At the age of 53, Chad Kennedy three years ago returned to school at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center to earn a bachelor of science in nursing. It’s not a path that many would be brave enough to take, but for Kennedy, it’s what made the most sense.
Medical student Jon Pat “JP” Ransom is pursuing pediatrics and pediatric oncology research, because his younger sister died of neuroblastoma. Motivated to help others because of his own experience, he is a stellar example of the caliber of students the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) attracts, educates, and trains to care for the people of… Read More
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
