Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab Exec Elected President of THCA

Sep 01, 2025 at 10:43 pm by pjeter

Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab’s Executive Director, Bobby Meadows, III, has been elected as the incoming President for the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Health C.... Read More

UTHSC Grad Student Awarded Prestigious Fellowship to Improve CAR T-Cell Therapy for Cancer Patients

Sep 01, 2025 at 10:39 pm by pjeter

Michaela Meehl, a graduate student in the College of Graduate Health Sciences at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has received a prestigious predoctoral fell.... Read More

Researcher Awarded $3.24 Million to Develop Promising New Breast Cancer Treatment

Sep 01, 2025 at 10:38 pm by pjeter

Wei Li, PhD, distinguished professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and director of the College of Pharmacy&.... Read More

Regional One Health Names Executive Leaders

Sep 01, 2025 at 10:28 pm by pjeter

Regional One Health recently promoted two leaders to its executive team. Angel Parker-Heffner, MSN APRN FNP-C CNML CPHON, has been named vice president of operations for Regi.... Read More

Alicia Barnes, DO, MPH, Named Inaugural Urban Child Institute Endowed Chair of Excellence for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry  

Sep 01, 2025 at 10:11 pm by pjeter

  Alicia Barnes, DO, MPH, has been named the inaugural Urban Child Institute (UCI) Endowed Chair of Excellence for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of T.... Read More

Dr. Raymond Osarogiagbon Becomes First Executive Officer for Community Site Engagement with SWOG Cancer Research Network.

Sep 01, 2025 at 09:51 pm by pjeter

This new role will help increase clinician engagement with SWOG and SWOG trials at community practice sites, as well as ensure community-based investigators can participate in.... Read More

Lammers Becomes First Memphis Doctor to Join Exclusive ASCO Leadership Development Program

Sep 01, 2025 at 09:47 pm by pjeter

Dr. Philip Lammers, chief of medical oncology and medical director of oncology research for Baptist Cancer Center, recently became the first physician in Memphis and the Mid-S.... Read More

Mid-South Internal Medicine Welcomes Dr. Jeremy Avila

Sep 01, 2025 at 09:43 pm by pjeter

Dr. Jeremy Avila comes to MSIM with 10 years of experience in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. He is a graduate of The University of Tennessee College of Medicine. Avila comp.... Read More

Mid-South Internal Medicine Takes Pleasure in Welcoming Dr. Sarah Holt

Sep 01, 2025 at 09:38 pm by pjeter

Dr. Sarah Holt completed her residency at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, where she served as Chief Resident of Internal.... Read More

Methodist University Hospital Announces New President   

Sep 01, 2025 at 09:34 pm by pjeter

  Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare has announced Archie Drake will join the healthcare system in September as president of Methodist University Hospital. Drake joins the.... Read More

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare's PATH Forward plan Includes One Percent Workforce Reduction

Sep 01, 2025 at 09:31 pm by pjeter

PATH, or Planning, Alignment, Transformational and High Performance, will create the groundwork for the healthcare system’s future as we build a strong workforce to care.... Read More

Pediatric Rheumatologist Terri H. Finkel Advocates Genomic Sequencing to Diagnose Rare Childhood Diseases

Sep 01, 2025 at 09:03 pm by pjeter

Finkel one of first to identify immature T-cells as active players shaping immune response to infection     By BECKY GILLETTE     Pediatric Rheum.... Read More

Creation of OrthoSouth’s Spine Institute Brings Unique Care to the MidSouth

Sep 01, 2025 at 03:48 pm by pjeter

  By JAMES DOWD   Creation In a landscape where spine care has long been segmented by specialty and siloed expertise, a new model of multidisciplinary collaborat.... Read More

Measles Resurgence in Tennessee: An Avoidable Public Health Emergency

Sep 01, 2025 at 02:39 pm by pjeter

  By GRANT K. STUDEBAKER, MD, FAAFP, FASAM   Measles, declared just 25 years ago to be eliminated in the United States, has returned in 2025 with unsettling force.... Read More

The Dos & Don’ts If You Receive a Notice of Intent to Sue Letter

Sep 01, 2025 at 02:02 pm by pjeter

  By JENNIFER HARRISON A “notice of intent” (NOI) letter from a patient (or patient’s next of kin if a wrongful death matter) puts healthcare provider.... Read More