Le Bonheur Opens Expanded NICU
Dr. Trey Eubanks, who was named Le Bonheur’s president last December, said advancements in fetal medicine and NICU care have increased survival rates for babies born preterm or with complex congenital anomalies.
Publisher: Daily Memphian
UTHSC opening health center in Soulsville
A new community health clinic is coming to South Memphis to expand access to care for residents in the historic Soulsville neighborhood. On Tuesday, March 19, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, in partnership with the Soulsville Foundation and the Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation, announced the launch of UTHSC Health Hub: Soulsville during an event at the Stax… Read More
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital’s $95 million expansion nears completion
Nearly three years after breaking ground, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital is poised to unveil its $95 million expansion on May 8.
For many Black sickle cell patients, care must reach deeper
Memphis has been a hub of sickle cell disease research since 1929 when Dr. Lemuel W. Diggs began researching the disease after arriving in Memphis to teach at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. At the time, fewer than 20 scientific papers on the disease existed.
Mental health issues complicate treatment for sickle cell patients
Black patients in Memphis with sickle cell disease often report being misdiagnosed or treated as drug seekers when they show up in emergency rooms during pain crises.
Movers & Shakers
Dr. Hae Won Shin has been named chair of the Department of Neurology and Semmes-Murphey Professor of Excellence at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Medicine.
First Black UTHSC graduate visits his old stomping grounds
Dr. Alvin Crawford, the first Black graduate of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, returned to Memphis Monday, Feb. 26, to visit with students, present research and sign his recently published autobiography.
UTHSC Dental College will ‘Give Kids a Smile’
Students at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Dentistry are gearing up to give free dental care to more than 100 middle and high school students from Freedom Preparatory Academy on Monday, Feb. 26, as part of Give Kids a Smile Day. For almost a decade, the college has participated in the… Read More