Publisher: The Commercial Appeal


UTHSC shares master plan for Memphis campus

The Commercial Appeal

A new campus master plan for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will take center stage on Monday, Oct. 27, during an open house for those on the Memphis Medical Center campus as well as for the public. Representatives of the Perkins + Will firm will discuss the master plan for campus buildings and other… Read More


UT Health Science Center unveils master plan for Memphis campus

The Commercial Appeal

The first major master plan in two decades for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center aims to start a conversation well beyond the borders of the Memphis Medical Center-area campus. With its new five-year plan for adding 15 new facilities and renovating 10 more on the campus, the university also is inviting its neighbors, developers,… Read More


New Med board members get nod

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The commission approved Mayor Mark Luttrell’s appointments of Dr. Kennard Brown and Dr. William Evans to the Shelby County Healthcare Corp. board of directors, which oversees the Regional One Medical Center. Brown is executive vice chancellor and chief operations officer at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Evans is the retired director and CEO of… Read More


Dentistry dean will study motor and vocal tics

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Timothy L. Hottel, DDS, MS, MBA, dean of the College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), will serve as principal investigator for a $340,000 clinical study funded by TicTocStop, Inc.


UTHSC Students Lead Anti-Tobacco Efforts in Schools

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“At the UT Health Science Center, we are training health care specialists for tomorrow,” said Beth Choby, MD, FAAFP, associate professor in the Department of Medical Education at UTHSC. “Health starts with community involvement, and it is critical for physicians and pharmacists to be actively involved in our communities. Tar Wars provides the opportunity to… Read More


UT doctors in Memphis form strong bond with Regional One Health

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Faculty members of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center have long been the specialist physicians staffing the Regional Medical Center, but on Wednesday they are embracing a new role. With the launch of a new academic physician group called UT Regional One Physicians, the medical school faculty who also practice will play a larger, more… Read More


UTHSC Sponsors Domestic Violence Event

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“I stand here today as hope to somebody — somebody who thinks there is no hope,” Flowers told listeners at an event Saturday held in advance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October . . . The event at which she was speaking was sponsored by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Alpha Eta… Read More


Staying alive: BLUES Project chips away at Memphis infant deaths

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The Blues Project delivers education, counseling, social support and resource referrals to mothers like Hill, from pregnancy through the child’s second birthday. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee Health Foundation funds the program run by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.