The Southwest Brain Bank is a research organization that collects, studies, and distributes brain tissue to scientists that study psychiatric illness. The purpose of this research is to understand how the brain works and how it changes when someone has a psychiatric illness. Studying brain tissue enables scientists to develop new approaches to diagnosis and improve treatments. Obtaining brain tissue from those with and without illnesses is essential to continue this important work.

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Brain Bank Personnel:

Research:

• Peter M. Thompson, M.D., M.S.,
  Director,
  Email: pm.thompson@ttuhsc.edu
• Javier Vargas- Medrano, PhD.
  Research Lab Manager
  Email: Javier.vargas@ttuhsc.edu

• Diana Sotelo, B.S.
  Research Aide
  Email: disotelo@ttuhsc.edu

• Guadalupe Vidal, Ph.D.
  Senior Research Scientist 
  E-mail: gvidalma@ttuhsc.edu

 

Pathologists:

• Andrea Gilbert, D.O.
  Assistant Professor
  Department of Neuropathology
  Autopsy Pathology Section Chief
  University of Texas Health San Antonio
  Long School of Medicine
  7703 Floyd Curl Drive, Mail Code 7750
  San Antonio, TX 78229-3900
  Email: gilbertar@uthscsa.edu

 

Medical Examiners:

El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner
4505 Alberta Avenue
El Paso, Texas 79905

Chief Medical Examiner
Mario A Rascon, MD, MHCM.

Irene Santiago
Chief of Operations

 

Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office
Physical Address
7337 Louis Pasteur Drive
San Antonio, TX 78229

Kimberley Molina, M.D.
Chief Medical Examiner