UTHSC In the Media


e-cigarettes not without risk

The Memphis Business Journal

But Robert Klesgas, professor of Preventive Medicine in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, wants to be sure no one is kidding themselves about nicotine use. Klesges has been researching the health impacts of nicotine addiction and smoking for more than 30 years.


Sleep Disorder Treatments Still Face Challenges

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It is not uncommon that a sleep specialist discovers that a patient has other health issues resulting from sleep deficiency, according to Amado Freire, MD, professor and chief of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s division of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine.


Michael Ugwueke rose from war-torn Nigeria to become Methodist LeBonheur’s next CEO

The Commercial Appeal

… a 2001 decision to make academic – or teaching – hospitals of Methodist University and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital through its partnership with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center …


Dr. Muneeza Khan Quoted on Medical Scribes

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The participants … are …  Muneeza Khan, MD, chair, Department of Family Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis …    


New collaborative shapes medical district’s future

High Ground

Dr. Ken Brown said he believes there is a lot of long-term possibilities for the medical district.


West Cancer Center in Fight Against Brain Cancer

The Daily News

West Cancer Center … works closely with Methodist Healthcare and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and in 2014 established The University of Tennessee/West Institute for Cancer Research.


UTHGSC College of Health Professions hosts open house

The Daily News

University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Health Professions will host an open house Friday, Feb. 26, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Student-Alumni Center’s O.D. Larry Dining Hall, 800 Madison Ave. Learn about careers in physician assistant studies, physical or occupational therapy, medical laboratory science and more. For details, email cohpcareers@uthsc.edu… Read More


$5.2M study in Memphis will test texting, coaching to control diabetes

The Commercial Appeal

A medical study of how text messaging and health coaching may help African Americans with uncontrolled diabetes will be launched in Memphis with a $5.2 million research award to a University of Tennessee Health Science Center researcher … Dr. Jim Bailey, director of the Center for Health System Improvement and professor of internal and preventive… Read More