When Paige Johnson, MD, sees a patient, delivers a baby or mentors a resident or medical student at UT Medical, she is putting the mission and vision of the University of Tennessee Health Sciences into action. Dr. Johnson completed her obstetrics and gynecology residency through UT Health Sciences in 2003 and is one of hundreds… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Advisory Board will meet Friday, Nov. 13, at 11 a.m., in the Mooney Library, 875 Monroe Ave., on the Memphis campus. On the agenda: While the meeting will be conducted in person, it will also be available to view online. The webcast link, more information about the UT Health Sciences… Read More
The Rachel Kay Stevens Therapy Center at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences, the Memphis area’s only pro-bono pediatric occupational therapy center, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The center, staffed by students under the supervision of licensed occupational therapy practitioners, has served hundreds of families across the Mid-South. This week, the Rachel Kay Stevens Therapy… Read More
A total of 679 first-year students from all six colleges of the University of Tennessee Health Sciences took part in Interprofessional Education (IPE) Day last week. Of those, 602 swapped classroom seats for mixed teams on Doc’s Field, and 77 joined virtually. Future dentists, nurses, pharmacists, physicians, and other health professionals and scientists spent the… Read More
Back in 1939 when Willis C. Campbell, MD, published the first edition of “Campbell’s Operative Orthopaedics,” he included the most current orthopedic surgical practices of the day. Pre-World War II, that meant extensive and aggressive surgical measures, limited medications, lengthy narrative descriptions, and medical illustrations and line drawings. Today, the 15th edition of what has… Read More
More than 60% of U.S. adults used a dietary supplement in the past 30 days between August 2021 and August 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, many of them sorting through claims pushed by TikTok influencers, trendy wellness products and performance enhancers that often reach the market without FDA approval. To… Read More
Established in 1926, the Dental Hygiene Program at what is now the UT Health Sciences College of Dentistry graduated its first class of just four students in 1928. Nearly a century later, the Class of 2026 added 24 graduates to a legacy that has grown to more than 2,300 dental hygiene professionals. As the program… Read More
The first time Chace Hicks, MD, came to Chattanooga, he was looking for a place to learn. A few years later, he’s walking through the same halls he once trained. This time, as faculty. After completing his general surgery residency training following medical school in 2025 at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences College of… Read More
