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UT to begin search for new surgery department leader in Memphis

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The chairman of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Department of Surgery will step down when a search for a new leader for the department finds his replacement, university officials announced Monday. Dr. Timothy Fabian, chairman of surgery for more than 14 years, will continue as a professor in the department after his successor is… Read More


UT honors innovators

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The University of Tennessee Research Foundation Innovation Awards recognized 19 University of Tennessee Health Science Center researchers who, among other advances, won 14 patents during the year. The B. Otto and Kathleen Wheeley Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer went to Dr. Edward Chaum, Plough Foundation Professor of Retinal Diseases. Chaum, who joined UTHSC in 2000,… Read More


UTHSC team wins $1.6 million grant

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A $1.58 million federal grant to a University of Tennessee Health Science Center team will fund research on scanning patients for amyloid, a combination of protein fibers and sugar molecules found in patients with Alzheimer’s, Type 2 diabetes and some other diseases.


Nursing Open Houses: Friday information sessions at UTHSC

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Nursing Open Houses: Friday information sessions at University of Tennessee Health Science Center for anyone interested in a nursing career.