Publisher: Memphis Medical News


Seeking Treatment for ED Leads Many to Improved Overall Health

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“Erectile dysfunction becomes more common after age 40, but there are often underlying causes that need to be treated such as cardiac disease or diabetes or obesity,” said Robert Wake, MD, chairman of the Department of Urology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. “Men will come see us because of ED, but not as… Read More


UTHSC Graduates 779 New Healthcare Professionals

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center graduated 779 new healthcare professionals during separate ceremonies for each of its six colleges last month … Lori Gonzalez, PhD, vice chancellor for Academic, Faculty and Student Affairs, said this year’s class of 779 is a significant increase in number over last year’s class of 698 graduates.


Inaugural CORNET Awards Presented for Nine Research Initiatives

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Nine research grants have been announced as the 2016 awardees for the inaugural University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) Collaborative Research Network (CORNET) Awards. This year’s winners are: Isaac Donkor, PhD; Michio Kurosu, PhD; Ying Kong, PhD Bob Moore, PhD; Byron Jones, PhD; Megan Mulligan, PhD Detlef Heck, PhD; Francesca-Fang Liao, PhD; Anton Reiner,… Read More


Treating Symptoms of Menopause Presents Added Challenges

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“Menopause represents one day in a woman’s life and is a natural physiological event,” said Diane Pace, PhD, associate professor and director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice program in the College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center …


He’s a Surgeon-Scientist … and a Lot More

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William Mihalko, MD, PhD … is a Campbell Clinic orthopedic surgeon who in 2012 was appointed the J.R. Hyde Chair of Excellence in Rehabilitative Engineering at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC).


Sleep Disorder Treatments Still Face Challenges

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It is not uncommon that a sleep specialist discovers that a patient has other health issues resulting from sleep deficiency, according to Amado Freire, MD, professor and chief of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s division of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine.


Ophthalmologist Praises Suture-less Procedure

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[Aaron] Waite now is director of cornea, cataract and refractive surgery at the Hamilton Eye Institute at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), and is a leading proponent of the relatively new corneal transplant procedure DMEK – Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty.


Memphis Doctors’ Vaccine to be Used in Canadian Clinical Trial

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StreptAnova was invented by James B. Dale, MD, Chief of the Division of Infectious Disease, and Gene H. Stollerman, MD, Endowed Professor in Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and Research Scientist at the Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center.