In the Media Tag: College of Medicine


College students return to school at campuses across Memphis

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One of the sweetest back-to-school stories this week played out at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts Friday afternoon when 170 new medical students put on their new white coats in a ceremony playing out in medical schools everywhere as fall semesters begin. The ceremony for University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of… Read More


Students balance pressures of medical school through creative writing

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In situations of life and death or pain and suffering, it can be cathartic to put those feelings and emotions down on paper. For doctors, it is their job to make life-and-death decisions and face the pain and suffering of their patients. Narrative Medicine, the practice of combining health care and literature, has gained popularity… Read More


UTHSC College of Medicine hosting inaugural African-American alumni reunion

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Black graduates of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine will gather in Memphis for a reunion this weekend for the first time, not just to renew acquaintances and network, but to formally christen a new scholarship fund that will provide financial help for future black students there.


Dr. Scott Strome fights cancer. Now he is moving to Memphis.

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Dr. Scott E. Strome is the new executive dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center…A Harvard-trained physician and cancer researcher who co-founded the Baltimore biomedical startup Gliknik Inc., Strome arrives in Memphis at a peculiar time in the history of American medicine.


Strome Set For New Role At UTHSC College Of Medicine

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Respected cancer surgeon and investigator Dr. Scott Strome is excited at becoming a new Memphian. Strome and his family will be moving to the area in the next couple of months as he prepares for his new role as Robert Kaplan Executive Dean of the College of Medicine and vice chancellor for Health Affairs at… Read More


UTHSC Names New Executive Dean of College of Medicine

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Scott Strome, MD, FACS, an internationally recognized head and neck surgeon, has been named Robert Kaplan Executive Dean of the College of Medicine and vice chancellor for Health Affairs at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) effective on or before October 1. Dr. Strome comes to UTHSC from the University of Maryland School… Read More


The College of Medicine graduation at UT Health Science Center (Photos)

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A photo gallery from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine graduation ceremony held on May 25 at the Cook Convention Center.


‘Embrace the gift of life’: Mother accepts medical degree after son’s suicide

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Julian took his life just two months shy of graduating with a doctorate in medicine from University of Tennessee Health Science Center. JaQuette said he left a two-page letter addressing family members and his fellow classmates. In it, she said, Julian shared his battle with depression, as well as love for those he left behind.