Publisher: Daily Memphian


Movers & Shakers

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After an extensive nationwide search, Karla Leeper, a highly accomplished communicator with decades of leadership experience in higher education and health care, has been named the new vice chancellor for Strategic Communications and Marketing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.


Launched in a pandemic, ZüpMed offers a different kind of medicine

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Dr. Lloyd Finks was dining with his wife Shannon one night when they began discussing the many flaws in the health care system, including cost, value, transparency and patient care.


Birding helps some ‘feel a part of something bigger’

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Sarah Rose Cullen keeps her bird feeders well stocked for the array of species that visit her Millington backyard.


Conaway: We are the target; we are the catch

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There is a school of thought that what’s happening in Washington, D.C., has nothing to do with us and dwelling on it serves no purpose.


UTHSC addresses loss of federal funding

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Advisory Board on Friday, May 9, unanimously approved a $711.2 million operating budget for 2026.


Regional One Health adds several robotic surgical systems

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Regional One Health is improving its surgical care by upgrading its technologies with the addition of a hybrid operating room and robotic surgical systems.


Le Bonheur hires its first chief of child psychology, behavioral health

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Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital has named Dr. Donald J. Bearden its first chief of pediatric psychology and behavioral health.


Old Medical District Holiday Inn to be demolished as UTHSC modernizes

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The demolition of the old Holiday Inn hotel tower at 969 Madison Ave. in the Memphis Medical District is underway with expected completion by February.