UTHSC In the Media


West Cancer Center debuts in Germantown, plans another location in Midtown

The Commercial Appeal

With a partnership formed in 2012 by The West Clinic, Methodist Healthcare and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, the West Cancer Center links cancer treatment, clinical trials, education and research together under the same roof.


National Institutes of Health is good for physical, economic well-being

Currently, the NIH is funding $626 million in projects in Tennessee, with $124 million of those in Memphis primarily going to University of Tennessee Health Science Center, University of Memphis and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.


‘No Matter Where’ brings health information exchange to big screen

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“This film was designed in a way that my mother can get this,” Dr. Kevin Johnson, chair of biomedical informatics at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee, and maker of “No Matter Where,” said.


Mid-South Doctor Cycles His Way To Work

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Steinhauer rides from home to work every day. Even taking a spin between working at the hospital and teaching at University of Tennessee Health Science Center.


Exploring the Use of Stem Cells in Fat to Repair Damage From Diabetic Retinopathy

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an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Gangaraju has relocated from Indiana School of Medicine—along with a $1-million grant from the National Eye Institute—to continue his quest to halt the damage that diabetes causes. His method? Repair the damage with stem cells, using a plentiful source: fat tissue.


Mid-South Memories: Nov. 16, 1979

The Commercial Appeal

Dave Darnell/The Commercial Appeal files Dr. William G. Andrade (right), director of the Emergency Services Dept. at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, discusses new emergency room ideas to be implemented at the hospital with (from left) Francis X. Maguire, senior vice president of Corporate Communications at Federal Express (now FedEx); Dr. John Griffith, Medical Director at… Read More


Group buying up land in Edge district

The Commercial Appeal

Investments in the Medical District are planned by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, but many blocks remain unsightly, Prosterman said.


Methodist Caps Busy 2015 With $40M Plans for Transplant Institute

The Daily News

When the health care system announced the $40 million gift a week ago, it said the money would be used to transform the current Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute, which is a partnership between Methodist and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.