Caribbean medical school grads return home to serve Memphis
With large numbers of candidates vying for a small number of spots in U.S. medical schools, some Memphians are earning their medical degrees in the Caribbean.
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With large numbers of candidates vying for a small number of spots in U.S. medical schools, some Memphians are earning their medical degrees in the Caribbean.
I’m a Gen Xer whose family saw college as a surefire ticket to the fabled American Dream. It instead left me saddled with debt, until now.
Past speakers have included former first lady Laura Bush, journalist Tom Brokaw, Queen Noor of Jordan, and Memphis native and actress Kathy Bates.
After a high-profile surgeon departed Methodist University Hospital’s Transplant Institute — and the live donor liver program is paused — a Memphis musician’s transplant is caught in the middle.
The six-month pilot program serves employees who have children too young for Pre-K and children with special needs.
As of Friday, Aug. 12, 171 Shelby County residents had been vaccinated against monkeypox.
A new report examines alarming trends in Tennessee’s recent maternal death rates. And deems that more than 3 out of 4 of those deaths were preventable.
More than a third of Tennessee counties are maternity-care deserts, meaning there are no hospitals providing obstetric care, no birth centers, no OB-GYNs and no certified nurse midwives, putting pregnant women in a possibly risky situation.
The Memphis VA Healthcare System, which provides health care for military veterans in a three-state region, marked its centennial Monday at the Memphis VA Medical Center.
“If you think abortion access going away does not affect you, you’re going to be mistaken, because this falls out into all areas of medicine,” said a Tennessee OB-GYN.
The esteemed transplant surgeon who made headlines for performing Steve Jobs’ liver transplant is no longer leading the transplant institute named for him.
Shelby County Health Department director Dr. Michelle Taylor kicked off Monday’s Shelby County Commission meeting with local updates on both COVID-19 and monkeypox.
The capital initiative would entail replacing the aging hospital with a contemporary facility, but the financing for the project drew concerns from Shelby County Commissioners yesterday.
A delegation from the Association of British HealthTech Industries just completed a two-day tour of Memphis to establish stronger relationships with local health care organizations.
“The difference is that we know about this infection, it’s been here since 1950,” said an infectious disease expert. “We’re so far ahead with monkeypox, compared to where we were with COVID. But it makes it just truly a different type of problem altogether.”
Shelby County reported its first confirmed case of monkeypox on Monday, July 25, marking the 18th reported case in Tennessee.
David Williams is a longtime dynamo in the city’s nonprofit sphere with a career dating back to the 1970s. At 68, he persists in his personal mission of serving nonprofits that serve disadvantaged populations in Memphis.
Memphis Crisis Center‘s role in the mental health of the community has expanded with the launch of 988, a new national crisis hotline that officially launched July 16.
A group of organizations representing some of Memphis’ brightest minds are working to expand access to STEM education for students who have been historically underrepresented in science-related careers.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has committed a total of $12.9 billion to accelerate research and treatment for children around the world with cancer and other catastrophic diseases.
Shelby County Commissioner Van Turner said Regional One Health saved his life following a horrific car wreck. Before he terms out, he hopes to see progress in the ambitious plan to replace the aging hospital buildings.
So far, 354 children in the 6-months to 5-years age group have been vaccinated for COVID-19 in Shelby County — a figure that includes vaccinations from both public and private healthcare practitioners.
“The executive order ... protects contraception and providers who are going to be needing to do their jobs to save the women that we’re going to see an influx of,” said one local OB-GYN. “I think that’s a good start.”
Some major employers are offering benefits to help employees access abortion services across state lines while others are determining whether they’ll need to make adjustments to their employees’ health care plans.
“This decision was not made lightly,” said Ashley Cofield, CEO of Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi. “And it’s due to Tennessee’s legal landscape, which is extremely hostile to abortion access.” Related story: