For several years, however, a team of surgeons at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, in partnership with Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, had been preparing to do this type of surgery in a single day ― a feat that had never been done in Tennessee.
Dr. Terri Finkel has devoted her career to working with critically ill children and finding ways to ease their pain. The Stanford University-educated pediatric rheumatologist and immunologist is well known in her field and has many accolades, including a place in the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is world renowned for fighting childhood cancers, but the hospital is also working to vaccinate children against a virus capable of causing a host of cancers in adulthood.
“We have an affiliation with the University of Tennessee (Health Science Center) that allows them to train on our new dual console robots with these master surgeons who are already certified for this real-time training,” said Smith, who’s also the market CEO of Saint Francis Healthcare.
The increasing demand is understandable, as the ease and convenience of pouches can make them irresistible to overworked, stressed parents and caregivers, said Dr. Mark Corkins, St. Jude Endowed Chair for Excellence in Pediatric Gastroenterology at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. He was not involved in… Read More
As students finally return to school, they are not only getting ready to see their friends again: Viruses are getting ready to spread. “It’s just a perfect situation for viruses to spread,” said Dr. Sandy Arnold, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital chief of pediatric diseases.
Health Care Provider, Physician Dr. Terri Finkel Professor/interim chair, Pediatrics, UTHSC; pediatrician-in-chief/vice chair of clinical affairs, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
Health Care Provider, Physician Dr. Dale Criner VP/chief medical officer, Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital; president, Memphis Medical Society; affiliate assistant professor, UTHSC
