The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is one of the leading biomedical education and research institutions in South Texas. It provides training to health professionals who offer treatment and information fundamental for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of various diseases. The center serves the life science industry and provides educational programs for professionals and lay communities. The center has extension campuses that include regional academic health education centers in Harlingen and Edinburg, Texas. It maintains a campus in Laredo, Texas, which offers degree programs in allied health fields. It administers medical, dental and nursing schools, as well as School of Allied Health Sciences and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio also maintains the South Texas Fertility Center, which is a clinical service of the department of obstetrics and gynecology. The center is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and is located in San Antonio.