“It’s not so much the chronologic age as it is the physiologic age,” says Timothy Fabian, MD, the Harwell Wilson Alumni Professor and chair of the Department of Surgery at UTHSC. “You can have some 50- or 60-year-olds who are going to do worse than some 90-year-olds because they haven’t taken care of themselves. They might… Read More
… with the nurse practitioners from UTHSC School of Nursing, ninety preschool physicals were performed.
Just over a year ago, Kathryn Schwarzenberger, MD, left her job as professor of medicine in the Division of Dermatology at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. Her destination was the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, where in May 2013 she took over as the first chair of the new Kaplan-Amonette Department… Read More
While it’s unlikely that Robert W. Wake, MD, wears orange scrubs in the OR, he’s pretty much orange to the core in most other respects. The urologist grew up in Knoxville and attended the University of Tennessee for both undergraduate and medical school… He is now professor and chairman of the Department of Urology at… Read More
The online auction by UTHSC of more than 300 works by internationally known Memphis artist Paul Penczner grossed more than $70,000. Works auctioned were part of a collection of 400 pieces donated by the late artist’s widow Jolanda Penczner. All proceeds go to cardiovascular research at UTHSC.
Stephen King, MD, associate professor in the department of plastic surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and chief medical information officer at Regional One Health, explained that scientists are looking at hyperbaric chamber oxygen (HBO) for uses in stroke patients, multiple sclerosis and acute traumatic brain injury – but those uses are not yet approved
Dr. Wu, an assistant professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), is now being supported by a Research Scholar Grant, RSG-13-186-01-CSM, from the American Cancer Society. The four-year grant, which totals $720,000, will fund his study titled “Role of Genotoxic NF-kB Activation in Breast… Read More
UTHSC mentioned in West Cancer Center article; new UTMG cosmetic surgery physician; Semmes-Murphy organizational changes
