Publisher: The Commercial Appeal


Medical District offers grants to draw events, people

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“We are excited to encourage individuals who have innovative ideas that will draw people, activity, and attention to the Memphis Medical District,” said Ken Brown, chief operations officer for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and an MMDC board member. “UTHSC is proud to support this program as a way to showcase some of… Read More


UTHSC-Sponsored Event Mentors Girls

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The Girls Empowered and Mentored for Success tea party is hosted by the Shelby County Relative Caregiver Program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.


Dr. Altha Stewart: Juvenile justice reform needed to improve our community

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In partnership with the Juvenile Court, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has launched the Center for Health in Justice-Involved Youth.


Astronaut pioneer tells city’s newest doctors, ‘It will all be worth it’

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One of America’s first women in space delivered the keynote address to more than 150 graduates at the commencement ceremony of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Medicine …


Memphis Medical District Collaborative Works to Revitalize Neighborhood

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“We’re considering incentives for people across the socioeconomic spectrum to move back to where they work,’’ said [Tommy] Pacello, president of the Memphis Medical District Collaborative.


Preparing to look at the Solar Eclipse

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“People should not look at the solar eclipse with bare eyes except for a second or two,’’ said Dr. James C. “Chris’’ Fleming, chair of the department of ophthalmology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.


Dr. Byrne drove himself, others to hold Frayser together

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Dr. Bill Byrne retired from the University of Tennessee’s Health Science Center in 1989, a couple of years before he began working in Frayser.


UT College of Medicine Debuts Mobile Stroke Unit

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“We are essentially the equivalent of a stroke center delivered to the doorstep of the patient,” said Dr. Andrei Alexandrov, University of Tennessee Health Science Center neurology professor, chairman of the neurology department and medical director of the stroke ambulance.