The Memphis Medical District enjoyed a banner year in 2023 as nearly a dozen new businesses opened, hundreds of new apartments were built and infrastructure to create a more walkable community was completed.
“I’m not in favor of New Year’s resolutions that involve behavioral changes where you give yourself a deadline, or a ‘not-start-until-then,’” said Melissa Hoffman, an associate professor in the psychiatry department at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. “It involves way too much all-or-nothing thinking.”
Omar Malik has joined University of Tennessee Health Science Center as their senior compliance resolution officer. Malik will be at the Office of Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity, which serves the UTHSC employees, students, residents, fellows, post docs and others in the areas of affirmative action, equal employment opportunity and compliance, diversity and inclusion and education, learning… Read More
Regional One Health’s Menopause Care Practice is helping women take charge of their health as they age by addressing the myriad issues associated with menopause. The team can provide collaborative care, working with internists, endocrinologists, urologists, physical therapists and other experts. “We’ve been doing this for over four years now,” said Khanna, who’s also an associate professor… Read More
“On a national level, hospitalizations are increasing for COVID-19; they’re up about 51% over the last four weeks or so,” said Dr. Shirin Mazumder, infectious diseases physician at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare.
Dr. Regan Williams, medical director of trauma services at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and pediatric faculty member for University of Tennessee Health Science Center, said the increase in pediatric firearm injuries “hangs heavy on the hearts” of the hospital’s staff.
After a national search, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital announced Thursday, Dec. 7, interim president and surgeon-in-chief Dr. Trey Eubanks is its new president. “Le Bonheur is an incredibly special place, and all the people who work here show up every day to do what’s right for kids,” said Eubanks, who’s also chief of pediatric surgery… Read More
“Each of the last two years, we’ve had 1,400 patients come in from gun violence, and this year, we’re on pace to break that, which is really unthinkable,” said Kerwin, who’s also chief of the Division of Trauma/Surgical Critical Care at the nearby University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine.
