Charles Gomez, MD, is a board-certified pediatric orthopedic surgeon and Chattanooga native. Dr. Gomez began his medical career at Erlanger nearly 20 years ago as an EMT and patient care tech in the CHE Emergency Department. During his time at CHE, Dr. Gomez learned the importance of patient and family-centered care.
Dr. Jerre Freeman, humanitarian and ceaseless innovator, loved big ideas. But he also loved acting on them and investing in them. Those qualities brought the region big advances in ophthalmology, starting with innovations in cataract surgery. By the early 1980s, Memphis was one of the few places in the United States where it was outpatient… Read More
Dr. Kathryn Sumpter wears an insulin monitor on her upper arm. A half dozen times a day or more, she peels back a sleeve to show a young patient what it looks like to live with type 1 diabetes.
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) has approved a proposal for a joint Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program operated by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing and the UT Southern Jeanette M. Travis School of Nursing and Health Sciences.
Yet another barrier to tenure and promotion, the report notes, are biases in teaching evaluations. “There are studies that show when faculty of color have student evaluations, the open-ended responses are attacking their race and ethnicity as opposed to talking about the content of the course,” said Michelle Martin, co-chair of the task force and… Read More
The College of Health Professions at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has been awarded a record-breaking $3.25 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration. The grant is meant to support a Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) and is being called Reimagining Education for Advance Careers in Healthcare, or REACH. It’s… Read More
As the United States experiences a continuous increase in cases of melanoma, researchers from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center are beginning a study to determine whether sex hormones affect the risk of the deadly skin cancer.
Forbes has released its 2023 Best Employers by State list, and of the 76 organizations ranked in the Tennessee section, eight are headquartered in Memphis. The highest scoring local employer was St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which has about 5,000 staffers and finished in fifth place. The next highest ranked Memphis group was the law firm… Read More
