“We do see cases go up in summer with people going inside because of the heat waves and because of travel and waning immunity,” said Dr. Shirin Mazumder, associate professor of infectious diseases at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine. “And cases may go back down. Then we could anticipate another increase… Read More
Tennessee’s largest educator of health care professionals has a new executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer, its first-ever vice chancellor for strategic partnerships, a new College of Pharmacy dean and a new interim executive dean as well.
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital interim director Dr. James “Trey” Eubanks said the hospital’s ongoing $95.4 million expansion will include several state-of-the-art features, including a virtual reality area. Eubanks, a 20-year Le Bonheur veteran and professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Medicine, was named the hospital’s interim… Read More
Dr. Scott Strome, executive dean of the college of medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, resigned Tuesday, Aug. 1, without explanation. An email to staff that day from Chancellor Dr. Peter Buckley noted that Strome had stepped down from his administrative roles and thanked him for his leadership. UTHSC did not immediately… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing is partnering with Baptist Memorial Health Care on a pilot program to tackle a shortage of nurses in the operating room. The Operating Room Scholars program will educate nursing students in perioperative nursing, which involves providing care to patients before, during and after surgery. .
The Saturday immunization clinics are in partnership with MSCS, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Latino Memphis, ShotRx and Memphis Area Transit Authority.
With the start of a new school year less than two weeks away, Shelby County Health Department will host a number of free clinics to get local families up to speed on required childhood immunizations.
The Food and Drug Administration Thursday, July 13, approved a birth control pill that will be available over the counter without a prescription, a milestone in the United States that is expected to expand access significantly to contraception. It is expected to help a population of women — teens, young women and others — who… Read More
