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UT Health Science Center College Of Medicine Reaccredited

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Medicine has been reaccredited for the maximum eight-year term by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.


Breathing Easier: UTHSC screening and treatment programs target lung cancer

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Dr. Benny Weksler … chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and also UTHSC’s first Eastridge-Cole Professor … is a key player in a lung cancer screening program that UTHSC and the West Clinic hope to launch by this fall.


Medical Center Makeover: UTHSC Construction Transforms Area

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is one of the leaders in changing the look and feel of the area, with $175 million in construction or renovation projects underway or in the planning stages, driven mostly by the desire to produce a modern campus attractive to students, faculty and researchers.


UTHSC Associate Dean Steps Down

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Robert G. Shreve is relinquishing his role as associate dean for medical education in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Medicine on June 16… Most recently, he led the college through its successful eight-year reaccreditation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.


UTHSC Realigns Department of Dental Hygiene

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The Department of Dental Hygiene at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Allied Health Sciences will be realigned under the UTHSC College of Dentistry.


UTHSC Vice Chancellor Wins Health Care Award

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Kennard Brown, executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has received the Healthcare Education Award from the Nashville-based Council on Workforce Innovation. The statewide award, presented at the 2014 Healthcare Diversity Forum in Nashville, recognized Brown’s efforts in promoting diversity in health care education. The regional forum, which… Read More


Online Auction Raises $70,000 for UT Health Science Center

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center grossed more than $70,000 from an online auction of more than 300 works by internationally known Memphis artist Paul Penczner. The sale, which opened March 4 and finished with a rolling auction, drew 158 bidders. The works are part of a 400-piece collection the artist’s widow, Jolanda Penczner, donated… Read More


Ballo Begins New Roles At UTHSC, West Clinic

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Dr. Matthew T. Ballo has received appointments as founding chairman of the new Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and director of radiation oncology at the UT/West Clinic… Ballo will play a key role in expanding the radiation/oncology program at UT/West Clinic. He also has plans to develop a radiation oncology… Read More