Publisher: The Commercial Appeal


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

The Commercial Appeal

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


As COVID, flu and RSV cases make the rounds, where do things stand in Memphis?

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Entering the new year, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus cases seem to be on a continual decline in the Memphis area, but COVID-19 cases are creeping up. Dr. Sandy Arnold, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and a professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, said the hospital saw… Read More


Memphis People in Business: Dec. 8, 2022

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Tara Jackson Lemoine has been named the new executive director for the Center for Health Care Improvement and Patient Simulation (CHIPS) at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She joined UTHSC to lead the Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Simulation, a nearly $40 million simulation building that opened in 2018 on the Memphis campus.


Statewide tour tells the story of UT Health Science Center’s reach, mission | Opinion

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In a small dental clinic at a community center in Chattanooga, we saw firsthand the statewide reach and amazing impact of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.


‘Much to be done and we will do it together’: UTHSC investiture held

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Nine months into his tenure as the new chancellor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Peter Buckley had his investiture ceremony Friday morning. “We will work with our communities in collaboration to remove barriers to care and tackle the serious and pernicious social determinants of health,” Buckley said during his speech. “And we will… Read More