… the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital opened a Healthy Lifestyles Clinic as part of their joint Pediatric Obesity Program under the direction of Joan Han, MD, a Harvard-educated endocrinologist and former U.S. Public Health Service officer.
page 12: “Treatment of Cancer Patients in Memphis — Now Staying in Memphis” by Martin D. Fleming, MD, Division Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology, UTHSC cover photo: David Shibata, MD, FACS, FASCRS, Scheinberg Endowed Chair of Surgery for the UTHSC Department of Surgery
The study, led by Csaba P. Kovesdy, MD, of the Memphis VA Medical Center and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, included 2,525,525 white and 547,441 black patients with normal kidney function receiving care in the VA healthcare system.
One of the most exciting novel developments is an oral vaccine developed not for people, but for mice, invented by Maria Gomes-Solecki at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center . . . The idea is that by vaccinating them, we can control Lyme disease in these rodents and the ticks, and subsequently reduce transmission… Read More
The vaccine was developed by Dr. James Dale at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and is being commercialized by PREVENT and Vaxent. The Phase I trial was announced in August.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has appointed Kenneth J. Bradshaw as director of facilities administration and Gary M. White as director of architecture and planning. Bradshaw, a 41-year employee of UT, previously served as assistant director and interim director in facilities administration and the Office of Architecture and Planning. White previously led master… Read More
A union representing Tennessee public college employees is calling on Gov. Bill Haslam to halt his plans for privatizing management and operations of all state government buildings and facilities, including college campuses.
Healing Hands has partnered with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s dental school.
