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Memphis People in Business: Aug. 3, 2023

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The Office of Communications and Marketing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, along with leaders of the UT System Communications and Marketing Office, received top honors from national and Tennessee public relations competitions for the planning, execution and promotion of last fall’s “Everywhere You Look, UTHSC” tour, a statewide tour to emphasize UTHSC’s presence… Read More


‘We’re all here for a purpose.’ Memphis dentist wins award for non-profit work

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DDS, Rosenthal’s organization, holds an annual one-day symposium every August at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center for students age 14 to 18 and holds a much longer program for that same age group as well as children age 2 to 5, from January to June. Neither program is required to attend the other, there is… Read More


Memphis doctor Christina Rosenthal honored as a Health Equity Hero in nationwide award

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Dr. Christina Rosenthal is recognized as a Health Equity Hero by DentaQuest. The award comes with a $5,000 donation, which Rosenthal says will go to DDS’s parent organization, the 516 Foundation. Dr. Christina Rosenthal and group of young DDS graduates pose for a photo at UT Health Science Center. Students receive their white coats through… Read More


Memphis People in Business: July 27, 2023

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Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare has new providers at its Methodist Medical Group-Endocrinology office on Poplar Avenue with the addition of Dr. Nisreen Abu Al Hommos and family nurse practitioner Jennifer Jurado. Abu Al Hommos completed an internal medicine residency at the Medical University of South Carolina and an endocrinology fellowship from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.


Wheel tax increase fails, commissioners end 9+ hour meeting without alternative revenues

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Shelby County Commissioners closed a more than nine-hour meeting Monday without identifying a way to fund debt service for a new Regional One Health campus or two new high schools. J. Richard Walker III, chair of emergency medicine at University of Tennessee Health Science Center, told commissioners Monday that out of all the hospitals downtown,… Read More


New Delta Dental building at UTHSC in Memphis marks an expansion of services | Opinion

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When we cut the ribbon (in this case the floss) on the new Delta Dental of Tennessee Building at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis on April 14, we will be ushering in a new day for the oral health of the people of Tennessee.


Memphis People in Business: March 2, 2023

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Regional One Health promoted certified nurse midwife Breia Loft to lead the hospital’s Midwifery Services. Loft has worked as a certified nurse midwife at Regional One Health for seven years and has 25 years’ experience as a certified nurse midwife. She earned her master’s in nursing degree from Vanderbilt University. She is also an instructor in the Advanced… Read More


How Methodist Transplant Institute’s new leader plans to move center forward

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Almost three years after returning to the place he spent his early surgical years, Dr. Jason Vanatta has settled into the driver’s seat at the Methodist Transplant Institute. And he has a finely honed vision for how to move the center forward. The institute also partners with Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and The University of Tennessee… Read More