Publisher: The Commercial Appeal


UT Health Science Center adds long-vacant hotel to Memphis campus

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has purchased a 19-story former hotel and office building that’s been vacant for two decades in the Memphis Medical Center, adding it to plans for the campus.


UTHSC gets $100,000 gift to boost community pharmacy model

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The Memphis-based University of Tennessee Health Science Center will provide scholarships and foster a model of community pharmacy with a $100,000, five-year commitment from the Reeves-Sain Foundation Inc. in Murfreesboro.


A UT orange burst for Methodist’s flagship Memphis hospital

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Highlighting the value of branding in today’s health care world, the bright orange “UT” of the University of Tennessee on Wednesday joined a new sign at the entrance of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare’s flagship hospital.


UT initials to go on Methodist hospital

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Methodist University Hospital will become Methodist UT Hospital, a move that takes note of the partnership between the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis and the Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare system. New signs will be unveiled Wednesday.


Dr. Waters Study: Medicare penalties helped reduce some, not all, complications

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Medicare penalties that withhold dollars from hospitals have helped lower infections, but haven’t significantly lowered injuries from falls or bedsores, a University of Tennessee Health Science Center researcher has found.


UT eye surgeon in Memphis wins military research grant

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The U.S. Army has awarded a research grant of nearly $1 million to a University of Tennessee Health Science Center professor to explore the use of new drugs for treating injured eyes.


UT medical school dean in Chattanooga stepping down

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The dean of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine — Chattanooga and senior vice president of Erlanger Health System, Dr. David Seaberg, is stepping down from the joint positions once a replacement for him is found, officials announced Friday. . . The executive dean of the Memphis-based College of Medicine at the University of… Read More


New York company acquires diabetic eye tech firm with Memphis roots

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A University of Tennessee Health Science Center professor and physician in Memphis, Dr. Edward Chaum, and investment by Memphis-based MB Venture Partners LLC, helped found Hubble Telemedical in December 2011.