On May 19, this group of new doctors graduated medical school at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine. This class of 163 doctors has persevered through one of the toughest years. As an acknowledgment of this class’s perseverance through a year of COVID-19, the following sponsors pitched it to cover the… Read More
Across the Mid-South, the new strain has proven to be deadly in some places and now it’s even putting children in the ICU.“I just want them vaccinated so they stay alive that’s the simple thing for me, I just want people vaccinated so they stay alive,” said Dean Scott Strome, UTHSC College of Medicine Executive… Read More
Local Memphis: Smile! UT Health Science Center opens new dental clinic (Video)
Physicians at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, angry at changes that affect their physician practice group, are asking for a meeting with leadership of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. In late June, both the Methodist Le Bonheur and UT boards of trustees signed off on a new affiliation agreement… Read More
UNM second-year coach Danny Gonzales has said only that Tuioti checks in with medical staff weekly, and if he is not cleared before the start of preseason camp on Aug. 3, he’ll become a student assistant coach. Tuioti’s status for the season will be determined before camp begins, Gonzales said. UNM has shielded Tuioti from… Read More
Nashville, Tenn.-based Ascension Saint Thomas Heart launched its first cardiology fellowship program, sponsored by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine in Memphis.
More than a decade ago, Kennard Brown, Ph.D., started taking Tennessee legislators through the Mooney Building at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC).Brown, executive vice chancellor and COO of UTHSC, hoped to obtain state funding for renovations, as the facility had been vacant for 30 years. And what better way to score capital,… Read More
As we near the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, another health crisis is being brought back into the spotlight in the Mid-South, opioid-related deaths. “We’re still feeling the impact of that increased caseload,” said Dr. Ben Figura. Figura is the Director of the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center, where he and his team perform the… Read More
