A recent medical scare reminded me of an ancient teaching axiom: “What you do is more important than what you say.” As an associate professor of neurology, my primary responsibility is to educate medical students and neurology residents. In addition to the occasional didactic lecture, teaching takes place at the hospital and clinic in the… Read More
Researchers from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine-Knoxville; the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Office of Research understand the challenges affecting the health and wellness of Tennesseans. A new system-wide collaborative grant program led by UTHSC COM-K is supporting research and scholarly activities to… Read More
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital has named Bret A. Mettler, MD, its new Chief of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and Executive Co-Director of the Heart Institute at Le Bonheur and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Dr. Mettler will also hold The Susan and Alan Graf Endowed Chair in Pediatric Heart Surgery at Le Bonheur.
The Associate Dean of Research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing has received a two-year, $421,188 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to improve cognitive screening in people who suffer from a devastating type of stroke called aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH).
Southern Reins is also providing hands-on educational opportunities. It serves as a continuing-education fieldwork site for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and an internship location for Rhodes College and Concorde Career College’s Occupational Therapy Assistant Program.
This study included 64 women aged 24 to 66 years, all of whom had type 2 diabetes; the group’s average hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) at diagnosis was 6.4% (range 5.8% to 13.2%), said Laura Reed, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CDC, of the College of Nursing, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis.
Dr. Pallavi Khanna, an OBGYN with Regional One Health, is a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner. She hosts a Menopause Support Group at Regional One Health so women can learn from experts and each other as they navigate the emotional and physical changes women face during menopause.
“I would imagine a lot of reasons why. We think in our teenage years, in our 20s years, that we’re unstoppable,” said Dr. Jenkins, a family physician for a clinic at the University of Tennessee Medical Center. “And while that’s not necessarily true, that mentality can carry over.”
