Grand Rounds

Twelve Behavioral Health Facilities Now Out of Network with TennCare – UnitedHealthcare Community Plan (UHCP)

Sep 12, 2023 at 05:08 pm by pjeter

As responsible providers of mental health services, we are advising the public that effective August 29, 2023, the following behavioral health facilities will become non-netwo.... Read More

Regional One Health Names Medical Director for Focused Ultrasound Program

Sep 12, 2023 at 05:07 pm by pjeter

Regional One Health has selected Jason Gerrard, MD, as the medical director for its Focused Ultrasound (FUS) program. The FUS program treats patients with MR-guided focused ul.... Read More

Saint Francis Healthcare Names Kenneth Townsend Jr. as Market Assistant CFO

Sep 12, 2023 at 05:04 pm by pjeter

  Saint Francis Healthcare recently named Kenneth Townsend Jr. as Market Assistant Chief Financial Officer. In this role, he will work closely with the Market Chief Fina.... Read More

Saint Francis Healthcare Names Karun Gadiparthi as Chief Strategy Officer  

Sep 12, 2023 at 05:01 pm by pjeter

  Saint Francis Healthcare recently named Karun Gadiparthi as Market Chief Strategy Officer. In this role, he will guide strategic development for Saint Francis- Memphi.... Read More

Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis Names Michael Roper and Suzan Hartling Wood as Nursing Administrative Directors

Sep 12, 2023 at 04:53 pm by pjeter

  Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis recently appointed Michael Roper and Suzan Hartling Wood as Nursing Administrative Directors. The Nursing Administrative Directors are r.... Read More

Saint Francis Healthcare Names Scott Smith Market CEO for Tenet Healthcare’s Memphis Market and CEO of Saint Francis-Memphis

Sep 12, 2023 at 04:47 pm by pjeter

  Scott Smith has been appointed to the position of Market CEO for Tenet’s Healthcare’s Memphis market and CEO of Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis. Tenet&rsquo.... Read More

Dr. Quin Throckmorton, Dr. Tyler Brolin and Campbell Clinic Team Receive Second Prestigious Neer Award

Sep 12, 2023 at 04:41 pm by pjeter

  Dr. Quin Throckmorton and Dr. Tyler Brolin, both orthopaedic surgeons with Campbell Clinic, won the prestigious Neer Award for the second time having first won it.... Read More

St. Jude Announces More Than $50 Million in Funding for Employee-Generated Transformational Projects

Sep 12, 2023 at 04:30 pm by pjeter

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has announced it will provide more than $50 million in funding to launch and implement six new ground-breaking projects. The initia.... Read More

Your Thoughts on a Tragedy

Aug 05, 2023 at 08:40 pm by pjeter

  In response to last month’s senseless murder of Dr. Benjamin Mauck, orthopaedic surgeon with Campbell Clinic, Memphis Medical News is asking what you, our reader.... Read More

West Cancer Issues New Breast Screening Guidelines

Jun 25, 2023 at 05:08 pm by pjeter

 Women should start getting screened for breast cancer at an earlier age, according to new guidance from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. The task force s.... Read More

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Welcomes New Cardiologist

Jun 25, 2023 at 05:02 pm by pjeter

    Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare welcomes new cardiologist Ekanka Mukhopadhyay, MD, to its cardiology practice on Wesley Drive and Union Ave.... Read More

Tennessee Medical Association Installs Dr. Andrew Watson as 69th President

Jun 25, 2023 at 05:01 pm by pjeter

  Dr. Andrew Watson, a board-certified cardiologist with St. Francis Cardiology Associates in Memphis, was formally installed as the 169th president of the Tennessee Med.... Read More

Regional One Health Names Associate Vice President of Oncology to Lead Academic Oncology Services

Jun 25, 2023 at 04:56 pm by pjeter

    Adrian Newson, DHA, FACHE, has joined Regional One Health as Associate Vice President of Oncology. Newson will lead academic oncology services at Regional One.... Read More

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare names Monica Wharton Chief Operating Officer

Jun 25, 2023 at 04:54 pm by pjeter

  Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare recently announced the appointment of Monica Wharton, FACHE, to chief operating officer and executive vice president, assuming expanded.... Read More

UTHSC College of Nursing Honors Nurse Heroes at Seventh Annual NightinGala

Jun 25, 2023 at 03:47 pm by pjeter

Six local nurses received awards for excellence in the nursing profession at the seventh annual NightinGala on May 5, hosted by the University of Tennessee Health Science Cent.... Read More