‘Match Day’ celebration brings med students closer to careers
Of the 168 UT medical students who matched, 75 matched to residencies in Tennessee and 54 will remain at UTHSC for their residencies.
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Of the 168 UT medical students who matched, 75 matched to residencies in Tennessee and 54 will remain at UTHSC for their residencies.
Dr. Michael Hocker will replace Dr. G. Nicholas Verne, a gastroenterologist and physician scientist who has served as UTHSC College of Medicine interim dean since Dr. Scott Strome resigned from his position in 2023.
Dr. Bret Mettler is a new leader at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital’s growing Heart Institute, which boasts a slew of recently recruited pediatric cardiologists and heart surgeons from around the country.
Children with suspected genetic disease can suffer for years before being diagnosed and treated. Rapid whole-genome sequencing can change that.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The festival will offer free blood pressure checks, vision screenings and Church Health will host an “Ask the Docs” station.
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.
Shelby County has about one primary care physician for every 1,200 people, according to Clint Cummins, executive director of the Memphis Medical Society.
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