In the early 1900s, Chamber organizations encouraged plans to open the West Tennessee State Normal School (known today as the University of Memphis), along with medical and dental schools that would later merge into the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Nelson is board-certified in palliative and hospice medicine as well as family medicine, and is also an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. At Regional One, he works with a team that includes a nurse practitioner, a social worker, a practice manager and — always — a gaggle of fellows, residents,… Read More
It takes a good dose of practical experience before a student in the health sciences can truly master the art of healing. As it happens, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has one of the top programs in the country that delivers cutting-edge methods of teaching: practical simulations.
As he recalls, he hadn’t planned to stay in Memphis long. Dr. William Kutteh meant to work here two or three years after arriving from North Carolina with his wife, Dr. Carol Kutteh. But the duo saw a city that was sorely lacking in accessible reproductive endocrinology services. “We moved here in 1996 when I… Read More
Just before the old health department building on Jefferson was demolished in 2021, the new health department director went back to the fifth floor to see her former office one more time. Her favorite map — a gift from a colleague when she got her first job at the health department in 2013 — was… Read More
It was late 2021, and Dr. William Novick, professor of surgery and international child health at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, was facing a dilemma. His colleagues in Ukraine had persuaded him to commit to four visits there in 2022, but lately the news from that part of the world had been troubling.… Read More
Nurses are the lifeblood of healthcare, but that blood supply has been at crisis-level for some time. If left untreated, the shortage could have dire consequences for the industry and for patients. The reasons for the shortage — from inconvenient shift hours to the threat of physical violence from patients angry about government mandates —… Read More
“Memphis 2021” artists take us into the next decade as Playhouse on the Square rolls out a winning performance from the last — plus a summer market and a silent movie.
