Exclusive: Doctor shares vision for area’s new cardiac institute
The institute’s co director is in the process of evaluating surgeons currently affiliated with UTHSC and Methodist and who specialize in areas of interest to the new cardiac institute.
Publisher: The Memphis Business Journal
‘Nationally renowned’ physicians to lead new cardiac institute
A trio of leadership hires has set the foundation for a new, “national-caliber” cardiovascular institute in Memphis. Dr. Chittoor Sai Sudhakar will be the UTHSC-Methodist Cardiac Institute’s co-director with Dr. John L. Jefferies. Dr. Zhongjie Sun, a cardiovascular researcher, will be its deputy director. Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and the University of Tennessee Health Science… Read More
Methodist president: $275M Shorb Tower will see ‘pioneering advances’ in medicine
A key component of the new tower is the UT/Methodist Transplant Institute, consolidating inpatient and outpatient services into one location. Three of the tower’s 18 operating rooms dedicated to transplant. “As the major academic campus and principal teaching hospital of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), it is important that we are pioneering… Read More
Exclusive: New wave tech helps university recruit, add revenue
Drug manufacturing capabilities along with cutting-edge regenerative and precision medicine might prove to be transformative for UTHSC.
UTHSC campus in midst of hidden building boom — attached to a $2.9B impact
Tucked away in the Medical District near Union Avenue, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) is in the midst of a building boom.
Meet one of the 40 Under Forty Class of 2018: UTHSC’s Dr. Tejesh Patel
Dr. Patel oversees UTHSC’s Department of Dermatology, including all clinical, educational, and research activities.
UTHSC puts new focus on diversity spending
Diverse businesses in the Memphis area now have another avenue at bidding for contracts for services and other products. On Thursday, Sept. 20, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) held a workshop for local businesses to learn about its new Diversity Business Enterprise Initiative and about procurement practices at UTHSC.
Childhood cancer research funding awarded
The largest private funder of childhood cancer research grants has included two local institutions in its latest round of financing. Grants from Los Angeles-based St. Baldrick’s Foundation totaling more than $1.1 million were awarded to researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. St. Jude received the bulk… Read More