Feature Profiles

Lindsey Blevins, CEO of Crestwyn Behavioral Health

Nov 02, 2023 at 06:05 pm by pjeter

   People are ending up in crisis situations due to a lack of early mental health care.   By BECKY GILLETTE   Lindsey Blevins, LPC-MHSP-S, spent the e.... Read More

For This UTHSC Researcher, Effective Stroke Treatment is Personal

Nov 02, 2023 at 05:58 pm by pjeter

  By JAMES DOWD   A family history of strokes and the devastating toll exacted on his loved ones led Memphis professor and researcher Jianxiong Jiang to embark on.... Read More

Edie Miller, COO, Executes All-physician Pediatric Practice’s Plan for Growth and Independence

Sep 12, 2023 at 06:04 pm by pjeter

  By TOM BAILEY   Pediatrics East had already decided to make big changes before Edie Miller came aboard two years ago, but the physician-owned practice turned ov.... Read More

Dr. Owen Tabor, Jr. Stepped Hesitantly onto His Father’s Path; He’s Happy He Did

Sep 12, 2023 at 05:47 pm by pjeter

  Now, he has advice for parents of young athletes.   By JAMES DOWD   Growing up in Memphis, Owen Tabor, Jr., MD, loved sports and enjoyed his gridiron ex.... Read More

At Home in the Bluff City

Jun 25, 2023 at 06:49 pm by pjeter

 Urologist Joseph Gleason finds a perfect fit at Conrad Pearson Group     By JAMES DOWD   Growing up outside Minneapolis, Minnesota, Joseph Gleason nev.... Read More

Knowing Where It Hurts

Jun 25, 2023 at 06:39 pm by pjeter

   Neurologist Oleksandra Dryn specializes in occipital pain blocks   By TOM BAILEY   A doctor sometimes can’t put his or her finger on why pati.... Read More

Wearing Three Hats but Focused on the Patient

May 07, 2023 at 11:25 pm by pjeter

  BY TOM BAILEY   Years have passed, but Dr. Arthur M. Townsend IV still remembers the fear in her eyes. Then an obstetrics/gynecology (OB/GYN) hospitalist at Th.... Read More

Baptist Heart Institute's New CAO Scrubs In

Mar 18, 2023 at 06:57 pm by pjeter

  Being present is part of leading   By TOM BAILEY   Wednesdays are special for the new chief administrative officer at Baptist Heart Institute at Baptist.... Read More

Hamilton Eye Institute’s Matthew Wilson, MD, Looks to Farther Horizons

Mar 18, 2023 at 05:55 pm by pjeter

   No place for complacency   By JAMES DOWD   Dr. Matthew Wilson has witnessed significant changes in the medical landscape during the two decades he&.... Read More

This Sports Medicine Surgeon is a Man for All Seasons

Sep 13, 2022 at 02:31 pm by pjeter

By LAWRENCE BUSER Treatments at OrthoSouth evolving through the years    As an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine, Marcus Biggers, MD, doesn&rsquo.... Read More

Growing Trend of Younger Patients Seeking Ortho Treatment

Sep 13, 2022 at 01:41 pm by pjeter

By JAMES DOWD    More effort being directed toward prevention   Growing up the son of two physicians, Drew Murphy, MD, decided early on that his future lay.... Read More

Leading Pain Management Specialist Advocates for Controlled Use of Medical Cannabis to Ease Patient Suffering  

Jul 15, 2022 at 11:28 pm by admin

By JAMES DOWD Growing up in Memphis in the 1960s and 1970s, Dr. Autry Parker developed a keen sense of personal discipline and enthusiastically focused on his academic and mu.... Read More

Testing When Patients are Young Can Inform Better Care as They Age

May 10, 2022 at 03:55 pm by pjeter

Brother/sister physicians at MOGA enjoy being there for patients some of their most vulnerable times   By LAWRENCE BUSER With a father who is a physician and a mother,.... Read More

Building a Practice with an Eye Toward the Future

Mar 10, 2022 at 02:03 pm by admin

Dr. Jorge Calzada still treats underserved in his home country of Panama After years of studying, training, research and patient care, Dr. Jorge Calzada took on a new challeng.... Read More

How Did the 89-year-old Woman Cross the Road?

Mar 10, 2022 at 01:50 pm by admin

With a little help from an Interventional Cardiologist, of course. As an interventional cardiologist, Dr. Pranab Das knows the best way to a patient's heart is often through a.... Read More