Meet one of the 40 Under Forty Class of 2018: UTHSC’s Dr. Tejesh Patel
Dr. Patel oversees UTHSC’s Department of Dermatology, including all clinical, educational, and research activities.
UTHSC In the Media
UTHSC Students, Faculty, and Staff Take A Stand Against Hate
Hundreds of students, faculty, and staff members signed banners with the words, “hate has no place at UTHSC” and “UTHSC is united against hate.” Thursday’s observance comes after several high-profile hate crimes in the country, including the recent mass shooting at a Jewish synagogue in Pennsylvania.
Multiple myeloma and abducens palsy Patient presented with persistent headache, diplopia.
Our patient was a 70-year-old Caucasian male with a past medical history notable for hypertension, noninsulin-dependent diabetes, hypercholesterolemia and multiple myeloma previously treated with stem cell therapy. He presented with a two-day history of acute diplopia that was constant, binocular and exacerbated with right gaze. The patient also reported a new persistent right occipital headache.… Read More
University of Tennessee Health Science Center : Student Member of UT Board of Trustees No Stranger to New Challenges
New adventures are old hat for the recently appointed student representative to the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees. Kenneth Ian Packer, 29, is a Doctor of Nursing Practice student in the Certified Nurse Anesthetist program in the College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. He has already done a four-year… Read More
Case review: Posttransplant lupus nephritis recurrence rates declining
Lupus nephritis recurrence rates in kidney transplant recipients declined over the past decade, compared with rates seen in earlier studies, according to a review of cases at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC).
A life of service
Rhonda Ferguson-Wilkins, a family advocate counselor with the Shelby County Relative Caregiver Program at UTHSC, has been recognized for her good works in the community on WMC-TV’s “Bluff City Live.”
Delcath Announces Enrollment of First Patient in ALIGN Trial
Delcath Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: DCTH), an interventional oncology company focused on the treatment of primary and metastatic liver cancers, announces that patient treatments have begun in the Company’s second global US registration trial investigating Melphalan Hydrochloride for Injection for use with the Delcath Hepatic Delivery System (Melphalan/HDS) in the treatment of patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma… Read More
Movers and Shakers
University of Tennessee Health Science Center researchers Francesca-Fang Liao, John V. Cox and Brian M. Peters recently received grants for their work. Liao, a professor in the Department of Pharmacology, was awarded more than $2.6 million from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Aging. The funding will go toward studying the mechanisms by… Read More