Medical District’s chart is packed with healthy developments
The $40 million donation to the Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute is a great shot in the arm for the hospital, for the Medical District and for Memphis as a whole.
Publisher: The Commercial Appeal
UT plans new medical building in Knoxville
After years of delay, a new University of Tennessee audiology and speech pathology building should begin rising out of the ground at the UT Medical Center complex off Alcoa Highway in Knoxville by next summer.
Mid-South Memories: Nov. 13
50 years ago: 1965 “The University of Tennessee wants to help make Memphis the medical capital of the world, and Memphis is well on the way toward becoming just that,” Dr. Andrew Holt, UT president, told an alumni meeting last night at the Rivermont. Dr. Holt said new projects were increasing the diversity and quality… Read More
West Cancer Center holds Memphis conference before grand opening
The renovated facility is home base for the cancer center formed with a partnership of The West Clinic, Methodist Healthcare and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
50 years ago: 1965
50 years ago: 1965 NASHVILLE — A half million dollars was authorized Thursday by the Governor for construction of a massive center at the University of Tennessee Medical Units in Memphis for treatment of the mentally retarded.
Breast cancer study hits close to home in Memphis
Falander West hands a pink rose to her husband, Robert West, because, “he went through it with me,” as the pair attended a opening of the “Live! Just as We Are” exhibition of 80 portraits of African American breast cancer survivors from West Tennessee … The exhibit is on display in the lobby of the… Read More
Guest column: Nurses deserve praise for dedicated service
Hallie Murrey Bensinger is an assistant professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and director of the BSN/MSN Programs.
Memphis working to close the breast cancer disparity gap
“This is a huge problem in Memphis, a crisis,” said Dr. Gustavo Miranda-Carboni, a professor and cancer researcher at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Miranda-Carboni, recruited by UTHSC to study breast cancer and related health disparities, is part of a growing consortium of researchers, oncologists and health care providers who aren’t waiting.