Two distinguished leaders from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center were named to the Memphis Business Journal’s (MBJ) Power 100 list for 2026. Trey Eubanks, MD, president of Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and a senior faculty physician in the UT Health Sciences College of Medicine, appears on the list. Le Bonheur is UT Health… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry will host its annual Give Kids A Smile event on Wednesday, Feb. 11, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Delta Dental of Tennessee Building, 875 Union Ave., to provide free dental services to more than 100 students from Freedom Preparatory Academy and Bellevue Middle School. As… Read More
During its winter meeting Friday, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Advisory Board recommended an increase to tuition, heard an inspirational update on the College of Medicine and the proposed new $350 million College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Building, and recognized another vital hospital partnership for health care workforce development in Tennessee, with a new… Read More
Debra L. Palazzi, MD, MEd, has been named the Dunavant Chair of Pediatrics at UT Health Science Center’s College of Medicine and Pediatrician-in-Chief at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. She will begin her new roles on July 1, 2026. A nationally recognized leader in pediatric infectious diseases, Dr. Palazzi has dedicated her career to advancing clinical… Read More
Paul Park, MD, a highly respected neurosurgeon specializing in spine surgery, minimally invasive techniques, complex spinal reconstruction, and degenerative conditions, has been named the J.T. Roberston Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Dr. Park completed his medical degree and neurosurgical residency at… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Advisory Board will meet Friday, Feb. 6, at 10:30 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… Read More
After 25 years as a heart surgeon and health care leader, A. Brian Wilcox, Jr., MD, asked himself a question: “How do I give back to what was given to me?” The answer brought him to his current role as associate dean of Clinical Affairs and Graduate Medical Education of the University of Tennessee Health… Read More
In 1954, a program was established by Baptist Memorial Hospital to help ease a shortage of registered medical record librarians (RRLs) in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee. The demand was great for these professionals in hospitals across the region. That program was the seed of what today is the Health Informatics and Information Management program at… Read More
