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Aug 11, 2020 at 11:24 am by admin

West Cancer Foundation is committed to ensuring that women without insurance have access to potentially lifesaving mammograms, that cancer patients who need to get to treatmen.... Read More

UTHSC Launches Elective Course in Telemedicine

Aug 11, 2020 at 11:23 am by admin

Due to the increased attention focused on telemedicine during the coronavirus pandemic, experts at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center are collaborating to offer.... Read More

Hassan Aziz Named President-Elect of American Society of Clinical Laboratory Science

Aug 11, 2020 at 11:08 am by admin

Hassan Aziz, PhD, FACSs, MLS(ASCP)cm, executive associate dean for Academic, Faculty and Student Affairs and interim chair of the Department of Diagnostic and Health Sciences.... Read More

Two From UTHSC Receive President's Awards

Aug 11, 2020 at 11:06 am by admin

Two outstanding leaders at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center were among the six winners of the 2020 UT President's Awards announced today by UT President Randy.... Read More

Wright Medical Group Announces First Shoulder Arthroplasty Procedure Using BLUEPRINT™ Mixed Reality Technology

Aug 11, 2020 at 11:03 am by admin

Wright Medical Group N.V. (NASDAQ: WMGI), with U.S. Corporate headquarters in Memphis, has announced that the first shoulder arthroplasty procedure was performed using groundb.... Read More

Semmes Murphey and Regional One Introduce MR-Guided Ultrasound

Aug 11, 2020 at 11:01 am by admin

Semmes Murphey and Regional One have introduced innovate technology for patients suffering from essential tremors and Parkinson's Disease tremors. New to the Mid-South region,.... Read More

Methodist University Hospital First to Participate in Groundbreaking Study for Inpatients

Aug 11, 2020 at 10:59 am by admin

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare (MLH) is the first hospital system globally to participate in a landmark study using a first-of-its-kind EEG device. EEG stands for electroence.... Read More

Hamilton Eye Institute at UTHSC Announces Benjamin A. King, MD as their Newest Physician

Aug 11, 2020 at 10:58 am by admin

The Hamilton Eye Institute at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, dedicated to improving vision and empowering lives, is pleased to welcome Benjamin A. King, MD.... Read More

THA Issues Statement on Governor Bill Lee's Executive Order 53

Aug 11, 2020 at 10:57 am by admin

In response to Tennessee Governor Bill Lee's executive action to grant COVID-19 liability protections to hospitals and other healthcare providers, Tennessee Hospital Associati.... Read More

Pat Keel Named EVP and Chief Administrative and Financial Officer for St. Jude

Aug 11, 2020 at 10:56 am by admin

Pat Keel, who since 2016 has served as chief financial officer at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, has been promoted to the expanded role of executive vice president and.... Read More

AMA: Physicians Can Opt-out from 2020 MIPS Program

Aug 11, 2020 at 10:55 am by admin

CMS announced that physicians will have the option to opt-out completely or partially from the 2020 MIPS program by completing a hardship exemption application and indicating.... Read More

Cato Johnson Appointed to Tennessee Historical Commission

Aug 11, 2020 at 10:54 am by admin

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare's Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff, Cato Johnson, will serve a five-year term with the Tennessee Historical Commission. Appointed by Go.... Read More

Open Letter from Dr. Wendy Long

Jun 12, 2020 at 01:11 pm by admin

Dear Tennessee Nurses: On behalf of the Tennessee Hospital Association (THA), I appreciate the opportunity to recognize you during National Nurse's Month and thank you for you.... Read More

UTHSC Researcher Awarded $2.1 Million for Hirschprung Disease-Related Research

Jun 12, 2020 at 01:07 pm by admin

Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis (HAEC) is a life-threatening complication of Hirschsprung Disease, a common cause of intestinal obstruction in newborns. Hirschsprung Dis.... Read More

Penny Asbell, MD, Leads National Ocular Antibiotic Resistance Study, Publishes in JAMA

Jun 12, 2020 at 01:06 pm by admin

The results of a 10-year ongoing study led by Penny A. Asbell, MD, FACS, MBA, FARVO, chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and director of the Hamilton Eye Institute (HEI),.... Read More