College: Medicine

‘An Investment in Tennessee’: Proposed Medicine Building Stands to Improve Health Care in Tenn.

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Clinical CareEducation
College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Building Rendering

When a group of state leaders toured the University of Tennessee Health Sciences’ Memphis campus recently, the elevator they were taking to the College of Medicine on the 10th floor of the 910 Madison Building stalled during the descent.  The brief malfunction was evidence of what students, faculty, staff, alumni, and partners know — the building that houses Tennessee’s only statewide public academic medical school is past its prime.  A new $350 million building is proposed for the Memphis campus to house the College of Medicine and serve as a hub for training future health care professionals… Read More

Research from UT Health Sciences Adds Insight to FDA Nutrition Label Proposal

Written by Lee Ferguson

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Research
Dr. Huang standing in a blazer against a railing in a building

When Yuru Huang, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, talks about nutrition policy, she doesn’t start with statistics or regulatory language. She starts with the grocery store. Picture a busy shopper, she says, reaching for familiar items — chips, cereal, snacks — moving… Read More

Veteran Physician and Educator Catherine Womack, MD, Takes Helm of Memphis Medical Society

Written by Chris Green

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Clinical CareEducationPublic Service
Portrait of Dr. Catherine Womack

Memphis is home to a thriving medical community, and Catherine Womack, MD, has spent her career at its center. An alumna of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and a College of Medicine faculty member for more than 25 years, Dr. Womack now steps into a new role at the forefront of organized medicine… Read More

UT Health Sciences Well-Represented Among Exceptional Women in Medicine

Written by Allyson Lawson

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Clinical CareEducationPublic ServiceResearch
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center letters over stone arches, with red flowers in the foreground

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is well-represented in the Castle Connolly 2026 Exceptional Women in Medicine listing, with dozens of physicians recognized through the peer-nomination process. The achievement is a testament to the exceptional quality of physicians caring for Memphis and the region. UT Health Sciences faculty honored in this year’s awards list… Read More

University’s Digital Guardian Earns MEMTECH Award

Written by Allyson Lawson

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Clinical CareEducationPublic ServiceResearch
Ammar Ammar stands in front of a row of university servers, with one server's blue chords visible through the mesh covering

Ammar Ammar doesn’t want you to think about him. As assistant vice chancellor and chief technology and information security officer at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Ammar knows he’s doing his job when faculty, students, and staff move seamlessly through their days without technology setbacks. “I want you to have a great experience,… Read More

Two UT Health Sciences Leaders, Chancellor Buckley and Le Bonheur President, Honored Among Power 100

Written by Chris Green

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Clinical CareEducationPublic ServiceResearch

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

Advisory Board Approves Tuition Change, Shows Appreciation for Partnerships and Excitement for Future

Written by Chris Green

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Clinical CareEducationPublic ServiceResearch
Dr. Mike Hocker speaking at the Advisory Board meeting.

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

Palazzi Named Chair of Pediatrics at UT Health Sciences, Pediatrician-in-Chief at Le Bonheur Children’s

Written by Communications and Marketing

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Clinical Care
Dr. Debra Palazzi

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