Feature Profiles

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

Memphis Psychiatrist Measures Age not by the Body, But by Zest for Life

Nov 01, 2021 at 04:38 pm by admin

Lucas Trautman, MD, is a fourth-generation physician whose ancestors inspired him and set the bar high. As his namesake St. Luke, patron saint of physicians, put it: To whom m.... Read More

Surgical Techniques May Change Through the Years, but the Body Does Not

Sep 08, 2021 at 03:54 pm by admin

After graduation from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine in 1972, orthopedic surgeon Riley Jones, MD, managed to find just enough money and.... Read More

Memphis' Semmes Murphey Clinic Now Has Two Members Recognized Among Neurosurgery's Finest

Jul 14, 2021 at 01:19 pm by admin

Dr. Frederick Boop and Dr. L. Madison Michael II of the Semmes Murphey Clinic have long been known to be among the best of the best in their highly complex field of neurosurge.... Read More

This Doctor Delivers Partnerships, Hugs and Babies - Lots of Babies

May 05, 2021 at 03:15 pm by admin

Methodist Olive Branch Hospital's, Silpa Hansen, MD, abides by the patient voice Silpa Gadiparthi Hansen, MD, likes to give her pregnant patients a voice in how their gradual,.... Read More

Skilled Hands of a Cardiac Surgeon and Violinist

Mar 24, 2021 at 02:30 pm by admin

Baptist Medical Group's John Michael Craig, MD, has demanding morning warm-up John Michael Craig, MD, said with a laugh that his interest in medicine began soon after high sch.... Read More

Geriatrician's Personal-Touch Practice is 'Old School in a Good Way'

Nov 23, 2020 at 06:55 pm by admin

For as long as he can remember, Nidal Rahal, MD, has been interested in caring for elderly people. Actually, interested is not quite strong enough. "It's a combination of pass.... Read More

Loving What He Does

Oct 07, 2020 at 09:45 am by admin

West Cancer Center's Dr. Gregory Vidal is "getting to do everything" He estimates that 60 percent of his practice involves seeing patients, 30 percent involves research, and 1.... Read More

They are not Little Adults

Oct 07, 2020 at 09:43 am by admin

Pediatric Consultants', Dr. Leon Livingston focuses on education for parents as much as treating small children Dr. Leon Livingston of Pediatric Consultants decided early in l.... Read More

He Feels Their Pain, Then Repairs Their Injuries

Aug 11, 2020 at 11:37 am by admin

Dr. Anthony Mascioli treats athletes at Campbell Clinic Since his days as a high school running back and basketball player, Anthony Mascioli, MD, has remained a serious sports.... Read More