Lori S. Gonzalez named vice chancellor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Lori S. Gonzalez has been appointed vice chancellor of academic, faculty and student affairs at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
UTHSC In the Media
Levothyroxine Dose May Differ for Obese Women After Thyroidectomy
‘There is some suggestion that obese patients may be different in how they metabolize drugs. There may be a difference in pharmacokinetics,’ said endocrinologist Kathleen Glymph, MD, who is with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis.
State awards $2.6 million
The University of Memphis has received $2.6 million from the state of Tennessee to hire a veterinary pathologist and a pre-clinical orthopedic or toxicology researcher who will work with the school, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and TriMetis Life Sciences. TriMetis is a medical research laboratory located in the UT-Baptist Research Park and… Read More
Does a Fetus Feel Pain at 20 Weeks?
Proponents of 20-week abortion bans often also cite Kanwaljeet Anand, a professor of pediatrics, anesthesiology and neurobiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center … In testimony before Congress in 2005, however, Anand was specifically asked about this idea.
Medical Advances in Memphis
Studies show that “every time you’re able to take a surgeon that does open surgery and get them to do his surgeries with a robot, even with all the costs associated with the machine, the final cost to the hospital is actually less,” said Dr. Benny Weksler, chief of the thoracic division of the University… Read More
UTHSC to hold six graduation ceremonies for Memphis class of 2015
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center will graduate 698 new health care professionals at not one, but six ceremonies beginning Friday and ending May 29, officials said.
Dr. George Huang awarded the 2015 Distinguished Scientist Award
Dr. George Huang, director and professor in the Department of Bioscience Research in the College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has been awarded the 2015 Distinguished Scientist Award in Pulp Biology by the International Association for Dental Research.
Medication Errors
Amanda Howard-Thompson, PharmD, BCPS, is an associate professor in the Departments of Clinical Pharmacy and Family Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.