Seven GI executive moves in the past month: 2. Mansour Parsi, MD, was appointed the Hyman Professor of Medicine and chief of gastroenterology and hepatology in the college of medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) recently launched the Tennessee Population Health Consortium, a statewide initiative dedicated to improving health outcomes and equity across Tennessee. The consortium will focus on using health coaching approaches to change the nature of primary care, encouraging quality improvement and population health research. In addition, the consortium will… Read More
A new statewide initiative aims to shift primary doctors away from “pill-pushing” to treating the root causes of three of Tennessee’s obesity-related natural killers. The new push comes from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). Its Tennessee Population Health Consortium is taking aim at heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.
As of Tuesday afternoon, four more cases of Delta variant have been confirmed in Shelby County for a total of 18.The new cases are not connected to other cases here, including a list of probable cases in the process of genome sequencing to know for sure.
Landau Uniforms, the nation’s leading healthcare apparel manufacturer, today announced this year’s recipients for its annual Amaze Yourself Scholarship program. Now in its 10th consecutive year, the Amaze Yourself Scholarship program was designed to support the future generation of students pursuing healthcare degrees, awarding winners supplies and financial assistance in their secondary education.
A recent case study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) describes a rare case of porphyria cutaneous yards associated with Hepatitis C. The case is reported by Dr. Tejesh S. Patel and Dr. Evgeniya Teterina Mohammed from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee. Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is the… Read More
Rhodes College alumnus and board member Dr. Ryan Mire has been named president-elect of the American College of Physicians (ACP), representing internal medicine physicians, related subspecialists and medical students. His term began May 2 at the conclusion of ACP’s annual business meeting, and he will be formally installed as president in April 2022. Mire earned… Read More
Over seven years, West Cancer Center accepted $13-$16 million from Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare for oncology services it did not perform at Methodist hospitals, according to West executives, now cooperating in a federal lawsuit against Methodist. The deal was part of a much larger incentive plan that netted Methodist more than $1.5 billion in new… Read More
