Maria Garcia

Maria Aurora Garcia, MD is a clinical assistant professor of Anesthesiology at the UT Health Science Center, San Antonio department of Anesthesiology. She has been in anesthesiology practice since 2014. 

Dr. Garcia was a member of the charter class of the Texas Academy of Mathematics & Science where she completed her first two years of college and last two years of high school simultaneously at the University of North Texas. She went on to receive a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science at Texas A&M University being awarded the President’s Achievement Award, a tuition scholarship. 

Dr. Garcia completed her medical school training at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, Michigan with a full tuition scholarship. She completed her first residency in Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center. She then moved back to her hometown of Laredo, Texas to start a solo practice in this underserved border town. She ran a very busy practice in obstetrics and gynecology for nine years delivering over three thousand babies during this time. 

Dr. Garcia completed a second residency in Anesthesiology at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio and subsequently joined the faculty for five years. She then moved out of the country and worked as a part time locums anesthesiologist at Saint Louis University, the University of Oklahoma, the University of Minnesota and Sanford Health in Bismarck, North Dakota. 

She is board certified in both Anesthesiology and Obstetrics & Gynecology. She has been active in medical missionary work since 2013 completing 18 trips in multiple locations including, Mongolia, Honduras, Kosovo, Kurdistan, Zambia, and Tanzania. 

Dr. Garcia rejoined the faculty in September 2026. She enjoys clinical practice with residents and nurse anesthetists.