Robert D Nathanson, MD

Robert Nathanson, MD, FACP is an Associate Professor/Clinical at UT Health San Antonio in the Division of General & Hospital Medicine.  He received his M.D. from UTMB in 2010, completed internal medicine residency training at UT Health San Antonio in 2013 and served as chief resident from 2013-2014.  He practices as a hospitalist at the South Texas Veterans Health Care system since 2014, serves as director of the medicine procedure service, leads point-of-care ultrasound education for the medicine residency program, and teaches at numerous regional and national POCUS courses.  

• Professional Background

  Education

  • 2006 - BS - Microbiology/Immunolgy/Molecular Genetics (Cum Laude and College Honors) - University of California Los Angeles
  • Residency - Internal Medicine - The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • Internship - Internal Medicine - The University of Texas Health Science Center

  Appointments

  • 8/2014 - Staff Physician - South Texas Veterans Health Care SystemSan Antonio
  • 8/2014 - Assistant Professor/Clinical - The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, Medicine, San Antonio

• Instruction & Training

  • - Present, Internal Medicine Intership Readiness Elective, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • - Present, Clinical Skills, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • - Present, Clinical Skills, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • - Present, General Medicine Ward/Subinternship UH/VA, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • - Present, Medicine Clerkship (gen), The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • - Present, Internal Medicine Intership Readiness Elective, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 11/2018 - Present, Point-of-Care Ultrasound Pre-Course, Texas American College of Physicians 2018 Annual Meeting
  • 7/2018 - Present, Critical Care Ultrasound Bootcamp, UTHSCSA- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
  • 7/2018 - Present, Post Graduate Rotation Supervision, UTHSCSA- Internal Medicine Residency Program
  • 3/2018 - Present, Point-of-Care Ultrasound CME Workshop Faculty, UTHSCSA/Society of Hospital Medicine
  • 7/2017 - Present, Individual Instruction, UT Houston and UT Health Tyler
  • 7/2017 - Present, Ultrasound Skills and Procedure Simulation Workshop, Division of General and Hospital Medicine
  • 7/2017 - Present, Ultrasound Basics Workshop- Intern Learning Group, UTHSCSA- Internal Medicine Residency Program
  • 7/2016 - Present, Post Graduate Rotation Supervision, UTHSCSA- Internal Medicine Residency Program
  • 8/2014 - Present, Individual Instruction, UTHSCSA
  • 8/2014 - Present, Post Graduate Rotation Supervision, UTHSCSA- University Hospital and Audie Murphy VA Hospital
  • 8/2014 - Present, Post Graduate Rotation Supervision, UTHSCSA- Internal Medicine Residency Program
  • 8/2014 - Present, Journal Club, UTHSCSA- Division of General and Hospital Medicine
  • 8/2014 - Present, Physical Exam Rounds, Audie Murphy Veterans Affairs Hospital
  • 8/2014 - Present, Individual Instruction, UTHSCSA
  • 7/2014 - Present, Individual Instruction, UTHSCSA- Internal Medicine Residency Program

• Publications

  Electronic/Web Publication

  Soni NJ, Tierney D, Mathews BK, Dancel R, Kurian L, LoPresti C, Mints G, Wong T, Nathanson R. Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Clinical Cases and Image Interpretation Practice Questions https://www.shmlearningportal.org/content/point-care-ultrasound-clinical... Society of Hospital Medicine; 2018 Jul.

  Journal Article

  Morrow D, Cupp J, Schrift D, Nathanson R, Soni NJ. Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Established Settings South Med J 2018 Jul;111(7):373-381.

• Clinical

  Board Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine