Publisher: Memphis Medical News


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.


West Cancer Center Receives Multi-Million Dollar Gift from Moores

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West Cancer Center has received what officials call “a significant gift” from Jack and Betty Moore to The University of Tennessee/West Institute for Cancer Research, the fundraising arm of West Cancer Center.


UTHSC’s Michio Kurosu Receives $431,000 Grant from NIH

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Michio Kurosu, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center,  has received a grant totaling $431,000 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health.


Dean of UTHSC College of Pharmacy Honored by Pharmaceutical Association

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Marie Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, MPH, MBA, FCCP, FASHP, dean and professor in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has received the Chauncey I. Cooper Award from the National Pharmaceutical Association (NPhA).