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From CPA to Corporate Strategist, Bill Griffin Guides Financial Evolution at BMHC

Feb 10, 2016 at 05:55 pm by admin

The opportunity to resolve problems from a variety of perspectives can be a major plus, as Bill Griffin, senior vice president and chief financial officer for Baptist Memorial.... Read More

Cardiologist from England Likes the Heartbeat of Memphis

Feb 10, 2016 at 05:49 pm by admin

His grandparents were from India. His parents were born in Africa. He was born and raised in London. His children were born in Memphis.That’s four generations, four continents.... Read More

More Memphis Area Liver Patients Receive Y-90 Treatment

Feb 10, 2016 at 05:41 pm by admin

For the last couple decades, intra-arterial yttrium-90 radioembolization, or Y-90, treatment for liver cancer has been gaining ground in medical communities across the country.... Read More

A Commentary: Insure Tennessee Meeting Becomes One-Way Conversation

Feb 10, 2016 at 05:34 pm by admin

Scott Morris, MD, thinks people's ability to get healthcare shouldn't have to depend on which side of the Mississippi River they live on.“Why do people east of the Mississippi.... Read More

Baptist Reaches Milestone in Electronic Health Record Adoption

Feb 10, 2016 at 03:18 pm by admin

Baptist Memorial Health Care has been recognized by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, an organization focused on better health through information tec.... Read More

Donna Lanier Named Director for Methodist Hospice Residence

Feb 10, 2016 at 03:15 pm by admin

Methodist Hospice has named Donna Lanier, RN, BSN, as director for Methodist Hospice Residence. Lanier has extensive health care experience with over 35 years working in publi.... Read More

UTHSC Associate Professors Receive Grant for Taste Sensory Research

Feb 10, 2016 at 03:08 pm by admin

John Boughter, PhD, an associate professor in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Department of Anatomy and Max Fletcher, PhD, assistant professor in the univers.... Read More

Hamilton Eye Institute’s Morales-Tirado Wins Research Grant

Feb 10, 2016 at 03:03 pm by admin

Vanessa Morales-Tirado, MS, PhD, assistant professor in the Hamilton Eye Institute at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, is using her background in immunology.... Read More

UTHSC’s Lynda Wilmott Wins Grant to Study Alzheimer Disease and Dementia

Feb 10, 2016 at 02:59 pm by admin

Lynda Wilmott, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has received a $52,500 grant to explore proteins in the brain that play.... Read More

UTHSC Executive Vice Chancellor Honored by Rainbow/PUSH

Feb 10, 2016 at 02:56 pm by admin

Kennard Brown, JD, MPA, PhD, FACHE, executive vice chancellor and chief operations officer of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has been named the 2016 Rainbo.... Read More

Campbell Takes Reins of Memphis Medical Society

Feb 10, 2016 at 02:54 pm by admin

Tommy J. Campbell, MD, an internist at Consolidated Medical Practices of Memphis, has been installed as the 139th president of the Memphis Medical Society, filling the positio.... Read More

Don't fight for their attention. Get it.

Feb 02, 2016 at 04:12 pm by admin

Never before have physicians and other healthcare professionals been so strapped for time. And never before has so much information been vital for them to know and understand..... Read More

Proton Beam Therapy Pioneer Improves Survival Rates for Children with Cancer

Jan 11, 2016 at 05:35 pm by admin

Last month, a few weeks before Christmas, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital presented us with another world-class “first”— the St. Jude Red Frog Events Proton Therapy Cent.... Read More

TMA Hopes to Cap Medical Liability, Insurance Companies’ Fee Changes

Jan 11, 2016 at 05:27 pm by admin

The Tennessee Medical Association (TMA) plans to tackle a number of legislative issues pertaining to physicians and the future operation of healthcare in the state during this.... Read More

Ophthalmologist Praises Suture-less Procedure

Jan 11, 2016 at 05:22 pm by admin

Long before he transplanted his first cornea, Aaron Waite, MD, was operating on little critters. Well, not exactly operating, but experimenting.Growing up in Reno, Nevada, the.... Read More