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Baptist Approved for First Graduate Nursing Program

Jan 11, 2017 at 03:41 pm by admin

Baptist College of Health Sciences received approval from the Tennessee Board of Nursing to offer the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP). The first cohort of students to begin t.... Read More

Memphis Healthcare Leaders See Huge Challenges Ahead, But Also Envision Great Opportunities in Many Fields

Dec 19, 2016 at 03:33 pm by admin

As 2017 arrives, it brings anticipated changes in healthcare with it – both locally and nationally. As one would expect, the changes have been widely discussed for some time b.... Read More

Retired? Not Really, But a Fine Time To Pay Tribute to Mike Cates

Dec 19, 2016 at 02:59 pm by admin

After 31 years of serving as Executive Vice President of The Memphis Medical Society, Mike Cates announced his retirement late in 2016.When the announcement was made, those wh.... Read More

More Treatments Available in Mental Healthcare

Nov 03, 2016 at 08:10 am by admin

Behavioral healthcare professionals have more tools than ever to diagnose and treat mental health and addiction, yet societal barriers and a shortage of healthcare workers rem.... Read More

Saint Francis' Heidi Hillery Couldn't Resist Call to Serve

Nov 02, 2016 at 04:17 pm by admin

The career path of Heidi Hillery to the directorship of Behavioral Health Services at Saint Francis Hospital is one she tried early to exit. A Deep Southerner with a home-grow.... Read More

Helping Baptist Take a Big Step Forward

Nov 02, 2016 at 03:30 pm by admin

In the opinion of Pawan Rawal, MD, the Memphis area was lacking an important diagnostic and treatment tool before he was hired last year as director of Baptist’s Comprehensive.... Read More

MSMGMA’s 30 Years Prove Invaluable to Practices

Nov 02, 2016 at 03:20 pm by admin

At one time, when Deborah Parker-Pratt was running an OBGYN office in East Memphis, she would meet three times each month with other people who also ran doctors’ offices.“I’d.... Read More

New $25-million Crittenden Facility Eagerly Awaited

Nov 02, 2016 at 03:04 pm by admin

A new $25-million hospital in West Memphis is expected to open in early-to-mid 2018 and as far as almost everyone in the area is concerned, the ribbon cutting can’t come soon.... Read More

Optune Therapy on GBM Shows Early Success

Nov 02, 2016 at 02:54 pm by admin

With almost one year of use in the Mid-South, Optune™ therapy through West Cancer Center is improving survival rates for newly diagnosed adults with glioblastoma multiforme (G.... Read More

Suicide Watch

Nov 02, 2016 at 02:41 pm by admin

Suicides in the United States are on the rise led by middle-aged white males. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statisti.... Read More

Improving Access to Clinical Trials

Nov 02, 2016 at 02:29 pm by admin

Bold goals, like the ones envisioned by the Cancer Moonshot initiative, require new approaches to old problems.While physicians and researchers recognize clinical trials play.... Read More

Assistant Professor Receives $270,000 Grant for Osteoarthritis

Nov 02, 2016 at 02:25 pm by admin

Hongsik Cho, PhD, MBA, assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has received a $270,000 grant.... Read More

UTHSC’s Hasan Wins Grant to Study Artery Dilation and Blood Flow

Nov 02, 2016 at 02:22 pm by admin

S. M. Raquibul Hasan, PhD, postdoctoral associate in the Department of Physiology in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has .... Read More

Work Begins on Methodist’s $280-Million Master Campus Plan

Nov 02, 2016 at 09:46 am by admin

Construction has begun on Methodist University Hospital’s $280 million master campus plan following an October groundbreaking ceremony at the corner of Eastmoreland and Bellev.... Read More

UTHSC’s Mahul B. Amin Selected Editor of Cancer Staging Manual

Nov 02, 2016 at 09:43 am by admin

Mahul B. Amin, MD, who earlier this year was named professor and chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and the Gerwin Endowed Chair for Cancer Research.... Read More