College: Medicine

A Legacy of the Heart: ‘Cancer Care is All I Ever Wanted to Do,’ Veteran Surgery Professor Says

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Clinical CareEducation
Dr. Martin Fleming at surgery clerkship orientation

Martin Fleming, MD, chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology in the College of Medicine at UT Health Sciences, remembers going door-to-door in Memphis as early as age 6 or 7 with his mother, a survivor of osteogenic carcinoma, to collect money for the American Cancer Society.  His father, the late Irvin D. Fleming, MD, also a Memphis surgeon and longtime UT Health Scienced professor of surgery, was a pioneer… Read More

‘We Are Stronger Together’: Faculty Senate Celebrates University’s Achievements, Looks Ahead with Optimism

Written by Chris Green

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Clinical CareEducationPublic ServiceResearch
Dr. Ted Cory speaks at a podium while Dr. Karen Derefinko stands nearby clapping

The Faculty Senate at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences wrapped up the academic year by celebrating its accomplishments and honoring several people who have made a tremendous impact on the university and its future. At its final meeting of the year Tuesday, the Faculty Senate presented awards to some of the leaders who played… Read More

UT Health Sciences Joins National Initiative to Advance Nutrition Education in Healthcare Training

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Education
Dr. Jessica Snowden portrait

“Nutrition is not a side issue in healthcare, it’s fundamental to many of the things that we need to have a healthy lifespan,” UT Health Sciences Vice Chancellor for Research Jessica Snowden, MD, told a national audience Monday during a press conference hosted by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in Washington, D.C.… Read More

There Is Hope: Friend’s Death from Brain Cancer Sets Researcher on Career-Long Quest for a Cure

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Research
Dr. Lawrence Pfeffer in lab

In the mid-1980s, Lawrence Pfeffer and Daniel Nachsen were young PhDs, assistant professors, collaborators and friends working at research institutions across the street from each other in New York City: Dr. Pfeffer at Rockefeller University and Dr. Nachsen at Cornell University Medical College. Then one became ill. “It was very depressing when I found out… Read More

Seven UT Health Sciences Physicians Named to Inaugural Memphis Medical Society Hall of Fame

Written by Brianna Peck

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Clinical CareEducationPublic ServiceResearch
The honored physicians stand together in a line, wearing their Hall of Fame white coats at the Memphis Medical Society gala.

When the Memphis Medical Society named its inaugural Hall of Fame class recently, seven of the 10 honorees could trace their training, faculty careers, or both to the University of Tennessee Health Sciences. For 150 years, the Memphis Medical Society has stood alongside the physicians who built medicine in the city. The Hall of Fame… Read More

UT Health Sciences Team Earns 4 Statewide Communications Awards

Written by Chris Green

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Clinical CareEducationPublic ServiceResearch
Four TCPRA awards displayed on a table

The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Office of Communications and Marketing earned four awards, including two top honors, at the 2026 Tennessee College Public Relations Association (TCPRA) conference. The annual event, held May 20–22 in Chattanooga, brought together communicators from public and private colleges and universities across the state. This year’s competition drew a record-breaking… Read More

Nurturing Beginnings: Dr. Alicia Barnes and Team Are Helping Create Healthier Communities for Children

Written by Allyson Lawson

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Clinical CareEducationPublic ServiceResearch
Dr. Alicia Barnes stands in a green dress indoors with green foliage in the foreground and a research poster in the background.

Memphis wasn’t on Alicia Barnes’ bingo card, but she saw an alignment she couldn’t ignore. The physician arrived three years ago, answering a listserv post from a colleague she had first met as a medical student at a national community psychiatry conference. She wasn’t actively looking. Yet when Altha Stewart, MD, posted about a leadership… Read More

Innovation Developed by UT Health Sciences Research Program Passes Landmark Trial for Cardiac Amyloidosis

Written by Communications and Marketing

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Clinical CareResearch
Portrait of Dr. Jon Wall sitting in a lab in front of shelves containing scientific instruments and materials

A new diagnostic tool developed at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences may soon make it significantly easier for physicians to detect cardiac amyloidosis, a progressive and frequently underdiagnosed disease caused by abnormal protein deposits in the heart. The tool is a novel imaging technology, a radioactive molecule that, when injected into a patient and… Read More