Feature Profiles

Lending a Hand, and a Heart, to Children

Feb 08, 2018 at 09:35 am by admin

Le Bonheur's Commitment to Transplantation Is Richly Rewarded Umar Boston, MD, a pediatric cardiovascular surgeon at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, has done approximately 100.... Read More

Anesthesiologist Offers an Answer to Opioid Crisis

Jan 22, 2018 at 02:46 pm by admin

Jerry Jones Crusades for Nerve Blocks as Better Way to Manage Pain How can America solve its opioid crisis? One possible way is to listen to Dr. Jerry Jones, Division Chief of.... Read More

This Doctor Threw His Best Punch, But Tuberculosis Is Still Standing

Nov 10, 2017 at 10:28 am by admin

With pulmonary disease as a focus topic in this issue, publisher Pamela Harris suggested that editor Bob Phillips write an historical account of his father's journey in medici.... Read More

Pulmonologist or a Critical Care Doctor?

Nov 10, 2017 at 10:28 am by admin

For Glenn Williams, It's Not the Label It's the Results That Are Important As essential as breathing is to human life, one might think everyone would know what a pulmonologis.... Read More

Community Commitment Inspires Duckett to Guide Baptist's Growth

Nov 10, 2017 at 10:28 am by admin

Politics may often create strange bedfellows, but Greg Duckett claims his early political career not only inspired his active commitment to community service, but also prepare.... Read More

Kirby Pines' Michael Escamilla Serves, Learns from Seniors

Oct 09, 2017 at 09:57 am by admin

The approach to senior care has changed dramatically in recent years. So says Michael Escamilla, executive director at Kirby Pines, a retirement community that offers a contin.... Read More

Tackling the Mystery of Alzheimer's

Oct 05, 2017 at 05:17 pm by admin

Neurologist Lee Stein Has High Hopes for Promising New Drug As a student in the late 1970s at the Medical College of Georgia, Lee Stein, MD, became interested in neurology bec.... Read More

VP Shannon Tacker Finds Fulfillment at Le Bonheur

Sep 19, 2017 at 10:23 am by admin

Although she wears a variety of hats in her role as vice president and executive director of UT Le Bonheur Pediatric Specialists, Shannon Tacker, CPA, makes sure each one of t.... Read More

Putting Focus on Nutrition in Pediatric GI

Sep 19, 2017 at 10:19 am by admin

Mark Corkins Has Achieved Goal of Taking Le Bonheur Division 'To the Next Level' Mark R. Corkins, MD, is a history buff, but that's not necessarily the reason he knows that Le.... Read More

One More Feather in Lisa Piercey's Cap

Sep 19, 2017 at 09:34 am by admin

West Tennessee Healthcare EVP Leads Regional Organization While her day job as Executive Vice President at West Tennessee Healthcare has its own set of demands, Lisa Piercey h.... Read More

Doctor's Passion an Example Of Campbell's Commitment

Aug 09, 2017 at 12:56 pm by admin

Quin Throckmorton, MD, figures he's lived in the Mid-South long enough - two decades in Tennessee with nearly half that time in Memphis - to finally be considered a local. And.... Read More

A Burn Surgeon Who Knows How It Feels

Aug 09, 2017 at 12:30 pm by admin

His Childhood Accident Led to William Hickerson's Opening a Burn Center It's a pretty safe bet that when William Hickerson's children were young, no fireworks were lit around.... Read More

Ugwueke Maps Bright Path For Methodist Le Bonheur

Jul 12, 2017 at 03:48 pm by admin

Michael Ugwueke has enjoyed a whirlwind decade at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, steadily assuming more responsibility during the past 10 years while helping craft a strateg.... Read More

For Dr. Wruble, a Career Well-Practiced

Jul 12, 2017 at 02:54 pm by admin

It's Been a Gas for the Doctor Who Helped Merge Two Gastroenterology Giants Over the course of a long and distinguished career, Lawrence Wruble, MD, gained notoriety as Elvis.... Read More