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West Cancer Center Celebrates Grand Opening

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The Grand Opening is a result of an innovative partnership between Methodist Healthcare, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and West Clinic, who joined together in January 2012 to form West Cancer Center.


Largest donation ever catalyzes Transplant institute

The Memphis Business Journal

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare (MLH) and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) have received the largest gift in their 100-year history.


Le Bonheur to test promising new drug on babies battling RSV

The Commercial Appeal

Le Bonheur is the “main place” for the worldwide test of a antiviral drug known as ALS-008176, which could redefine how RSV cases are handled, said Dr. John DeVincenzo, medical director, molecular and viral diagnostics at Le Bonheur. He’s the lead author of a study — published last week in the New England Journal of… Read More


Anticoagulant Reversal Agents Widen AF Treatment Options

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“Reversal agents for new “Reversal agents for new anticoagulants are important because anticoagulation is still underused as stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation,” said panel member Prof. Lisa Jennings, PhD, director of the vascular biology center at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC; Memphis, USA). are important because anticoagulation is still underused… Read More


RSV: Investigational Drug Shows Promise in Challenge Study

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John P. DeVincenzo, MD, from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine and the Children’s Foundation Research Institute at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, and colleagues published their findings in the November 19 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.


$40 Million Gift to Boost Memphis Hospital’s Transplant Work

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Methodist University Hospital has received an anonymous $40 million donation aimed in part at expanding the Memphis facility’s organ transplant center, reports The Commercial Appeal. Half of the gift will go to the Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute for equipment and upgrading patient rooms. The institute drew national attention in 2009 when the late Apple… Read More


Medical District’s chart is packed with healthy developments

The Commercial Appeal

The $40 million donation to the Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute is a great shot in the arm for the hospital, for the Medical District and for Memphis as a whole.


Local Researchers Helping In Pancreatic Cancer Fight

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Dr. Subhash Chauhan hopes to change that with his pancreatic cancer research.