Publisher: The Memphis Business Journal


UT Medical Group launches new IVF and infertility treatment center

The Memphis Business Journal

UT Medical Group has announced the opening of a new infertility service for would-be parent in the Mid-South. The center’s medical team is being led by Laura Detti, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and the only female board-certified reproductive endocrinologist in the Memphis market, according to UTMG.


Where his heart is: John Bissler

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… John Bissler, the new Chief of Pediatric Nephrology at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and a nationally known tuberous sclerosis (TS) expert … will also serve as director of Le Bonheur’s Tuberous Sclerosis Center of Excellence and a professor at theUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center.


UTHSC prof awarded $1.6 million to continue diabetes study

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Karen C. Johnson MD, professor and interim chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has been awarded a $1.6 million grant to continue research on treatments for type 2 diabetes.


Following in a surgeon’s footsteps

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After more than 31 years with Campbell Clinic, James Beaty still remembers what set him on the path to become an orthopedic surgeon. He hopes he can make the same difference for a high school student looking to get into the field.


People on the Move: Stephanie Phelps

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Stephanie J. Phelps, PharmD, has been awarded the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Education Award. The award honors an ACCP member who has made substantial and outstanding contributions to clinical pharmacy education at either the undergraduate or the postgraduate level.


On the Move: Chandra Alston

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Chandra Alston New Position: Associate Vice Chancellor, Human Resources, University of Tennessee Health Science Center


Chair of surgery at UTHSC stepping down

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Timothy C. Fabian, professor and chair of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Department of Surgery, has announced he will step down from his position as chair once his successor has been named.


Steinle named director of research for UTHSC eye institute

The Memphis Business Journal

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has tapped Jena J. Steinle to be director of research at the Hamilton Eye Institute.