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Outgoing leader navigated health department through turbulent times

Shelby County Health Department Director Dr. Michelle Taylor, a White Station High graduate, takes the helm of the Baltimore City Health Department on Aug. 4.

By Aisling Mäki June 29, 2025
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Health department offering free HIV testing

“Shelby County has the second highest HIV infection rate among metropolitan areas in the United States, second only to the Miami metro area,” the health department’s director said.

By Aisling Mäki June 26, 2025
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UTHSC chancellor named to leadership of global health care group

Dr. Peter Buckley joins a global network of academic health center leaders from countries such as Australia, China, Kenya, Lebanon, South Korea and Switzerland. 

By Aisling Mäki June 21, 2025
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Le Bonheur names new Heart Institute codirector

He succeeds Dr. Jeffrey Towbin who recently announced his retirement from the institute he helped build.

By Aisling Mäki June 17, 2025

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    Historically Black medical college grows Memphis presence

    Meharry Medical College has been ramping up its presence in Memphis, where leaders say it plans to train more diverse health care professionals and focus on underserved people.

    By Aisling Mäki June 10, 2025
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    Historically Black medical college coming to Memphis

    Meharry’s expansion to Memphis is the first step in Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church’s $310 million, mixed-use development.

    By Bill Dries June 10, 2025
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    Le Bonheur doc retires from Heart Institute he built

    A decade ago, Dr. Jeffrey Towbin gave Le Bonheur a 30-page single-spaced plan for how he would build a world-class pediatric heart program in Memphis.

    By Aisling Mäki June 08, 2025
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    From the bottom to the top: Clinic continues to add wellness treatments

    The McDonald Murrmann clinic has been caring for women’s bodies for nearly 30 years, and now it’s adding mental health offerings.

    By Aisling Mäki June 07, 2025
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    Instead of county building new Regional One, Jeff Warren has an idea

    For the past several months, Memphis City Councilman Jeff Warren has been giving tours of Methodist University Hospital. His goal is simple: Convince the community it doesn’t need to spend $1 billion on a new campus for Regional One. 

    By Jane Roberts June 03, 2025
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    No one bid on Shelby County’s autopsy contract. Here’s what happens now.

    The contract that has kept The University of Tennessee Health Science Center operating the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center is expiring, and a request seeking a new operator ended without a bid.

    By Aisling Mäki June 02, 2025
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    Methodist names chief strategy officer

    The new SVP will lead Methodist’s strategic partnerships and expansion in the region, as well as oversee patient engagement.

    By Aisling Mäki May 28, 2025
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    Making Memphis healthier one neighborhood at a time

    Since ShelbyCares opened its first neighborhood health hub, Penny Ward has dropped about 100 pounds, stopped taking two medications and seen her blood pressure and blood sugar numbers drop to their lowest in decades.

    By Aisling Mäki May 25, 2025
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    Le Bonheur revs up new high-tech ambulances

    Dr. Trey Eubanks, Le Bonheur president and surgeon-in-chief, said they are “fully equipped to take care of the tiniest babies — premature infants to trauma patients to severely ill patients with pneumonia — from all across our community.”

    By Aisling Mäki May 23, 2025
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    County closes on last land needed for new Regional One Health hospital

    Shelby County has closed on the office building and warehouse on the site of The Commercial Appeal’s former 16-acre campus at 495 Union Ave.

    By Aisling Mäki May 22, 2025
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    Launched in a pandemic, ZüpMed offers a different kind of medicine

    Now the cash-based, concierge-style medical practice has a waiting list for memberships and is doubling its space at Laurelwood Shopping Center.

    By Aisling Mäki May 18, 2025
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    St. Jude graduates its largest kindergarten class ever

    Imagine Academy is designed to help St. Jude patients keep up with their classwork when their treatment requires them to be away from home for extended periods. 

    By Aisling Mäki May 16, 2025
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    Varsity Brands commits millions to St. Jude

    Varsity Brands also fundraises during St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend. Last year Varsity Spirit President Bill Seely became the event’s first official corporate champion.

    By Aisling Mäki May 15, 2025
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    Nurse celebrating Mother’s Day with her newborn thanks to colleagues’ care

    When her high-risk pregnancy resulted in a medical emergency, it was Leah Holder’s coworkers at Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis who were there to support her and her baby.

    By Aisling Mäki May 11, 2025
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    Birding helps some ‘feel a part of something bigger’

    On Saturday, or World Migratory Bird Day, spring bird-migration season reaches its peak. While birds use the Mississippi Flyway to head north, Memphians can look to the sky and experience the benefits of birding.

    By Aisling Mäki May 10, 2025
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    UTHSC addresses loss of federal funding

    Last year UTHSC identified a $15.5 million budget gap, and Raaj Kurapati, UTHSC executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer, said $12.5 million of it has been addressed.

    By Aisling Mäki May 10, 2025
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    Meharry Medical College buys local Sanitas clinics

    Meharry Medical College said the three Memphis clinics will continue to operate normally and the change in ownership would not impact current patients’ access to care.

    By Aisling Mäki May 07, 2025
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    Health Department loses $2 million in federal funding

    Dr. Michelle Taylor, the head of the Shelby County Health Department, said her organization was jolted by how abruptly the funding was rescinded. 

    By Aisling Mäki May 07, 2025
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    Regional One Health adds several robotic surgical systems

    To use the da Vinci 5 robotic system, the surgeon sits at a console about 10 feet away from the patient and performs the procedure by remotely operating the robotic arms. 

    By Aisling Mäki May 05, 2025
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    Former NICU patient returns to Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown as intern

    After spending his first few weeks in the Methodist Hospital-Germantown NICU, Jayden Kyles is having a full-circle moment as he fosters his dream to become a pediatrician. 

    By Abigail Warren April 28, 2025
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    Memphis college embraces power of high-tech glasses

    One of the nation’s oldest optometry colleges is focusing on providing local people with visual impairments the latest technology, like AI-powered glasses. 

    By Aisling Mäki April 27, 2025
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    Le Bonheur hires its first chief of child psychology, behavioral health

    Dr. Donald J. Bearden comes to Memphis from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, where he was a senior neuropsychologist and section director of psychology.

    By Aisling Mäki April 24, 2025
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    Pennsylvania company acquires assets of specialty hospital on Baptist campus

    Through the deal, Select Medical Corp. will buy substantially all assets of Baptist Memorial Restorative Care Hospital and rename it Select Specialty Hospital — Memphis East. 

    By Aisling Mäki April 23, 2025
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    Baptist expands in Arkansas

    Baptist Memorial Health Care said it has agreed to merge with Paragould’s Arkansas Methodist Medical Center, which has served Northeast Arkansas and Southeast Missouri for 75 years.

    By Aisling Mäki April 23, 2025
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    Sting operation: Health department ramps up mosquito control

    Shelby County Health Department’s mosquito control activities are in full swing, which includes truck-mounted spraying of insecticides in some ZIP codes to prevent the spread of West Nile Virus and other human pathogens. 

    By Aisling Mäki April 20, 2025

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