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
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
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
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.
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.
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
By February 2023, Shelby County Government plans to launch ShelbyCares on 3rd, aiming to connect Shelby County residents with health coaches and primary care providers.
Dr. Matthew W. Wilson was named the Barrett G. Haik Endowed Chair for the Department of Ophthalmology in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and director of the Hamilton Eye Institute. He began his new roles in June. He has served as the acting chair of the UTHSC Department of Ophthalmology since April 2021… Read More
