In the Media Tag: John Jefferies


CHF Solutions’ Physician-Led Webinar Highlights Real-World Evidence Supporting Effectiveness of Ultrafiltration in Heart Failure Patients

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CHF Solutions (Nasdaq: CHFS), a medical device company dedicated to changing the lives of patients suffering from fluid overload, today announced key takeaways from its physician-led webinar discussing real-world experience using ultrafiltration (UF) in the management of heart failure patients. Panelists discussed results from the real-world retrospective study of 335 consecutive patients treated with the… Read More


UT Health Science Center researchers impressed by early participation in Regeneron COVID-19 treatment drug study

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Doctors at University of Tennessee Health Science Center said their COVID-19 treatment study is already off to a better than expected and positive start.Researchers are seeing how well a COVID-19 treatment drug works with the area’s diverse population.


Local, but often forgotten institution is about to start clinical trials for a drug to fight COVID-19

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University of Tennessee’s Health Science Center is turning heads. Way before the pandemic, its gene research and mobile stroke unit were groundbreaking. Now we learn in addition to hoping to come up with a vaccine, Researchers will also be conducting clinical trials for a drug that can fight COVID-19.


Regional One, UTHSC are conducting COVID-19 clinical trials and they need Memphis volunteers

The Commercial Appeal

A new potential COVID-19-fighting drug is being tested in Memphis. Researchers on the clinical trials hope the drug will help treat people with COVID-19 who do not require hospitalization and prevent infection among people who have had close contact with someone who tested positive. Regional One Health and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center… Read More


New cardiovascular institute secures leadership team

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Coming from Texas, Ohio and Oklahoma, three nationally renowned heart doctors have been recruited to lead a new cardiovascular institute in Memphis. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare have partnered to create a national-caliber cardiovascular program between the university and its clinical partner. “My vision for the institute… Read More


‘Nationally renowned’ physicians to lead new cardiac institute

The Memphis Business Journal

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