UTHSC In the Media


Anticoagulant Reversal Agents Widen AF Treatment Options

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“Reversal agents for new “Reversal agents for new anticoagulants are important because anticoagulation is still underused as stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation,” said panel member Prof. Lisa Jennings, PhD, director of the vascular biology center at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC; Memphis, USA). are important because anticoagulation is still underused… Read More


RSV: Investigational Drug Shows Promise in Challenge Study

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John P. DeVincenzo, MD, from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine and the Children’s Foundation Research Institute at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, and colleagues published their findings in the November 19 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.


$40 Million Gift to Boost Memphis Hospital’s Transplant Work

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Methodist University Hospital has received an anonymous $40 million donation aimed in part at expanding the Memphis facility’s organ transplant center, reports The Commercial Appeal. Half of the gift will go to the Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute for equipment and upgrading patient rooms. The institute drew national attention in 2009 when the late Apple… Read More


Medical District’s chart is packed with healthy developments

The Commercial Appeal

The $40 million donation to the Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute is a great shot in the arm for the hospital, for the Medical District and for Memphis as a whole.


Local Researchers Helping In Pancreatic Cancer Fight

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Dr. Subhash Chauhan hopes to change that with his pancreatic cancer research.


Methodist, UT Get Anonymous $40M Donation

The Daily News

“This gift will further our vision of Memphis being a healthcare hub not only for the Southeast, but for the entire United States,” said Dr. James Eason, UTHSC Professor of Surgery and Director of the Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute.


Methodist and UT receive largest donation in history

The Memphis Business Journal

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare (MLH) and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) have received the largest gift in their 100-year history. The gift, from an anonymous donor, totals $40 million and will be used to develop a new, innovative, comprehensive transplant facility at Methodist University Hospital. The facility will provide state-of-the-art and easily… Read More


Health system receives $40M, largest gift in its history

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An anonymous donor has given $40 million to Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.