Publisher: Memphis Medical News


Researcher Optimistic About Prostate Cancer Study

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The Department of Defense awarded $562,500 last September to Dr. Subhash Chauhan, PhD, a professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, to research new therapies for advanced-stage prostate cancer.


Arrival of New ED Drugs Helps Ease Doctor-Patient Conversation

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“Men are much more open about talking about erectile dysfunction than they were 15 years ago, 10 years ago,” said Robert W. Wake, MD, professor and chairman of the Department of Urology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and residency program director.


PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Kenneth Ennis, MD

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He has a faculty appointment in the department of psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and has worked with the UT Medical Group.


The Man Behind UTHSC’s Renovation: Kennard Brown overseeing current $250-million project

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“Dr. Brown served as the primary architect of the UTHSC master plan,” said Steve Schwab, MD, chancellor of the health science center. “The plan was drafted by a third-party consultant (Perkins + Will) after extensive consultation with Dr. Brown and members of the Chancellor’s Cabinet and the deans. It was vetted with faculty, staff and… Read More


Dr. Fabian Discusses the Necessity of Surgery

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“It’s not so much the chronologic age as it is the physiologic age,” says Timothy Fabian, MD, the Harwell Wilson Alumni Professor and chair of the Department of Surgery at UTHSC. “You can have some 50- or 60-year-olds who are going to do worse than some 90-year-olds because they haven’t taken care of themselves. They might… Read More


UTHSC Participates in Community Health Fair

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… with the nurse practitioners from UTHSC School of Nursing, ninety preschool physicals were performed.


PHYSICAN SPOTLIGHT: Kathryn Schwarzenberger, MD

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  Just over a year ago, Kathryn Schwarzenberger, MD, left her job as professor of medicine in the Division of Dermatology at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. Her destination was the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, where in May 2013 she took over as the first chair of the new Kaplan-Amonette Department… Read More


PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Robert W. Wake, MD

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While it’s unlikely that Robert W. Wake, MD, wears orange scrubs in the OR, he’s pretty much orange to the core in most other respects. The urologist grew up in Knoxville and attended the University of Tennessee for both undergraduate and medical school… He is now professor and chairman of the Department of Urology at… Read More