Grand Rounds

Transplant Organization Elects Gina Castellaw as Board Chair

Aug 14, 2018 at 04:24 pm by admin

Gina Castellaw, owner of ACCESS Data Network Solutions, Inc. and a dual organ transplant recipient, has been elected chair of the board of directors of the National Foundation.... Read More

Joyce Hoffman Joins All Better Pediatrics

Aug 14, 2018 at 04:22 pm by admin

Joyce Hoffman, MD, has joined All Better Pediatrics and will practice medicine at the pediatrics medical practice at 1102 Brookfield Road in Memphis She moved to Memphis after.... Read More

Qsource Community Partnerships Offering Grant-Funded Support

Aug 14, 2018 at 04:20 pm by admin

Qsource Community Partnerships (QCP) is accepting applications for a new grant-funding program to support community projects that pursue improvement in health outcomes. Establ.... Read More

Two Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett Nurses Honored

Aug 14, 2018 at 04:16 pm by admin

A pair of nurses at Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett received honors for their performance in July. Ashley Portis, an RN, received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. Th.... Read More

Two Baptist Physicians Earn National Recognition

Aug 14, 2018 at 12:27 pm by admin

Two Baptist Memorial Health Care physicians - Raymond Osarogiagbon and Robert Optican - were recognized recently for their work. Osarogiagbon, a thoracic oncologist, last mont.... Read More

Saint Francis Adds Mazor X Robotic Guidance System for Spinal Surgeons

Aug 14, 2018 at 12:25 pm by admin

Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis has expanded its spine surgery to include a $1.2 million upgrade of its Mazor Robotics' Renaissance technology with the Mazor X™ Robotic Guidanc.... Read More

Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis Earns CARF Accreditation

Aug 14, 2018 at 12:23 pm by admin

Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis has received a three-year accreditation from CARF International (Commission of Accreditation for Rehabilitation Facilities) for its adult Inpati.... Read More

State Clinical and Translational Science Institute Established

Aug 14, 2018 at 12:22 pm by admin

Researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) have formed the Tennessee Clinical and Translational Science Institute (TN-CTSI) to address health ine.... Read More

UTHSC Names New Executive Dean of College of Medicine

Jul 10, 2018 at 05:11 pm by admin

Scott Strome, MD, FACS, an internationally recognized head and neck surgeon, has been named Robert Kaplan Executive Dean of the College of Medicine and vice chancellor for Hea.... Read More

Methodist South Hospital Now Offering 3D Mammography

Jul 10, 2018 at 05:10 pm by admin

Methodist South Hospital in Whitehaven has begun offering 3D mammography for breast cancer diagnostic screening exams using the Selenia 3D Dimensions Mammography System. The.... Read More

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Celebrates 100 Years

Jul 10, 2018 at 05:09 pm by admin

To commemorate its 100-year anniversary Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare hosted what it called "The Party of the Century" at the FedEx Event Center at Shelby Farms Park last mo.... Read More

Internationally-Known Transplant Surgeon Joins UT/Methodist Institute

Jul 10, 2018 at 05:08 pm by admin

Internationally known transplant surgeon and researcher Daniel G. Maluf, MD, has been named professor of surgery, surgical director of liver transplantation, and director of l.... Read More

Saint Francis Volunteers Collect 92,180 Servings of Cereal

Jul 10, 2018 at 05:07 pm by admin

Saint Francis Healthcare volunteers collected 92,180 servings of cereal donated during its annual "Healthy Over Hungry Cereal Drive." Both Saint Francis Healthcare operations.... Read More

UTHSC Collaboration Publishes Research on Diabetes Drug

Jul 10, 2018 at 05:06 pm by admin

Researchers from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) have discovered a chemical compound that could lower sugar levels as effectively as the diabetes dru.... Read More

St. Jude CEO Ranked Fifth of Glassdoor's Top 100 CEOs

Jul 10, 2018 at 05:05 pm by admin

James R. Downing, M.D., president and CEO of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, is the No. 5 ranked CEO in the large company category of Glassdoor's Top CEOs. Glassdoor is.... Read More