Baptist Memorial promotes three execs to replace retiring leaders
Dr. Paul DePriest, Bill Griffin and David Elliott retire from Baptist Memorial Health Care, leaving “patients healthier, providers more engaged and Baptist a stronger organization.”
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Health Care High Point dentist puts a new spin on an old practice
Dentists Dr. Paige Gassmann and her husband moved to Memphis at the urging of her sister and brother-in-law, who are also dentists.
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October 2023
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Health Care International nurses travel to Memphis to learn about sickle cell
Education about the sickle cell disease in nursing schools is limited, so the University of Tennessee Health Science Center launched Sickle Cell Nursing Boot Camp.
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BusinessThe Candy Man Can: Downtown’s candy shop sees Halloween sugar rush
Wayne’s Candy Co. was founded back in 1947 and sells a variety of candies. “Where else can you pick up cases of jumbo Kit Kats and Hershey bars along with a fishbowl of Lemonheads and foot-long Pixy Stix?”
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Metro Leadership Memphis hosting 16th annual Multicultural Breakfast
The event will spotlight five local agencies: Agape Child & Family Services, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis, Mid-South Food Bank, MIFA, and United Way of the Mid-South.
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Financial Services Memphis-based Preserver Partners joins forces with Chicago firm
The firm, a Black-owned business led by two women, is joining forces with Channing Capital Management, whose co-founder is Rodney Herenton, son of the former Memphis Mayor.
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Business Greater Memphis Chamber will host Small Biz Saturday in Whitehaven
More than 30 local business will participate in Small Biz Saturday at Whitehaven’s Georgette & Cato Johnson YMCA.
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Health Care Baptist children’s hospital begins work on expansion
Construction is expected to begin early next year and be completed by mid-summer.
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Shelby County Health department will host Downtown vaccination pop-up
Shelby County Health Department will offer free flu and COVID vaccines during working hours for Downtown workers and residents during Friday’s pop-up event at Civic Center Plaza.
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Health Care Hamilton shares grief and gratitude at Alliance’s mental health breakfast
Memphian and HGTV star Carmeon Hamilton lost her mother to breast cancer two months before her wedding, and her husband, Marcus, was was killed in a motorcycle crash in August 2021.
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Transportation & Logistics AutoZone team surprises founder with nearly $7M donation for museum
Pitt Hyde was told he’d be filming an interview with AutoZone leaders. Instead, he was welcomed to a party with about 100 past and present AutoZone employees.
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Health Care Baptist university creates health career tracks for underrepresented students
SHE (Science, Health, Empowerment) Leads the Way offers networking, mentoring and educational opportunities for girls and women, while Black Men in White Coats encourages Black boys and men to consider health care careers.
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Health Care Baptist health system grows with Mississippi merger
Following the merger, Baptist Memorial will serve more than half of Mississippi’s population. It’s also Mississippi’s fourth-largest employer.
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Real Estate Business leaders discuss emerging projects at Developing Memphis seminar
Bill Ganus, Andre Jones and Chuck Pinkowski discussed development projects with an attentive audience at Memphis Botanic Gardens on Thursday, Oct. 19.
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Health Care UTHSC student lounge opens at Regional One Health
The lounge fosters a collaborative environment where students and residents can engage in peer-to-peer learning, research and respite while learning and working at Regional One.
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Health Care Campbell Clinic’s chief of staff to lead ALSAC board
On Monday, Oct. 16, St. Jude announced new leaders to both St. Jude’s board of governors and ALSAC’s board of directors.
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Health Care Mammograms on the beach: New tech aims to ease women’s anxiety
Baptist Medical Group Clinic is now using the power of sight, sound and even smell to help patients feel less tense during their mammograms.
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Health CareAfter launch two years ago, UTHSC expanding its nurse-midwife program
The nurse-midwifery program will graduate its first cohort of students in May 2024.
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Transportation & Logistics 901 Flights aims to help Memphians get in the air
Flights from Memphis to Dublin, Rome or Barcelona for less than $600? Ashling Woolley, founder of 901 Flights, says cheap flights out of MEM are available if you know how to find them.
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Health CareLe Bonheur program draws cardiologists across the US to Memphis
New upgrades, including expanded capacity and cutting-edge technology, are a draw to Le Bonheur’s Heart Institute, which has hired 24 new cardiologists over the last five years to care for the program’s growing number of patients.
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Health Care Critical care is focus of expansion at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
The $95 million project includes 128,575 square feet of construction and renovation that will add four floors to the west side of the hospital in the Memphis Medical District.
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September 2023
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Health Care St. Jude unveils six-story housing Downtown for patients, families
Pizza cutters were used in place of the usual oversized scissors at Wednesday’s ribbon cutting for The Domino’s Village, funded by pizza giant Domino’s as part of a 10-year, $100 million commitment to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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Memphis Grizzlies OrthoSouth becomes Memphis Grizzlies’ official sports medicine provider
OrthoSouth’s brand will be showcased across the Grizzlies’ platforms, from starting lineups to behind-the-scenes content to branded arena spaces.
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Health Care Tennessee Planned Parenthood receives federal grant
Tennessee was removed from the Title X program earlier this year and lost $7.1 million in annual federal dollars for its noncompliance around pregnancy options counseling in the state, where abortion has been banned.
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Health Care Health department offering free at-home COVID-19 tests
Although the updated COVID-19 vaccine is not yet available at Shelby County Health Department clinics, residents who think they may have been exposed to the virus can pick up free at-home rapid tests or order them online.
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