Dr. Bret Mettler, chief of pediatric cardiac surgery and executive codirector of Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital’s Heart Institute, was called into the operating room recently to perform a life-saving surgery on a newborn baby.
While most Memphians were still oblivious to a virus spreading overseas, those charged with keeping the Bluff City safe were already alarmed in January 2020.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is helping its research teams navigate uncertainty caused by changes in the federal funding that’s long supported its work.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has earned the Carnegie R1 designation, highlighting the pivotal role research plays in its mission.
The city unveiled its new $34 million crisis wellness center in Binghampton on Friday, Feb. 14, a facility that officials expect will divert thousands of people annually from local jails and emergency rooms.
Our city and county face a difficult but important decision: how to allocate our limited resources to address urgent needs. We require both a new jail and a new hospital, but given financial constraints, we must make choices that maximize public benefit and long-term sustainability.
U.S. medical schools’ and research institutions’ budgets could be gutted if a recent Trump administration plan to reduce federal funding is allowed to stand, according to researchers.
On Friday, Feb. 7, in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Mooney Library, Dr. Phil Wenk received a standing ovation from his colleagues at his final meeting as chair of the UTHSC advisory board.
