Tag: Pediatrics

Jancelewicz Co-Principal Investigator on $11.4 Million Clinical Trial Grant to Study Treatment of Critically Ill Newborns

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Clinical CareResearch

Tim Jancelewicz, MD, MA, MS, professor and interim chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, is a co-principal investigator on an $11.4 million, multi-institutional clinical trial grant to study the efficacy of the longstanding practice of using nitric oxide to treat newborns… Read More

Medical Student Searches for a Cure, Continues His Sister’s Fight

Written by Janay Jeans

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Education

Jon Pat “JP” Ransom has been pursuing pediatrics since his younger sister passed away from neuroblastoma when she was two years old. Now in his second year of medical school, he has joined researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in studying a new treatment for the cancer. “At an early age, I knew I… Read More

Jon McCullers, MD, Named to Additional Leadership Role in UTHSC College of Medicine

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Clinical CareEducation

Jon McCullers, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Pediatrics in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and pediatrician-in-chief of Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, has taken on an additional role with the UTHSC College of Medicine. College of Medicine Executive Dean Scott Strome, MD, named Dr. McCullers to the… Read More

Susan Miranda of UTHSC Receives $99,918 Grant To Continue Pediatric Bone Cancer Research

Written by Amber Carter

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Research

Susan Miranda, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has received a one-year $99,918 grant from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation to continue her research into ways to prevent the growth of osteosarcoma cells by targeting estrogen signaling. The St. Baldrick’s… Read More

Associate Professor Patricia J. Dubin, MD, of UTHSC Named Chief of Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital

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For Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital’s new chief of pediatric pulmonology and sleep medicine, Patricia J. Dubin, MD, who is also an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), pursuing new treatments for respiratory issues is more than just a passion –… Read More

Pro Bono Pediatric Occupational Therapy Center to Open at UTHSC in Memory of OT Student Who Died in 2015

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EducationPublic Service

Rachel Kay Stevens had just started Occupational Therapy school at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center when she died in her sleep in January 2015 at age 21. Her parents, Randy and Katrina Stevens of Batesville, Arkansas, wanted to honor her memory, and approached her instructors about starting a scholarship in their daughter’s name.… Read More

Promising Trial Results of Drug to treat RSV Published in the New England Journal of Medicine

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Research

A new antiviral drug, ALS-008176, designed to fight respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has shown potential against RSV infection. The medicine, developed by Alios Biopharma Inc., one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies, in collaboration with laboratories at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and physicians from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, could re-define how physicians worldwide… Read More

UTHSC Joins Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital To Fight Childhood Obesity

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Memphis, Tenn. (December 13, 2012) The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) is partnering with Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital to launch a Center for Excellence in Pediatric Obesity. Jon McCullers, MD, unveiled the plans at the recent Let’s CHANGE Summit hosted by Healthy Memphis Common Table. Dr. McCullers was the keynote speaker. “To me,… Read More