UTHSC In the Media


UTHSC Chancellor Steve Schwab, Contemplates 2022 Retirement, Reflects on Tenure

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For the last decade, Steve Schwab, MD, not only witnessed impressive strides in the local medical community, but also played a significant role in that success while serving as chancellor of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Now, as Schwab prepares to transition to a different role at UTHSC – he recently announced plans… Read More


Memphis Medical Society Congratulates this Year’s Graduating Medical School Class

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On May 19, this group of new doctors graduated medical school at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine. This class of 163 doctors has persevered through one of the toughest years. As an acknowledgment of this class’s perseverance through a year of COVID-19, the following sponsors pitched it to cover the… Read More


COVID-19 hospitalizations, ICU beds on the rise in Mid-South

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Across the Mid-South, the new strain has proven to be deadly in some places and now it’s even putting children in the ICU.“I just want them vaccinated so they stay alive that’s the simple thing for me, I just want people vaccinated so they stay alive,” said Dean Scott Strome, UTHSC College of Medicine Executive… Read More


Smile! UT Health Science Center opens new dental clinic (Video)

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Local Memphis: Smile! UT Health Science Center opens new dental clinic (Video)


Le Bonheur physicians, angry with pact, want meeting with leadership

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Physicians at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, angry at changes that affect their physician practice group, are asking for a meeting with leadership of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. In late June, both the Methodist Le Bonheur and UT boards of trustees signed off on a new affiliation agreement… Read More


Lobo QB Tuioti still hasn’t been cleared (or ruled out) after three concussions Mentions UTHSC’s Marc Malkoff

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UNM second-year coach Danny Gonzales has said only that Tuioti checks in with medical staff weekly, and if he is not cleared before the start of preseason camp on Aug. 3, he’ll become a student assistant coach. Tuioti’s status for the season will be determined before camp begins, Gonzales said. UNM has shielded Tuioti from… Read More


4 recent heart care partnerships

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Nashville, Tenn.-based Ascension Saint Thomas Heart launched its first cardiology fellowship program, sponsored by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine in Memphis.


How UTHSC pulled off its $70 million project on the historic Quadrangle — and what could come next

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More than a decade ago, Kennard Brown, Ph.D., started taking Tennessee legislators through the Mooney Building at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC).Brown, executive vice chancellor and COO of UTHSC, hoped to obtain state funding for renovations, as the facility had been vacant for 30 years. And what better way to score capital,… Read More