UTHSC In the Media


Planners map ways to spark life in Medical Center, Edge District

The Commercial Appeal

Many different signs of various styles, colors and sizes greet visitors who drive through the Memphis Medical Center along Union: Methodist University Hospital, Methodist Healthcare, Southern College of Optometry, Church Health Center, Baptist College of Health Sciences, an orange “UT,” UT-Baptist Research Park, and University of Tennessee Health Science Center …


February dental clinic promises free care, long lines

The Commercial Appeal

In the Memphis area, those places include the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry …


Ophthalmologist Praises Suture-less Procedure

In the Media Icon

[Aaron] Waite now is director of cornea, cataract and refractive surgery at the Hamilton Eye Institute at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), and is a leading proponent of the relatively new corneal transplant procedure DMEK – Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty.


UTHSC Postdoctoral Fellow Researching Brain Proteins

The Daily News

Dr. Lynda Wilmott, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has received a $52,500 grant to explore proteins in the brain that play a key role in controlling the communication of nerve cells that are important for encoding and storing memories.


Get fit and stay that way in 2016

In the Media Icon

“Start at a low level, and progress slowly,” advised J. Lee Taylor, director of Campus Recreation at UTHSC. “It’s always better to start out underdoing it, rather than overdoing it.” “Start at a low level, and progress slowly,” advised J. Lee Taylor, director of Campus Recreation at UTHSC. “It’s always better to start out underdoing… Read More


Diabetic, Non-Diabetic ESRD Patients at High Risk for Hypoglycemia

In the Media Icon

Aidar R. Gosmanov, MD, Elvira O. Gosmanova, MD, and Csaba P. Kovesdy, MD, of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, detailed approaches to hypoglycemia evaluation and management in ESRD patients.


UTHSC Professors Win $418K Grant

The Daily News

Dr. John Boughter, an associate professor in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has landed a $418,000 grant. It comes from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, part of the National Institutes of Health, to study the question of… Read More


Study: Undiagnosed mental issues common among juvenile offenders

My Fox Memphis

According to studies from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, kids are winding up in court instead of in a treatment facility. Leaders from the school and local mental health organizations met Monday to find solutions to the problem. Undiagnosed health concerns are contributing to kids thinking of themselves as criminals instead of individuals… Read More