Opioid Prescriptions Continue Decline in Tennessee

Jul 17, 2019 at 03:06 pm by admin

A recent report shows a 13.3 percent decrease in opioid prescriptions in Tennessee between 2017 and 2018, and a 32.3 percent drop in the five-year period since 2013. According.... Read More

Eye Care Event to Be Held August 29

Jul 17, 2019 at 03:05 pm by admin

The Surgical Eye Care Foundation (ECF) has partnered with 20/20 Memphis, the Eye Specialty Group, The Southern College of Optometry and the Church Health Center for its annual.... Read More

Qsource Selects Benjamin Heavrin as Chief Medical Officer

Jul 17, 2019 at 03:05 pm by admin

Benjamin S. Heavrin, MD, is the new Chief Medical Officer (CMO) at Qsource, a Tennessee-based not-for-profit consultancy that oversees federal, state and commercial healthcare.... Read More

Occupational Therapy Students Host Art Show

Jul 17, 2019 at 03:03 pm by admin

Occupational Therapy students from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will host the third annual Rachel Kay Stevens Therapy Center Art Show and Auction on Thurs.... Read More

UTHSC Names Director of Assessment for College of Pharmacy

Jul 17, 2019 at 03:02 pm by admin

Elizabeth Hall, PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS, has been named director of assessment for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center's College of Pharmacy. She will be responsibl.... Read More

UTHSC Assistant Professor Awarded $1.9 Million Grant

Jul 17, 2019 at 03:00 pm by admin

Nikhlesh K. Singh, DVM, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Physiology in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has b.... Read More

UTHSC Names Associate Dean of Pharmacy, Knoxville

Jul 17, 2019 at 02:59 pm by admin

Shaun Rowe, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCCCP, FNCS, has been named associate dean of the Knoxville campus of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Pharma.... Read More

Teri McCann Appointed to MAPA Board

Jul 17, 2019 at 02:58 pm by admin

Teri McCann, PhD, CEDS, founder and executive clinical director of Fairhaven Treatment Center, has been appointed to the Memphis Area Psychological Association Board of Direct.... Read More

Role of Oral Health Growing In Overall Healthcare Picture

Jun 12, 2019 at 12:40 pm by admin

The role dental health plays in a patient's overall health traditionally has been overlooked by many in the healthcare field, but this situation has begun to change with the s.... Read More

A Commitment to Recruit The Top Talent to St. Jude

Jun 12, 2019 at 12:31 pm by admin

A man whose mission is recruiting for a research hospital with a mission seems like an ideal combination. John Leech would certainly agree. He is Director of Talent Acquisitio.... Read More

Son Couldn't Resist Father's Specialty

Jun 12, 2019 at 12:26 pm by admin

Rusty Shappley Balked But Ultimately Chose His Dad's Practice Against considerable odds, Drs. Vance and Rusty Shappley are among the eight physicians who compose The Urology G.... Read More

Rethinking Approach to Acne

Jun 12, 2019 at 12:23 pm by admin

Putting the Evidence to Work for Patients New evidence and agents have clinicians rethinking traditional approaches to treating acne, the most common skin condition in the Un.... Read More

UTHSC Anesthesiology Program Gains Approval

Jun 12, 2019 at 12:15 pm by admin

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has received accreditation for a new anesthesiology residency program in its College of Medicine. The residency program was a.... Read More

Dr. Tom Gettelfinger Retires After Four Decades

Jun 12, 2019 at 12:14 pm by admin

After 46 years of practice, Tom Gettelfinger, MD, has retired. However, he says he's not done yet. "I'd still like to change the world," Dr. Gettelfinger said after leaving th.... Read More

Denise Shepler Joins Levy Dermatology

Jun 12, 2019 at 12:12 pm by admin

Denise Shepler, a licensed and certified physician assistant, has joined Levy Dermatology Shepler, who has more than four years of experience in clinical dermatology, was born.... Read More