From saving infants to killing mosquitoes, Madlock has touched lives
Dr. Ramasubbareddy Dhanireddy, professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, lauds Yvonne Madlock upon her retirement from the Shelby County Health Department.
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Interim dean named permanent at Memphis-based UTHSC College of Nursing
Likes, who earned her master’s, doctor of nursing science and Ph.D. at UTHSC, served as interim dean for about 10 months. She leads a faculty and staff with 105 members and a college that serves about 400 students on the campus in Memphis’ Medical District.
Cataracts
Dr. Aaron Waite is director of Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Diseases at the Hamilton Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Medical Advances in Memphis
Studies show that “every time you’re able to take a surgeon that does open surgery and get them to do his surgeries with a robot, even with all the costs associated with the machine, the final cost to the hospital is actually less,” said Dr. Benny Weksler, chief of the thoracic division of the University… Read More
UTHSC to hold six graduation ceremonies for Memphis class of 2015
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center will graduate 698 new health care professionals at not one, but six ceremonies beginning Friday and ending May 29, officials said.
UTHSC lands more than $4.6 million in new grants
A total of more than $4.6 million in new grants for research for scientists at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will involve the weed killer Paraquat, rapid eye movement sleep and a disease that causes an unusual kind of internal tumors.
Memphis UTHSC scientist awarded $300,000 for glaucoma research
The chairman of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics has won a $300,000 award to support glaucoma research, the Memphis university announced.