Life of Locum Tenens
Working off and on locum tenens since 1982, Andrew N. Wilner, MD, offers his experience as a testament to the benefit of working in this style.
UTHSC In the Media
CHF Solutions’ Physician-Led Webinar Highlights Real-World Evidence Supporting Effectiveness of Ultrafiltration in Heart Failure Patients
CHF Solutions (Nasdaq: CHFS), a medical device company dedicated to changing the lives of patients suffering from fluid overload, today announced key takeaways from its physician-led webinar discussing real-world experience using ultrafiltration (UF) in the management of heart failure patients. Panelists discussed results from the real-world retrospective study of 335 consecutive patients treated with the… Read More
Director of the Shelby County Health Department is named Communicator of the Year for 2020
The Memphis Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) has selected Alisa Haushalter, DNP, RN., Director of the Shelby County Health Department, as its Communicator of the Year for 2020. The 2020 Communicator of the Year Award reflects Dr. Haushalter’s unflappable courage in leading the community throughout the pandemic, always with eye toward… Read More
The Ethical Life podcast: Were we too timid in testing coronavirus vaccines?
On the sixth episode of “The Ethical Life,” Richard Kyte and Scott Rada are joined by Dr. Jim Bailey to talk about the coronavirus vaccines. January 27: North Platte Telegraph January 27: Richmond.com January 27: Lake Geneva Regional News January 27: Star Herald January 27: Bismarck Tribune
Cars and COVID-19
America’s love affair with the car is long and storied. From Henry Ford’s Model T to Elon Musk’s Tesla, Americans take great pride in what they drive, and some take great pains to keep their vehicles looking shiny and clean inside and out. But with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s a greater concern… Read More
A look at one university’s key role in COVID vaccinations
Students and researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center are playing instrumental parts in the development of a vaccine and now, in vaccinating the campus community. Pharmacy and nursing students, and medical and oral surgery residents have all been trained and are now vaccinating other residents and students on hospital rotations as well… Read More
New CDC study shows COVID-19 rapid tests aren’t as accurate for asymptotic patients
COVID-19 rapid tests are quick, easy and give you results in minutes, but they may not be as accurate if you don’t have symptoms. “You can’t just take a rapid test and say ‘Oh I don’t have COVID.” said Dean Scott Strome, UTHSC College of Medicine.
UTHSC researchers play role in supporting development of COVID-19 vaccines
Researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center have played a supporting role in the development of COVID-19 vaccines. To examine the efficacy of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine during development, the company needed a way to test the inhibitory effects of the antibodies generated after vaccination on virus infection. However, to work with SARS-CoV-2 requires… Read More