Tag: Dean Michael Hocker


Seven UT Health Sciences Physicians Named to Inaugural Memphis Medical Society Hall of Fame

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The honored physicians stand together in a line, wearing their Hall of Fame white coats at the Memphis Medical Society gala.

When the Memphis Medical Society named its inaugural Hall of Fame class recently, seven of the 10 honorees could trace their training, faculty careers, or both to the University of Tennessee Health Sciences. For 150 years, the Memphis Medical Society has stood alongside the physicians who built medicine in the city. The Hall of Fame… Read More


Colleen Hastings, MD, Appointed Chair of Department of Physician Assistant Studies

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Portrait of Dr. Colleen Hastings

Colleen Hastings, MD, has been appointed chair of the Department of Physician Assistant Studies at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences College of Medicine, effective May 1, 2026. Dr. Hastings has led the department as interim chair since January 1, 2025. She assumes the role permanently, after guiding the program with steady leadership and a… Read More


White Coat a Symbol of Trust, Integrity, Humanism, Executive Dean Advises College of Medicine Class of 2029

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Photo of a College of Medicine student getting his white coat

“As you don your white coat for the first time, know that it’s far more than a garment,” UT Health Science Center College of Medicine Executive Dean Michael Hocker, MD, told the members of the Class of 2029 during the annual White Coat Ceremony at the Cannon Center Friday. “It is a symbol of your… Read More