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Phillip Langsdon Sets Goals For Memphis Medical Society

Aug 11, 2016 at 11:04 am by admin

As president-elect of the Memphis Medical Society, Phillip R. Langsdon, MD, has set his sights high for his term in office. He wants to help organize a program that has the po.... Read More

Memphis Plastic Surgeon Using New Procedure to Treat Migraines

Aug 11, 2016 at 10:04 am by admin

Chronic migraine headache sufferers have had only limited options for relief until physicians discovered the connection between Botox and compressed nerves. Memphis plastic su.... Read More

TMA Board Approves 2017 Legislative Priorities

Aug 11, 2016 at 08:55 am by admin

Payer accountability, maintenance of certification and scope of practice will be among the top legislative issues that the Tennessee Medical Association takes on during the 20.... Read More

TMA Board Approves 2017 Legislative Priorities

Aug 10, 2016 at 06:10 pm by admin

Payer accountability, maintenance of certification and scope of practice will be among the top legislative issues that the Tennessee Medical Association takes on during the 20.... Read More

TMA Wins National Membership Excellence Award

Aug 10, 2016 at 06:02 pm by admin

The Tennessee Medical Association accepted a Profiles of Excellence Award from the American Association of Medical Society Executives during the AAMSE Annual Conference in Ba.... Read More

UTNSC’s Vásquez Receives Grant for Chronic Pain Research

Aug 10, 2016 at 05:59 pm by admin

Valeria Vásquez, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Physiology in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has received.... Read More

MLBH Leaders Appointed to TNCPE Board of Examiners

Aug 10, 2016 at 05:58 pm by admin

A group of leaders from Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare (MLBH) have been appointed by the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence (TNCPE) to the.... Read More

Lifeblood Issues Emergency Call for Donors

Aug 10, 2016 at 05:56 pm by admin

Officials at Lifeblood say that “plummeting blood donations since the Memorial Day holiday” has forced the organization to issue an emergency appeal for all blood types, espec.... Read More

UTHSC Professors Receive $418,000 for Huntington’s Disease Research

Aug 10, 2016 at 05:54 pm by admin

A $418,000 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke will allow Anton Reiner, PhD, and Tayebeh Pourmotabbed, PhD, of the University of Tennessee H.... Read More

Baptist Hires Director of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Aug 10, 2016 at 05:50 pm by admin

Mark J. Heulitt, MD, formerly a pediatric intensivist at Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock, has joined Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women as the medical director of.... Read More

HealthyHere Discusses Value of Providing Mobil Service

Aug 10, 2016 at 05:49 pm by admin

Tim Finnell, left, president of Group Benefits LLC and Dr. William West with HealthyHere, a Lifesigns affiliate, with a mobile medical clinic after a recent presentation at Th.... Read More

Regional One East: Bringing Change

Jul 13, 2016 at 10:01 am by admin

Regional One Health’s new state-of-the-art East Memphis campus at 6555 Quince boasts innovative technology, state-of-the-art equipment and a rapidly expanding patient base.But.... Read More

Thompson Leads Opening Of New Pain Centers

Jul 13, 2016 at 09:36 am by admin

While the practice of medicine in any of its diverse forms is about fixing and healing, sometimes part of the process itself needs fixing and healing. That’s where the blend o.... Read More

UTHSC’s Colin Howden Helping Establish Two New Guidelines

Jul 13, 2016 at 09:21 am by admin

Colin Howden, MD, describes it as a case of being in the right place at the right time.Howden, chief of the Division of Gastroenterology in the College of Medicine at the Univ.... Read More

Test, Treatment Alter Approach to IBS

Jul 13, 2016 at 09:10 am by admin

A new test and a new treatment recently approved by the FDA will for the first time allow physicians to definitively diagnose and treat patients who may be suffering from irri.... Read More