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New UTHSC Building Could Change Healthcare Education

Oct 05, 2016 at 05:49 pm by admin

A 45,000-square-foot building under construction at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) could change the way healthcare education is delivered in Tenness.... Read More

Preparing for MACRA

Oct 05, 2016 at 05:35 pm by admin

Last month, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt announced some flexibility as providers prepare to transition to payment reform under.... Read More

Biogen Investigational Drug Shows Early Promise

Oct 05, 2016 at 05:12 pm by admin

Boston-based biotech company Biogen had pre-clinical research and Phase 1b results for aducanumab, its investigational antibody treatment for early Alzheimer’s disease, publis.... Read More

Expanding ADNI: Alzheimer’s Biomarker Study Embarks on Next Phase

Oct 05, 2016 at 04:57 pm by admin

The landmark Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) began in October 2004 with a goal of finding more sensitive and accurate methods to detect Alzheimer’s disease.... Read More

Mahul Amin Named Chair of UTHSC Department of Pathology

Oct 05, 2016 at 04:47 pm by admin

Mahul Amin, MD, has been named chair of the Department of Pathology in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). He will also be th.... Read More

Methodist University Hospital Wins Improvement Pioneer Award

Oct 05, 2016 at 04:45 pm by admin

Methodist University Hospital has been awarded the first ACC/SCPC Process Improvement Pioneer Award during the ACC’s annual meeting for the hospital’s DMAIC Project: Recognit.... Read More

Gillespie Named Chair of UTHSC Department of Otolaryngology

Oct 05, 2016 at 04:42 pm by admin

M. Boyd Gillespie, MD, MSc, FACS, has been named chair of the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC).... Read More

UTHSC Associate Professor Wins Grant to Study Form of Breast Cancer

Oct 05, 2016 at 04:39 pm by admin

Meiyun Fan, MD, PhD, an associate professor of Pathology at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has received a $100,000 grant from the National Cancer I.... Read More

CBU’s Healthcare MBA Program Wins Recognition

Oct 05, 2016 at 02:52 pm by admin

In only its first year, Christian Brothers University’s Healthcare Master of Business Administration (HCMBA) has been named one of the Top 20 Graduate Programs in Healthcare M.... Read More

McDonald Murrmann Women’s Clinic Names Page Full Partner

Oct 05, 2016 at 02:50 pm by admin

Audrey Page MD, who joined the McDonald Murrmann Women’s Clinic in 2013, has been named a full partner with the group.Before becoming a physician, Page served as a nurse. Afte.... Read More

Rola Obaji Named CEO of The McDonald Murrmann Women’s Clinic

Oct 05, 2016 at 02:48 pm by admin

The McDonald Murrmann Women’s Clinic has named Rola Obaji its new CEO. Obaji, who previously served as CEO of Integrity Oncology, has been a champion for oncology for twenty y.... Read More

Work Commences on $25-Million Hospital in West Memphis

Oct 05, 2016 at 02:47 pm by admin

Construction has begun in West Memphis on a $25 million hospital, Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden County.Officials from Baptist Memorial Health Care and Crittenden County.... Read More

Barrett Haik, MD, Key Force Behind Hamilton Eye Institute, Dies

Oct 05, 2016 at 02:44 pm by admin

Barrett Haik, MD, Hamilton Professor of Ophthalmology and director of the Hamilton Eye Institute at University of Tennessee Health Science Center died at his home in New Orlea.... Read More

Decreased Competition a Concern for Providers, Patients

Sep 14, 2016 at 11:52 am by admin

As employers and consumers prepare for open enrollment for health insurance to begin November 1, Mid-South healthcare professionals consider the effects of decreasing numbers.... Read More

Le Bonheur's John Bissler Targets Tuberous Sclerosis

Sep 14, 2016 at 11:45 am by admin

Exploring the frontiers of science by expanding awareness and developing treatment for a little-known disease with no known cure is an adventure that John Bissler, MD, directo.... Read More