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Memphis People in Business: Oct. 17, 2024

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Marcia Sharp, an associate professor in the Health Informatics and Information Management program in the College of Health Professions at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, was named a Fellow in The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).


How doctor’s mission to ease the burden of sickle cell disease in Nigeria led her to Memphis

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Dr. Aisha Galadanci Akilu, a hematologist focusing on sickle cell disease, is in the process of earning a PhD in health outcomes and policy research at UTHSC. Research she has done in Memphis has already made a difference in her hometown of Kano, Nigeria.


Memphis People in Business: Oct. 3, 2024

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Assistant Professor Christie Manasco was named Assistant Dean of Student Affairs for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing.


This type of reconstructive surgery usually takes months. Memphis surgeons did it in hours

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For several years, however, a team of surgeons at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, in partnership with Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, had been preparing to do this type of surgery in a single day ― a feat that had never been done in Tennessee.


Academic medical center and new partnership will improve Shelby County’s residents health

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We are now embarking on a transformational journey to become a nationally renowned academic medical center in partnership with University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). This will position us to serve our community’s healthcare needs for generations. Regional One Health will give all patients the chance to reap the rewards of an academic medical center,… Read More


UTHSC to launch health hub in Soulsville that could serve thousands. Here’s what it will offer

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During their second year of medical school at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Lauren Wideman and Abe Almatari noticed something. While the institution offered a variety of health services throughout Memphis, it didn’t have much of a presence in the historic Soulsville neighborhood ― which was in desperate need of convenient and affordable… Read More


Shelby County residents can soon get free gym classes thanks to a partnership with UTHSC

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The initiative comes from a collaboration between the Shelby County Mayor’s Office of Innovation and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Medicine to promote physical activity, a press release said. Office of Innovation Director Danielle Inez said in the release she is hopeful that residents will believe that Shelby County can be… Read More


Are sports fans more likely to have heart problems? Here’s what a Memphis doctor found

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Today, Maturana is a Memphis-based doctor and the chief cardiology fellow at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, and he set out to address questions like those. Working with a team of researchers from UTHSC and Christian Brothers High School, he scoured PubMed, the biomedical literature database managed by the National… Read More