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Nida J Emko | UT Health Physicians

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emko@uthscsa.edu

Departments & Divisions

Nida J Emko, M.D., FAAFP

Professor/Clinical

Family Medicine Residency Program

Dr. Emko is a Professor/Clinical in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at UT Health San Antonio.  A graduate of the University of the Miami School of Medicine and the UTHSA Family Medicine residency, she joined the department’s faculty in 2004.  Dr. Emko, who is board-certified in Family Medicine, cares for incarcerated teens at the Juvenile Detention Center (JDC), precepts Family Medicine residents in the Family Health Center, and attends the Family Medicine Inpatient Service at University Hospital. At the JDC Dr. Emko provides direct patient care and performs administrative tasks such as creating protocols, dealing with public health concerns, and modifying the JDC clinic’s electronic medical record templates. She is Medical Director of a Student-Faculty Collaborative Practice weekly clinic at the SAMM Transitional Living and Learning Center where she volunteers with medical, nursing, and pharmacy students to provide adult and pediatric medical care; her duties also include taking care of administrative issues related to the clinic. She has been the faculty mentor for multiple community service learning (CSL) projects at SAMM which have provided health fairs and educational classes on mental and physical health; students have presented at regional and national conferences on these projects and their results. She serves on the School of Medicine Admissions and Outreach Committee and recently finished a three-year commitment to the Diversity Committee. She is involved with quality improvement projects within her department. She is a physician collaborator with nurse practitioners and physician assistants at local branches of CVS MinuteClinic, affiliated with UT Health Physicans San Antonio.  Dr. Emko teaches first and second year medical students as a Synthesis Case Facilitator and mentors medical students throughout their four years with the Veritas program. She has been the recipient of the Veritas faculty mentor of the year award, the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award for Faculty, the Bexar County Medical Society Women in Medicine Award, and the Texas Academy of Family Physicians Exemplary Teaching Award for Part-Time Faculty. Her clinical interests include adolescent health, women‘s health, caring for underserved populations, preventive medicine, and ambulatory care.

  • Professional Background

    Education

    • 2004 - Residency - Family and Community Medicine (Chief resident) - University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio
    • 2001 - MD - Medicine - University of Miami
    • 1996 - BS - Chemistry and Microbiology (Cum Laude) - University of Florida

    Appointments

    • 1/2019 - Professor/Clinical - UT Health San Antonio, Family & Community Medicine, San Antonio

  • Instruction & Training

    • 1/2017 - 12/2020, Pre-Doctoral Student Supervision, UTHSCSA
    • 7/2016 - 6/2020, EKG Interpretation Workshops, UTHSA
    • 10/2013 - 12/2020, MinuteClinic Collaborative Meetings with Mid-Level Providers, CVS MinuteClinic
    • 10/2013 - 12/2020, Digestive health Nutrition, The University of Texas Health Science Center
    • 9/2013 - 10/2020, Endocrine Female Reproductive, The University of Texas Health Science Center
    • 6/2013 - 12/2020, Mind, Brain Behavior, The University of Texas Health Science Center
    • 4/2013 - 5/2020, Renal Male Reproductive, The University of Texas Health Science Center
    • 1/2013 - 5/2020, Circulation, The University of Texas Health Science Center
    • 9/2012 - 12/2020, Attack and Defense, The University of Texas Health Science Center
    • 7/2012 - 6/2020, Individual Instruction, UTHSCSA
    • 7/2012 - 6/2020, MEDICINE- BEHAVIOR AND SOCIETY LONGITUDINAL MODULE, The University of Texas Health Science Center
    • 7/2012 - 9/2020, Molecules to Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center
    • 3/2009 - 6/2020, VERITAS Career Advising, University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio
    • 8/2004 - 12/2020, Individual Instruction, University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio
    • 8/2004 - 12/2020, Post Graduate Rotation Supervision, UTHSCSA Department of Family and Community Medicine
    • 8/2004 - 12/2020, Post-Doctoral Student Supervision, UTHSCSA
    • 8/2004 - 12/2020, Rotation Student Supervision, University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio
    • 7/2004 - 12/2020, Post Graduate Rotation Supervision, UTHSCSA
    • 7/2001 - 12/2020, Rotation Student Supervision, UTHSCSA

  • Research & Grants

    Grants

    Private

    Funding Agency UT Health San Antonio Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics Title A Mental Health & Wellness Initiative for the Homeless Population at SAMMinistries? TLCC Status Active Period 3/2019 - 2/2020 Role Co-Investigator Grant Detail Faculty Mentor for a Community Service Learning grant with a medical student and nursing student to provide multiple mental health and wellness interactive educational activities for the residents at the San Antonio Metropolitan Ministries` (SAMM) Transitional Learning and Living Center (TLLC). Funding Agency Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics, UT Health San Antonio Title Community Service Learning Grant: SAMMinistries Health Fair, Screening and Health Education Status Active Period 9/2018 - 2/2019 Role Co-Investigator Grant Detail Grant provides funding for an interdisciplinary health fair at the SAMMinistries Transitional Living and Learning Center (TLLC), 5922 Blanco Road, San Antonio, TX 78216 that occurred on 9/15/18 with students and faculty from the UT Health schools of medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and dentistry, and the University of Incarnate Word`s School of Optometry. Using information gathered from the health fair, students and faculty will develop a series of educational presentations to increase knowledge and awareness of the SAMM TLLC residents for various health and safety topics.

  • Publications

      Abstract

      Oscos-Sanchez MA, Burge SK, Emko N. Teaching Residents a Brief Motivational Interviewing Intervention for Substance Use; 2010 Jun. (Family Medicine; vol. 42, no. Sup 4). Pogosian E, Tinitigan M, Oscos-Sanchez MA, Burge SK, Loffredo AS, Emko N, Lyssy TK, Tysinger JW. Residents? Attitudes Toward Clinical Management of Substance Use; 2010 Jun. (Family Medicine; vol. 42, no. Sup 4).

  • Clinical

    Board Certifications

    • 2004 - American Board of Family Medicine