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UTHSC Names Head of Boling Center for Developmental Disabilities

Apr 12, 2017 at 10:42 am by admin

Bruce Keisling, PhD, has been named the executive director of the UT-Boling Center for Developmental Disabilities (BCDD) and Shainberg Chair of Excellence in Developmental Dis.... Read More

Baptist to Partner with Priority Ambulance for Pediatric Transport

Apr 12, 2017 at 10:40 am by admin

Baptist Memorial Health Care has established a partnership with Priority Ambulance for transport services between Baptist hospitals.Priority Ambulance also will oversee, manag.... Read More

UTHSC Professor Awarded $1.5 Million to Study Blood Pressure Regulation

Apr 12, 2017 at 10:38 am by admin

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Jonathan H. Jaggar, PhD, Maury Bronstein Endowed Professor in the Department of Physiology at the University of Tennessee H.... Read More

New Lab at Saint Francis Offers Advanced Heart, Vascular Services

Apr 12, 2017 at 10:36 am by admin

Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis has opened a new Electrophysiology Lab (EP Lab) -s part of its expanding Heart and Vascular Center. Officials at the hospital say the new EP la.... Read More

James C. Fleming New Director of Hamilton Eye Institute

Apr 12, 2017 at 10:32 am by admin

As part of reorganization at Hamilton Eye Institute (HEI) at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), James C. Fleming, MD, FACS, now is the director of HEI,.... Read More

Perisco Wofford to Lead Bluff City Medical Society

Apr 12, 2017 at 10:30 am by admin

Perisco Wofford, MD, has been installed as president of the Bluff City Medical Society during a recent meeting of the organization. He follows Lanetta Anderson who served as p.... Read More

Baptist to Expand Grief Services to Two Additional Locations

Apr 12, 2017 at 10:28 am by admin

Baptist Memorial Health Care plans to open two new grief centers – one in Midtown Memphis and the other in Jonesboro, Arkansas, where Baptist has one of its 17 hospitals, NEA.... Read More

Baptist-DeSoto, Stern to Host Cardiac and Stroke Symposium

Apr 12, 2017 at 10:27 am by admin

Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto and Stern Cardiovascular Foundation will host a cardiac and stroke symposium titled, “Making Waves in Cardiology and Stroke Care” from 7 a.m..... Read More

‘Fearless First’ Stax Concert to Celebrate First Responders

Apr 12, 2017 at 10:25 am by admin

OR Nurses Nationwide, a Memphis-based healthcare staffing business, is hosting a dedication concert for first responders at the Levitt Shell in May.The concert, called, "Fearl.... Read More

Cyber Criminals Make Security A Constant Healthcare Challenge

Mar 10, 2017 at 06:47 pm by admin

Jack sits at a corner table in a busy East Memphis fast-casual restaurant, surveying a dinner crowd that's mostly millennials, but also includes a sprinkling of other generati.... Read More

A Lasting Partnership At West Cancer Center

Mar 10, 2017 at 06:38 pm by admin

It is a professional partnership that began as a friendship, broke all the rules and continues to improve the state of the art in regional cancer care beyond their most ambiti.... Read More

Doctor Who Left Aleppo Is at Home in Memphis

Mar 10, 2017 at 06:26 pm by admin

Radwan Haykal, MD, has a brother, Marwan, who is stuck in Aleppo, the once vibrant city in Syria that is now in ruins as a result of the civil war there.Haykal describes his h.... Read More

Medical District Undergoing Construction Boom

Mar 10, 2017 at 05:54 pm by admin

The growth and development of facilities in the Memphis Medical District, which for decades has progressed in relatively quiet fashion, suddenly has exploded. The area on the.... Read More

Employing Value-Added Design to Improve Performance

Mar 10, 2017 at 05:45 pm by admin

While it isn’t a new concept that those working in healthcare design strive for aesthetically pleasing form to accompany a facility’s critical functions, the rapidly changing.... Read More

Healthcare Real Estate Finding Growth in New Environments

Mar 10, 2017 at 05:37 pm by admin

While much of today’s news seems to include doom and gloom for the healthcare industry, it’s certainly not always the case. One exception is healthcare real estate development.... Read More