Saint Thomas Health’s Mike Schatzlein on growing partnership with UT
Medical residents aren’t new to Saint Thomas Health, but a new neighbor — a planned $40-million University of Tennessee Health Science Center site — will up the ante considerably.
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UTHSC eyes Nashville expansion
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is laying the groundwork for a dramatic expansion of its medical training program in Nashville. The Memphis-based institution is looking toward “a major construction project” that would bring more aspiring doctors to Middle Tennessee, according to a statement from UTHSC Chancellor Steve J. Schwab.
Dr. Dagogo-Jack Named Principal Officer in American Diabetes Association
Samuel Dagogo-Jack is Professor of Medicine and Director, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Director, Clinical Research Center at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, where he holds the A.C. Mullins Endowed Chair in Translational Research.
Dr. Dagogo-Jack Quoted on Type 1 Diabetes Linked to Lower Life Expectancy
“Across the board, individuals who had better glucose control due to intensive therapy had increased survival,” said co-author Dr. Samuel Dagogo-Jack, chief of the division of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis.
Airport health station, staffed by UTHSC, has served city 40 years
“We’re here for two methods of support: first aid evaluation triage for anyone in the airport, and health promotion and maintenance,” says Peg Thorman Hartig, PhD, FNP-BC, assistant vice chancellor for Community Engagement and Interprofessional Initiatives at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), and director of the airport health station.
Dr. Roger Young and the High Tech Future of the Uterus
Dr. Roger C. Young, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and director of biomedical innovation at the University of Tennessee Health-Science Center [said] “This is the beginning of the era of regenerative medicine, which will, at least in some part, replace organ transplants.”
Dr. Dagogo-Jack Named Officer by American Diabetes Association
Samuel Dagogo-Jack is Professor of Medicine and Director, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Director, Clinical Research Center at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, where he holds the A.C. Mullins Endowed Chair in Translational Research.
Another UTHSC researcher scores $1.5M grant
For the second time this week, a professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has been awarded a million dollar grant. Christopher Waters, a professor and vice chair in the Department of Physiology, has received a grant totaling $1.5 million from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute subsidiary of the National Institutes of Health.