There are 10 article(s) tagged UTHSC College of Medicine:

• August 2024

  • TennCare covers genetic testing for diseases thanks to Memphis doctor

    Children with suspected genetic disease can suffer for years before being diagnosed and treated. Rapid whole-genome sequencing can change that. 

    By Aisling Mäki August 25, 2024

• July 2024

  • Le Bonheur taps Johns Hopkins surgeon for chief role at Heart Institute

    The new executive co-director and chief of pediatric cardiac surgery at Le Bonheur’s recently expanded Heart Institute will succeed Dr. Christopher Knott-Craig, who will be stepping down.

    By Aisling Mäki July 23, 2024

• May 2024

  • Four years after pandemic’s start, UTHSC shutters COVID testing lab

    Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, UTHSC’s lab provided testing for Memphians across the city, from the Memphis Grizzlies to the city’s homeless community, and analyzed tests from the drive-thru testing site at Tiger Lane. 

    By Aisling Mäki May 04, 2024

• April 2024

  • Head of Regional One advocates for academic medical center

    Dr. Reginald Coopwood continues his community outreach to drum up support for transforming Shelby County’s public hospital into an academic medical center in partnership with UTHSC. 

    By Aisling Mäki April 24, 2024

• March 2024

  • Security breach could impact some patients treated at Regional One

    Information stored on an affected server included the personal health information of patients who received OB-GYN services from UTHSC residents at Regional One Health over a nine-year period. 

    By Aisling Mäki March 18, 2024

• February 2024

  • First Black UTHSC graduate visits his old stomping grounds

    Alvin Crawford came home to Memphis to share his story of growing up in Orange Mound, traveling the segregated South as a musician and becoming the first Black graduate of University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

    By Aisling Mäki February 27, 2024

• October 2023

  • Le 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.

    By Aisling Mäki October 02, 2023

• September 2023

  • Wellness Festival slated for Saturday in Morris Park

    The festival will offer free blood pressure checks, vision screenings and Church Health will host an “Ask the Docs” station.

    By Aisling Mäki September 15, 2023

• July 2022

  • $11.5 million renovation builds on ambitious overhaul at UTHSC

    The physiology department at UTHSC is one of the best in the country, but its facilities are among the worst. Faculty are expected to start moving into a renovated building by the end of next year.

    By Ian Round July 04, 2022

• December 2020

  • UTHSC rolls out 3-year program for primary care physicians

    Shelby County has about one primary care physician for every 1,200 people, according to Clint Cummins, executive director of the Memphis Medical Society.

    By Jane Roberts December 08, 2020