Dr. Jason Vanatta, a longtime member of Methodist’s transplant institute’s surgical team, has been named program director of the Methodist Transplant Institute in Memphis. The institute, which is known for broad success with liver, kidney and pancreas transplants, is also known as the James D. Eason Transplant Institute, in honor of Vanatta’s predecessor.
Almost three years after returning to the place he spent his early surgical years, Dr. Jason Vanatta has settled into the driver’s seat at the Methodist Transplant Institute. And he has a finely honed vision for how to move the center forward. The institute also partners with Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and The University of Tennessee… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center Police Department issued a safety alert to their students, staff, and faculty. Over the past two weeks, UTHSC police investigated multiple vehicle thefts on campus such as two catalytic converters and two other cars. This uptick in vehicle thefts within Memphis is due in part to technology, such… Read More
Southern states continue to see high numbers of dangerous respiratory infections but have likely passed the worst of the so-called “tripledemic” of influenza, RSV and COVID-19 that led to widespread school closures this fall and has strained some of the region’s hospitals. “We’re seeing a lot of vaccine hesitancy with influenza shots this year. I think people… Read More
“We have to listen to our young people. They may not know everything, but this is their environment, their universe,” said Dr. Altha Stewart with UTHSC. Tennessee’s State of the Child report showed that 41% of our youth face at least one adversity. That’s higher than most other states. Here’s what the University of Tennessee Health… Read More
In September, MBJ reported that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) had earned a record $132.9 million in research awards in FY 2022, a $6.3 million increase from the $126.7 million it earned in FY 2021. It was the sixth straight year the institution had seen growth in grant and contract awards, and… Read More
Mark Corkins, MD, CNSC, FASPEN, AGAF, FAAP, division chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and professor of pediatrics in the College of Medicine, is committed to providing pediatric nutrition information to the public and educating future health care professionals in pediatrics.
Nurse practitioners associated with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis are among the first allowed to practice without physician oversight in Arkansas — the first state in the Southeast to allow qualified nurse practitioners to practice independently.
