COVID-19 vaccinations will begin at Memphis’ University of Tennessee Health Science Center Saturday, the university announced Friday.Several hospitals in Memphis began vaccinating frontline workers earlier this week.
Features video commentary from UTHSC’s Scott Strome “Doing nothing is not always the safest thing,” Dr. Steve Threlkeld with Baptist Memorial Hospital said.That’s the message from one of the leading medical minds in Memphis as the United States – and Mid-South – is on the cusp of its first widespread COVID-19 vaccinations. “When you think… Read More
Today, there are more than 500 people in our local hospitals ill with COVID-19. While many of them will get better, some will suffer long periods of illness and some will die. COVID-19 vaccines provide hope for a better tomorrow — hope that is proportional to the number of us willing to be vaccinated. How… Read More
As details of the mass COVID-19 inoculation campaign are being finalized in Shelby County, one of the most vexing issues — the labor pool — appears to be falling in place. A call between Mayor Jim Strickland and Doug McGowen, the city’s chief operating officer, and the leaders of medical teaching institutions put into a… Read More
COVID-19 cases continue to climb in Shelby County, and health professionals say these high numbers don’t include the spike that is likely coming after the Thanksgiving holiday. “If you look at the trajectory of the curve, it’s going up at a very steep rate,” said Dr. Scott Strome is the executive dean at the UT… Read More
Many thanks to Dr. Scott Strome, Dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN. During this 15-minute Medscape interview, Dr. Strome shared the challenges and satisfactions of working as Dean during COVID-19.
Dr. Manoj Jain will see COVID-19 patients in the hospital before his miniaturized Thanksgiving with only immediate family. “We usually have four families that have been getting together for Thanksgiving for two decades,” said Jain, who is advising Mayor Jim Strickland’s administration on the pandemic. “Not this year.”
“The goal is to keep people out of the hospital. We are very, very hopeful,” said Dr. Scott Strome, executive dean of the College of Medicine at University of Tennessee Health Science Center. “Our numbers are going through the roof.”
