Veronica T. Mallett, MD, chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, has announced the appointment of Edward Stanford, MD, MS, FACOG, FACS, as Division Head of Gynecologic Services and Female Pelvic Medicine in OB/GYN.

Russell Chesney, MD, professor and chairman, Department of Pediatrics, has announced the appointment of Robert Ferry, Jr., MD, as chief for the combined UTHSC and St. Jude Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes in the College of Medicine.

Timothy C. Fabian, MD, Harwell Wilson Alumni Professor and chairman of the department of surgery for UTHSC, announces the formation of a new division of surgical oncology and the newly appointed division chief, Mathew Ninan, MD.

Researchers at the UTHSC Department of Preventive Medicine are looking for pregnant women to participate in a research study of development and learning in babies from birth to three years of age.

The UT Graduate School of Medicine Department of Radiology Residency Program recently earned approval as a beta test site for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Learning Portfolio.

Marion Dugdale, MD, professor of Hematology, and Gabor Tigyi, MD, PhD, professor of Physiology, will be featured at the 7th Annual Dean’s Symposium, which will be held from 3 to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, April 4 at the Central Library.

Cheryl R. Scheid, PhD, vice chancellor of Academic, Faculty and Student Affairs at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) announced three new executive appointments.

Medical imaging experts will gather at the Fogelman Executive Conference Center for the Fourth Annual Memphis BioImaging Symposium on November 1 and 2.