Rhodes College alumnus and board member Dr. Ryan Mire has been named president-elect of the American College of Physicians (ACP), representing internal medicine physicians, related subspecialists and medical students. His term began May 2 at the conclusion of ACP’s annual business meeting, and he will be formally installed as president in April 2022. Mire earned… Read More
Over seven years, West Cancer Center accepted $13-$16 million from Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare for oncology services it did not perform at Methodist hospitals, according to West executives, now cooperating in a federal lawsuit against Methodist. The deal was part of a much larger incentive plan that netted Methodist more than $1.5 billion in new… Read More
Sickle cell disease — the inherited, lifelong blood disorder that disproportionately affects African Americans — has serious implications, impeding the flow of blood and oxygen throughout the body. And in Tennessee, about 3,000 people suffer from it, according to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing has received a three-year, $1.5 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to fund a much-needed expansion of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) training and certification in West Tennessee. June 16:WREG June 16: WMC-TV June 16:… Read More
A recently published report reveals that West Cancer Center & Research Center hired one of the world’s leading gastrointestinal oncologists despite him being forced out of his former job for allegations of professional misconduct.
An associate professor and interim chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Dr. Claudette Shephard is a gynecologist at Regional One Health. Her medical degree is from Loma Linda University School of Medicine in California, and her internship and residency were… Read More
Physicians at the Hamilton Eye Institute were out Saturday using their talents to give a major give to people in need. 16 people received free cataract surgeries to help get their lives back in focus. The Fourth Annual Cataract-A-Thon has helped more than 100 people since it began in 2017.”It’s incredible, so many of these… Read More
Bailey, who is director for the Center for Health Systems Improvement at UTHSC, which receives 25,000 visits annually, says their survey data showed that “less than 25% of low-income people had one or more primary care visits in 2020.” So, the intersection of having a low income, living in a community of color and having… Read More
