From growing up in a small village in India with only one physician to being named one of Memphis’ 40 Under 40, Balaji Krishnaiah, MD, has built a career focused on improving patient care, education, and community impact. As division chief of Vascular Neurology, program director of Neurology Residency, and associate professor in the University… Read More
Serving as a mental health pharmacist for aging patients is a passion for Jennifer Bean, PharmD, a 2004 graduate of the UT Health Science Center College of Pharmacy. “My grandparents helped raise me, which gives me insight into what healthy aging can look like, as well as what aging without good health can represent,” Dr.… Read More
More than 150 primary care providers will come to Memphis from four states March 28 to learn best practices in caring for people with sickle cell disease. Led by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing, the one-day conference will bring nationally-known experts in sickle cell patient care to Memphis. Sponsors include… Read More
With a new leader, Dean Ken Tilashalski, DMD, the College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has a renewed vision: to take care of people. The winter 2025 issue of Dentistry Magazine highlights how the college’s alumni, faculty, and students are putting this vision into action to improve the health of… Read More
After an extensive nationwide search, Michael Hocker, MD, MHS, a highly accomplished academic physician, innovative educator and mentor, and inspirational servant leader, has been named the new executive dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. He will begin his tenure in July 2025. Dr. Hocker currently serves as… Read More
Students in the Physician Assistant program are among many students across the colleges at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center who volunteer to help provide free health care to the uninsured and underserved in the community at the Wellness and Stress Clinic (WSC) of Memphis. Since the clinic’s opening in 2018, students from the… Read More
Fourth-year College of Pharmacy student Anita Baluch did more than just celebrate her 24th birthday last April at a Nashville restaurant. She saved a life. Baluch, who is from Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, and on rotation in Nashville, was having her birthday dinner with her boyfriend, when one of the restaurant patrons started choking. Using the… Read More
Approximately 500 nurse scientists will descend on The Peabody this week to share the latest in nursing research at the 39th annual Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS) conference. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing played an integral role in bringing the group to Memphis for the Feb. 19–21 meeting. The society’s… Read More
