Publisher: Daily Memphian


UTHSC appoints new chancellor

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has announced the appointment of its 11th Chancellor, Dr. Peter F. Buckley. Buckley currently serves as dean of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, a position he’s held since 2017. His appointment, announced Monday, Dec. 6, was confirmed unanimously by the University of Tennessee System Board of… Read More


Widow, UT work to honor Shelby County’s first COVID-19 victim

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When he was a kid growing up in North Memphis, Kenneth Bradshaw dreamed of becoming an architect, but he couldn’t afford college. So, after he graduated from Manassas High in the 1970s, he took a job as a carpenter’s assistant at the nearby University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Over the next 46 years, Bradshaw… Read More


U.S. Government Refutes Methodist ‘Rhetoric,’ Justifies Intervention in Lawsuit

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The federal government, in a recent court filing, says it has significant justification to intervene in the case against Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and does not have to prove cause. The lawsuit against Methodist, initially filed in 2017, claimed that Methodist and West Cancer executives conspired in an alleged scheme that cost Medicare and Medicaid… Read More


UTHSC Health Hub Opens in Uptown

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It’s not every day ribbon is cut at 534 N. Second, the two-story, early 20th-century brick building that is a landmark in Uptown. Saturday, Oct. 30, it drew a cluster of walk-ups coming to check out the UTHSC Health Hub, the newest tenant. UTHSC had banner year in research, revenue “I am going to be… Read More


UTHSC College of Medicine GME on probationary accreditation in Memphis

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The UTHSC College of Medicine in Memphis, the sponsoring institution for medical residencies in Memphis, Nashville and Jackson, has been put on probationary accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The institution’s status does not affect accreditation of its 73 residency and fellowships programs in those cities. Residencies at the Knoxville and Chattanooga… Read More


Who are the COVID ‘Long-Haulers’ — Answers May be Surprising

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Jane Storie contracted COVID-19 a year ago and it was a “mild” case that included loss of taste and smell.  But that was not the end. It was the beginning. In October 2020, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Regional One Health partnered in establishing the COVID-19 Follow-up Clinic. Dr. Cyrilyn Walters is… Read More


Uncovering COVID’s New Connection with Diabetes

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Bryant Boone lives every day now with a sense of gratitude and deepening empathy for the vicissitudes of COVID. At 48, he is insulin-dependent, thanks to coronavirus. Dr. Cyrilyn Walters is seeing cases of people with sky-high blood sugar levels at the long-haul COVID clinic at Regional One Health (and UTHSC). She is also seeing… Read More


Federal Government Asks to Intervene in Case Against Methodist

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The U.S. government has requested to intervene in a lawsuit alleging that Methodist University Hospital executives created a scheme to entice more than $1.5 billion in business from West Cancer Center by rewarding physicians with kickbacks.vcv A former CEO of Methodist University Hospital, Jeffrey Liebman, filed the lawsuit in 2017. The former dean of the School… Read More