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Demolition of ‘Eyesore’ Underway Soon

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A multi-million-dollar glow up is underway at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center (UTHSC) campus in a plan that includes the $19.4 million demolition of a much-criticized, abandoned hotel on Madison.


Alliance will break ground on $11M children’s mental-health center in 2025

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The keynote speaker was local businessman and mental-health advocate Michael Drake. Dr. Altha Stewart, senior associate dean of community-health engagement at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, led a workshop that offered continuing-education credits.


UT Health Science Center College Of Medicine Welcomes New Leaders, Honors Promoted Faculty

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine – Chattanooga welcomed three new leaders to their team and awarded promotions to 13 faculty members this academic year. The college held a reception to honor these new leaders and promoted faculty members.


A UT graduate school partnered with the East TN Children’s Hospital on a residency program, bringing formal pediatric training back to Knoxville

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A release said the East Tennessee Children’s Hospital partnered with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Graduate School of Medicine to launch the program. It also said it would re-establish formal pediatric training for the Knoxville area for the first time in around 25 years.


UTHSC has plans for new $350M building

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A slew of capital-improvement projects dominated the conversation at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s advisory board meeting Friday, Nov. 8.


Local institution unveils plans for new $350 million building

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has unveiled plans for an interdisciplinary building for its College of Medicine. At its Nov. 8 advisory board meeting, UTHSC executive vice chancellor for finance and administration and COO Raaj Kurapati announced plans for a $350 million new state-of-the-art build.


The little ones eat too much sugar

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With the holiday season approaching, many children’s consumption of sweets increases significantly, but a recent study warns that it is worthwhile to moderate the consumption of sugar.


The Bad News Behind the Rise in Locum Tenens

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I’ve worked locum tenens off and on since 1982. Flexible schedules allowed me to write several books, pursue a parallel career as a medical journalist, lead medical missions in the Philippines, and develop modest expertise as an underwater photographer. But the recent rise in locum tenens practitioners signals trouble for medicine.