Grand Rounds

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

New Leadership Team at Baptist Memphis

Jun 12, 2020 at 01:04 pm by admin

Dana Dye, the first registered nurse to serve as CEO of Baptist's flagship and the largest hospital in Memphis retired May 29. Dye left Renown Health -- the largest health car.... Read More

UTHSC Team Awarded $2.27 Million for New Breast Cancer Therapy Research

Apr 16, 2020 at 11:06 am by admin

A research team at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has been awarded $2.27 million to study a potential next-generation treatment for late-stage breast cancer.... Read More

Free Online Mental Health Resource for TN Healthcare Providers

Apr 16, 2020 at 11:04 am by admin

Situations like the current COVID crisis illustrate the need for more resources to help Tennessee's medical workforce cope with the intensity of the times. A new free online m.... Read More

UTHSC College of Medicine Produces Video for Health Care Workers and Public on Procedure for Collecting Nasal Samples for COVID-19 Testing

Apr 16, 2020 at 11:02 am by admin

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center's College of Medicine has produced a training video detailing the proper protocol for collecting nasopharyngeal samples to te.... Read More

Tennessee Doctors Unite in Opposition to Bill that Would Allow Nurses to Practice Without Physician Oversight

Apr 16, 2020 at 11:01 am by admin

A dozen healthcare advocacy groups are banding together as a coalition to ask the Tennessee General Assembly to reject legislation that would sever critical relationships betw.... Read More

OrthoSouth Offers 24/7 Urgent Orthopedic Telehealth Amid Coronavirus Crisis

Apr 16, 2020 at 10:16 am by admin

OrthoSouth has announced the immediate expansion of its urgent care access for patients in the Greater Memphis Area by now offering 24/7 urgent care telemedicine triage. Indiv.... Read More

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Responds to COVID-19, Warns of Unnecessary Emergency Department Visits

Apr 16, 2020 at 10:16 am by admin

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare has announced additional precautions aimed at better protecting the safety of its patients, Associates and others in our community. Actions inc.... Read More

UnitedHealth Group Commits Initial $50 Million to Combat COVID-19 and Support Affected Communities

Apr 16, 2020 at 10:13 am by admin

UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) will invest an initial $50 million to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and support those most directly impacted by the public health emergency, inclu.... Read More

IAC Associates launches Integrated Addiction Care via Telemedicine

Apr 16, 2020 at 10:12 am by admin

IAC Associates & Baptist Center of Excellence in Addiction has launched a comprehensive telemedicine program for patients with drug and alcohol addictions. Our integrated.... Read More

College of Medicine Names New Assistant Deans of Student Affairs

Apr 16, 2020 at 10:11 am by admin

Catherine Womack, MD, associate dean of Student Affairs and Admissions for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, has named Sara Cross, MD, Dei.... Read More

Ronald Cowan, MD, PhD, Named Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at UTHSC

Apr 16, 2020 at 10:07 am by admin

Scott Strome, MD, executive dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has named Ronald Cowan, MD, PhD, Harrison Distinguish.... Read More

St. Jude Experimental Anti-malarial Drug Shows Promise in First Clinical Trial

Apr 16, 2020 at 10:04 am by admin

A fast-acting anti-malarial compound discovered at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital was well tolerated and showed promising anti-malarial effects in the first study in h.... Read More

Urgent Team - Bartlett Welcomes New Nurse Practitioner

Apr 16, 2020 at 10:03 am by admin

Urgent Team Walk-In Urgent Care welcomes nurse practitioner Stacy Gibson to the healthcare team in Bartlett. Gibson earned a Master of Science in Nursing from The University o.... Read More