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UT Health Science Center Chancellor Visits UT Health Science Center College Of Medicine-Chattanooga For Executive Town Hall Meeting

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University of Tennessee Health Science Center Chancellor Peter Buckley, MD, visited the College of Medicine-Chattanooga campus on Wednesday, for a town hall meeting with faculty and staff to discuss the operation and future improvements of the university’s regional campus.


UT Health Science Center College Of Medicine Welcomes New Leaders, Honors Promoted Faculty

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine – Chattanooga welcomed three new leaders to their team and awarded promotions to 13 faculty members this academic year. The college held a reception to honor these new leaders and promoted faculty members.


Erlanger Opens New Primary Care Location In Ooltewah

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Erlanger Primary Care is expanding its footprint with a new location in Ooltewah at 5953 Elementary Way, Suite 109.


UTC’s Megan McKnight Honored By White House For Leadership In Opioid Overdose Prevention

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Dr. Jessi Gold, the UT System chief wellness officer and an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UT Health Science Center in Memphis, said Narcan training and distribution “can save lives, period,” citing examples of seeing it as a psychiatrist first-hand from patients in the emergency room.


Runge, Sizemore And Wright Appointed To Erlanger Health Board Of Directors

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Erlanger announces Lorie S. Runge, James (Jay) Sizemore, MD, MSPH, and Larvizo Wright, CPA, MBA, as new members of its board of directors. These appointments mark the first additions to the board since Erlanger’s transition to a private non-profit hospital in July 2023.


RefinedLooks Plastic Surgery And Hayes Hand Center Join Erlanger Medical Group

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Erlanger announce that The Plastic Surgery Group – RefinedLooks Plastic Surgery and Hayes Hand Center will join Erlanger Medical Group on Monday.


Erlanger Family Medicine Adds Dr. Ryan Shibata

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Dr. Shibata received a bachelor of science degree in biology from Cal State University, Fullerton in Fullerton, Ca. He then obtained his medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine in Dominica, West Indies. In 2023, he completed his family medicine residency at Erlanger, affiliated with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of… Read More


Erlanger Cardiology Performs Tennessee’s 1st Atrial Leadless Pacemaker Implant

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Harish Manyam, MD, chief of cardiology at Erlanger and Chair of Medicine for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine – Chattanooga, completed Tennessee’s first atrial leadless pacemaker implantation Wednesday.