From the College of Medicine to the College of Pharmacy to the College of Dentistry, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has new leaders in several key positions.

Since April, the Mississippi Department of Health has granted burn center status to two hospitals. The Firefighters Burn Center at Regional One Health has been treating Mississippi burn patients since the state’s only burn center closed.

The clothes closet at Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett has existed unofficially for a couple of years, with emergency department staff bringing in clothing donations for the trauma patients they serve each day.

Regional One Health closed its Guthrie Primary Care Clinic July 31 and said it plans to close its Kirby Primary Care Clinic by the end of the year, citing a need to consolidate services.

For FedEx St Jude Championship pro-am participant Zach Thomson, a childhood brain tumor brought him to Memphis and eventually, it led to his love of golf. 

Turner Construction began work on Le Bonheur’s 128,000-square-foot expansion in July 2021. It is expected to be completed early next year with hard-hat tours beginning in the coming months.

The YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South and the Greater Memphis Chamber are teaming up with a Florida-based company to open clinics at local Ys starting in 2024.

Dr. Scott Strome was the face of much of UTHSC’s community outreach during the pandemic, including the large public testing site it created and staffed at Tiger Lane.

To address the nationwide nursing shortage and increase diversity in the nursing profession, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing has doubled its number of partner schools in the region. 

Chris Locke’s tenure at St. Francis Hospital-Bartlett is expected to help in his role as executive director of the Greater Memphis Medical Device Council.

The St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend is the largest single day fundraiser for the hospital.

TennCare officials say the new lactation benefits are funded by shared savings from the state’s Medicaid waiver agreement with the federal government. 

Most cases of West Nile virus, which is spread by infected mosquitos, cause no symptoms and go undetected. But it can cause serious illness and death.

Saint Francis Healthcare has named Scott Smith as CEO of Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis and market CEO for Tenet Healthcare’s Memphis market, which includes Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett. 

Baptist Medical Group plans to close its minor medical centers in East Memphis, Bartlett and Olive Branch. The Cordova location will remain open. 

Fewer than half of eligible Tennesseans are participating in WIC, a federal nutrition program that serves low-income children and pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding women.

The Operating Room Scholars program’s nursing students will receive some tuition support from Baptist Memorial Health Care and agree to work for Baptist for two years following graduation.

Customers may come in for a basic haircut and leave with a free blood pressure check. Methodist Hospital North’s partnership with area barbers brings care to men most at risk of hypertension. 

The new facility, which provides primary care for low-income senior residents at College Park in South Memphis, is the first on-site clinic at a Memphis Housing Authority community. 

The manufacturer expects it will be on grocery and convenience store shelves in early 2024. Price, a critical factor, has not been announced. 

“To see a guy in the peak of his career be taken out like that is so tragic,” said Dr. Dan Fletcher, one of nine orthopedic hand surgeons in the city and a longtime colleague to Dr. Ben Mauck. 

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With an assist from Buddy the Bernedoodle, visitors to the Baptist Centers for Good Grief find a warm and comforting friend to help them cope with loss.

All Kids Academy is an internship program that trains U of M child development and family studies majors to educate Le Bonheur patients 5 years old and younger who are experiencing prolonged hospitalization. 

The summer program, which launched in 2022, pays teens $15 an hour as they learn.

Ted and Merica Lyons’ ShotRx mobile clinics bring vaccinations directly to people in Shelby and Tipton County neighborhoods, as part of an effort to improve childhood immunization in the area, and the company is about to announce a partnership to help the unhoused.