Russell Chesney, MD, professor and chair of Pediatrics for UTHSC, has been selected to receive the Ira Greifer Award, the top honor bestowed by the International Pediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA).

On Friday, May 28, UTHSC will graduate 700 health care professionals. The spring graduation ceremony will be held at 1:30 p.m. at FedEx Forum, 191 Beale Street.

Donna Hathaway, PhD, dean of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Nursing, announced the appointment of Mona Newsome Wicks, PhD, as associate dean of Research for the College of Nursing.

The UT National Alumni Association has named three UT Health Science Center (UTHSC) faculty members as its 2007 Outstanding Public Service and Teacher Award recipients.

A nationwide search culminated in the appointment of Steve J. Schwab, MD, as the first executive dean of the UTHSC College of Medicine campuses. Reporting directly to the chancellor, Dr. Schwab will assume his role in late July.

The 2006 listing of Best Doctors in America names more than 80 UT Medical Group physicians, all of whom are qualified to teach on the faculty of the UTHSC College of Medicine, as best in their fields.

Russell W. Chesney, MD, the LeBonheur Professor and chairman of the pediatrics department at UTHSC, received the Founders Award from the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology.

UT President John Petersen announced his choice for the tenth chancellor of UTHSC and vice president for health affairs as William (Bill) F. Owen, Jr., MD.