The U.S. government has requested to intervene in a lawsuit alleging that Methodist University Hospital executives created a scheme to entice more than $1.5 billion in business from West Cancer Center by rewarding physicians with kickbacks.vcv A former CEO of Methodist University Hospital, Jeffrey Liebman, filed the lawsuit in 2017. The former dean of the School… Read More
A couple local contractors turned developers are seeking a tax abatement to build a four-story multifamily apartment building in the Medical District. The $13 million project by CTLP LLC is proposed for 220 Claybrook St. Formerly home to a seven-story medical office building, the site has been cleared since a demolition in November 2020. “It’s… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has landed $3.2 million in federal money to upgrade a laboratory used for research on infectious diseases. In a news release, the Memphis campus says the the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases awarded the money for equipment and infrastructure improvements at the Regional Biocontainment Laboratory.
Here’s a look at promotions, hirings, movers and newsmakers in the Memphis area business scene: Cynthia Russell has been named vice chancellor for Academic, Faculty and Student Affairs at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She has served as the interim vice chancellor for AFSA since December. With almost three decades of service to the… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has been awarded $3.2 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to upgrade the equipment and infrastructure in the UTHSC Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (RBL) on the Memphis campus to enhance the university’s research of infectious diseases, including COVID-19.
If it was what she wanted, Erika Dillard wouldn’t struggle to find work as a physician. She has an M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and spent four years as a neurosurgery resident at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals in Philadelphia. Yet after growing up in Huntsville, Alabama — where NASA’s… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has landed $3.2 million in federal money to upgrade a laboratory used for research on infectious diseases. In a news release, the Memphis campus says the the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases awarded the money for equipment and infrastructure improvements at the Regional Biocontainment Laboratory.
This week is National Nurse Midwifery Week, to raise awareness to the work and importance of midwives. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has become the second school in the state to offer a midwifery program.
