The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine appears set to be approved for widespread use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the coming days or weeks. Locally, the largest metro-area hospitals are gearing up to vaccinate frontline workers with the first doses of COVID vaccine available in the Memphis area.
West Cancer Center has agreed to a settlement agreement in a lawsuit brought against the practice and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare. Methodist will continue its defense against the lawsuit, which was originally filed in 2017 and sealed until late 2019. West ended its formal affiliation with Methodist when the practice joined OneOncology in January 2019.… Read More
Features video commentary from UTHSC’s Scott Strome “Doing nothing is not always the safest thing,” Dr. Steve Threlkeld with Baptist Memorial Hospital said.That’s the message from one of the leading medical minds in Memphis as the United States – and Mid-South – is on the cusp of its first widespread COVID-19 vaccinations. “When you think… Read More
Today, there are more than 500 people in our local hospitals ill with COVID-19. While many of them will get better, some will suffer long periods of illness and some will die. COVID-19 vaccines provide hope for a better tomorrow — hope that is proportional to the number of us willing to be vaccinated. How… Read More
Only one other public university, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, currently offers a master’s in physician assistant studies. “We propose to offer a second, high quality and affordable, public option,” MTSU said in its submission to the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, which must also approve the degree before it can be… Read More
An official at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has a unique history with Retired Army General Lloyd Austin. Love Collins III is the vice-chancellor of Development and Alumni Affairs for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. He was track teammates with Austin at West Point in the mid-70s. They’ve known each other… Read More
We developed a recommended rideshare-specific cleaning process in partnership with P&G Professional and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, a leader in combating viral pathogens. Local teams have performed thousands of cleaning services at our Driver Centers.
West Clinic has agreed to a settlement in a lawsuit alleging physicians for the Memphis institution took part in a yearslong kickback arrangement, according to a court filing Tuesday. The lawsuit was filed by two high-ranking Memphis healthcare executives: Methodist University Hospital President Jeff Liebman and David Stern, former executive dean and vice chancellor at… Read More
