Dr. Jerre Freeman, humanitarian and ceaseless innovator, loved big ideas. But he also loved acting on them and investing in them. Those qualities brought the region big advances in ophthalmology, starting with innovations in cataract surgery. By the early 1980s, Memphis was one of the few places in the United States where it was outpatient… Read More
Dr. Kathryn Sumpter wears an insulin monitor on her upper arm. A half dozen times a day or more, she peels back a sleeve to show a young patient what it looks like to live with type 1 diabetes.
“Nobody really knows what’s going to happen this season because the last two seasons have been so unusual,” said Dr. Sandy Arnold, division chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Medical Co-Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. An estimated 58,000-80,000 children under the age of five are hospitalized with RSV infection each year,… Read More
The Memphis Medical District Collaborative and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center are teaming up to host a free wellness festival for the surrounding community in the recently renovated Morris Park at 747 Poplar Ave. The first ever Medical District Wellness Festival, slated for Saturday, Sept. 16, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., aims… Read More
It has been more than three years since a novel coronavirus — SARS-CoV-2, alias COVID-19 — flipped everyday life upside down.
A new Covid-19 strain BA.2.86, was identified by the World Health Organization on Aug. 17. and is being monitored worldwide. So far, it has not shown up in Tennessee wastewater samples and the case numbers remain low. “So we don’t know what the percentages are because they’re just that low,” said Dr. Shirin Mazumder, associate… Read More
Dr. Kenneth R. Tilashalski has been named Executive Associate Dean for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Dentistry. He will join the faculty effective Sept. 1. Dr. Tilashalski earned his Doctorate of Dental Medicine degree from Southern Illinois University and completed residencies at UAB in oral pathology and endodontics.
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will be recognized this fall for a nursing partnership that’s had an impact on the Mid-South. The two institutions will receive the Exemplary Academic-Practice Partnership Award from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.
