Health Care Heroes 2024 finalist is a prostate cancer drug hunter at UTHSC
Health Care Innovations Ramesh Narayanan Professor of Medicine, UTHSC
Health Care Innovations Ramesh Narayanan Professor of Medicine, UTHSC
Health Care Innovations Dr. Shyam Sathanandam Director, Interventional Cardiac Imaging & Interventional Catheterization Laboratory, and director, Clinical Research-Heart Institute, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital; professor, Peds Cardiology, UTHSC
Community Outreach Dr. David Richardson Orthopedic surgeon, Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics; professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UTHSC
Community Outreach Andrea Sebastian Assistant professor, UTHSC; pediatric nurse practitioner, Child Advocacy Resource and Evaluation Services Team, UT Le Bonheur Pediatric Specialists
The study, led by Dr. Kumar and his team, including recent graduate Dr. Mirzahosseini, from the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, suggests that the LM11A-31 compound could be a promising new treatment for neuroHIV and HAND.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center honored Church Health founder Dr. Scott Morris for his contributions to health care in Memphis.
Administrative Excellence Dr. Balaji Krishnaiah Chief, Division of Cerebrovascular Disease, and vice chair for Education/associate professor, Department of Neurology, UTHSC; physician, UT Neurology; medical director, Comprehensive Stroke Program, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
Administrative Excellence Dr. Austin Dalgo Associate professor, Department of Pediatrics, UTHSC/Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital; medical director, Healing Center Wellness & Stress Clinic; director, Center for Bioethics and Health Equity, Le Bonheur