager)

4. Your REASON … WHY I GIVE TO THE SECC. What’s Your Quote? What motivates you to share with others?

5. OPTIONAL, BUT ENCOURAGED: Snap a selfie or submit a recent (color) photo to accompany your “why I give” quote. Camera shy? Share your quote without a PIX! When submitting a photo, please keep in mind the following:

• ONLY MASK-FREE PIX, PLEASE! We want to see your smiling face. 
• HIGH-RESOLUTION PHOTOS ONLY (minimum 300 dpi) to ensure that it will look good in print. Check your camera settings before you snap!
• PHOTO CAN BE OF YOU ONLY OR YOU AND YOUR “REASON”
  • EXAMPLE: you + your grandmother (“I give to support cancer survivors”) … you + your kids (“I give to support the future”) … you + your Labradoodle (“I give to support people through rescue & service animals”) … family vacation snap in the Piney Woods (“I support protecting our environment for future generations of Texans.”) 

Email to: Renae Burt, me@rjburt.com (FYI, Renae J. Burt will be designing the 2022 SECC campaign materials) Deadline: Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Questions? Please contact Renae Burt, me@rjburt.com or 512-441-8972.