Feature Profiles

Doctor Followed Her Passion to a Psychiatry Career

Nov 16, 2018 at 11:49 am by admin

For Dr. Shubi Mukatira, 'It's a Privilege to Work as a Healer' When Shubi Razdan Mukatira was a computer science major at Purdue University and applying to medica.... Read More

St. Jude Patients' Artwork Featured On Green Giant Products

Nov 16, 2018 at 11:13 am by admin

Packaging Recognizes Childhood Cancer Awareness Month The artwork of two young patients from St. Jude Children's Hospital will be featured on one million bags of limited edit.... Read More

Senior Care Is Personal For Home Instead's Cope

Oct 12, 2018 at 04:23 pm by admin

Aging is an inevitable process - and a challenge that grows along with the large population of baby boomers now reaching senior status. But Ken Cope, president of Home Instead.... Read More

Regional One IT Director Focuses on Underserved

Sep 17, 2018 at 12:13 pm by admin

An opportunity to assist the underserved played a key role in Regional One's landing an IT Director. Conveying vital healthcare information quickly, understandably and effecti.... Read More

Son Brings New Dimension to Father's Practice

Sep 17, 2018 at 12:10 pm by admin

After Many Years, It's No Longer Just Internal Medicine When Dr. Jeremy Avila completed his four-year dual residency in pediatrics and internal medicine at the University of M.... Read More

Orthopedist Cites Key Changes in Sports Medicine

Aug 14, 2018 at 05:02 pm by admin

Owen Tabor Jr.: Changing Coaches' Minds a Key Unlike many children who aspired early to follow a parent-physician into the field of medicine, Owen Tabor Jr. was a relatively.... Read More

Proficiency in Tennis Steered GI Doctor to Memphis

Jul 10, 2018 at 05:33 pm by admin

Randelon Smith Overcame Speech Impediment to Get to Med School In a field as demanding and challenging as gastroenterology and hepatology, Randelon 'Rande' Smith followed a de.... Read More

President of Medical Society, Dr. Parker Tracks Opioid War

Jun 12, 2018 at 05:37 pm by admin

Memphis Medical Society President and Memphis native Autry Parker Jr., MD, seems as proud to be a former Wooddale High School Cardinal as he is of his medical degree from Yale.... Read More

Father Set the Example for Dermatologist

Jun 12, 2018 at 05:34 pm by admin

Frances Lawhead Followed Him Into Medicine, Then Chose a Different Path Perhaps like many other physicians, Frances Kirkland Lawhead found herself drawn toward medicine at an.... Read More

Taking On Tough Task of Obesity Surgery

May 07, 2018 at 04:17 pm by admin

Sanjeev Kumar Found Right Place to Put Laparoscopy, Robotics into Practice When Dr. Sanjeev Kumar came to Memphis in 2013 after a fellowship in gynecology/oncology at the Mayo.... Read More

Asthmatic Found Career Treating Asthma

Apr 10, 2018 at 01:43 pm by admin

Dr. Phillip Lieberman's Early Interest in Writing Has Served Him Well As a student at Central High School in Memphis, Phillip Lieberman was the sports editor of the student ne.... Read More

Crestwyn's Jep Stokes Takes Lead in Mental Health

Mar 09, 2018 at 03:12 pm by admin

When the Crestwyn Behavioral Health opened its doors in spring 2016, it represented a unique experiment in the form of collaboration between Nashville-based Acadia Healthcare.... Read More

Physician's Dream of Being an Astronaut Never Launched

Mar 09, 2018 at 03:07 pm by admin

Dr. Jamie Flerlage Stayed Grounded and Found Her Way to St. Jude It's pretty safe in saying Jamie Flerlage is Memphis' only physician who is also a hockey-playing mom and gre.... Read More

Murrmann Embraces Rise Of Integrative Medicine

Feb 08, 2018 at 09:39 am by admin

A lifelong seeker of reasons and causes, Susan G. Murrmann, MD, FACOG, has found in integrative medicine not an answer but a way to find more answers to better serve her patie.... Read More

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