Steve J. Schwab, MD, chancellor for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), is pleased to announce that David M. Stern, MD, has been named executive dean for the UT College of Medicine (COM) campuses statewide.
The Urban Smiles initiative at UTHSC has launched a new project to teach children to care for their teeth. Project Choppers is a fun coloring book that tells a story encouraging children to practice good habits in oral hygiene.
On Tuesday, March 29, the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will host a daylong NanoDays celebration.
On March 31 at 7 p.m., the University of Tennessee Hamilton Eye Institute will host the 10th Annual Sir Harold Ridley Distinguished Visiting Professorship for Creativity and Innovation in Medicine and Ophthalmology.
UTHSC is pleased to announce that Shelley White-Means, PhD, professor of Health Economics, has been appointed to the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP).
For children with a perforated appendix, early appendectomy appears to reduce the time away from normal activities and has fewer adverse events as compared to another common option, according to a report.
Patients who have aneurysms, stroke, heart rhythm disorders, cholesterol build up in arteries, and numerous other cardiovascular and neurovascular diseases will benefit from new technology in place at Methodist University Hospital.
Award-winning physician Alvin H. Crawford will revisit his roots on Friday and Saturday, February 25 and 26, when he returns to Memphis to share his story with the UTHSC campus community.
