UTHSC reports vindicate controversial professor, but departed faculty disagree
Faculty members who left the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s occupational therapy department dispute the findings of the two reports.
Topic: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
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August 2026
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Surgical oncologist Dr. Martin Fleming takes after his father. And his son takes after him.
As a surgical oncologist at UT Health Sciences, Dr. Martin Fleming has followed the path of his father and served as a role model for his son — in addition to training hundreds of doctors.
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Former UTHSC chair sues school to get job back
Anne Zachry, former chair of the occupational therapy department at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, filed a lawsuit Friday claiming that she never resigned and she wants her job back.
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July 2026
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With $4M investment, UTHSC and others expand community health hubs
A community health hub model led by UTHSC and other partners is expanding across the state, thanks in part to a donation from United Health Foundation.
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Community health hub opens in Raleigh
County Commissioner Charlie Caswell Jr. says the ShelbyCares health hub, a partnership between UTHSC and county government, will help “break that generational curse” in North Memphis.
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Memphis’ forgotten figures: Nursing pioneer Lena Angevine Warner
This week, we take a look at the life of Lena Angevine Warner, who survived a case of yellow fever, served on Walter Reed’s team that identified its cause and revolutionized nursing in Tennessee.
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Growing the pipeline: Inside the plan to rescue rural healthcare in Tennessee
Rural healthcare remains a challenge for UTHSC and several partners across the state. The system’s strategic plan provides some goals to address them, but it requires a coordinated approach and better outreach, some say.
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June 2026
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UTHSC raises about $11M for new College of Medicine building
The 275,000- to 300,000-square-foot facility is planned on Madison Avenue between the College of Pharmacy building and the demolished Holiday Inn building.
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May 2026
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UTHSC investigating former employees after racism claim involving controversial instructor
The decision to launch an investigation has left some of the employees who resigned feeling angry and persecuted.
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UTHSC Advisory Board approves $747M operating budget
UTHSC is in better financial position than in recent years — in June 2023, there was a $55 million structural deficit. By the end of June, a surplus of $35.6 million is expected.
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How $300M in state funding for UTHSC will become ‘a beacon of hope’ for regional healthcare
The state invested more than $300 million for UTHSC. Here’s how it will help bring in “top-notch students” and address the critical nursing and physician shortage in Tennessee.
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April 2026
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$1B for rural health care coming to Tennessee
Tennessee health leaders met in Memphis to talk about how to address rural health care needs.
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Tennessee faces a physician shortage of 3,900 by 2035. How do local medical leaders think we can fix it?
There are many solutions to a statewide physician shortage facing Tennessee in coming years. Local medical leaders said one thing is key — the ability to train people where they might eventually practice.
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March 2026
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Post-Ford County Commission sets new rules for ‘disruptive’ commissioners
The new rule allows the body to possibly remove a disruptive commissioner from discussion with a two-thirds vote. The Commission also approved an increase in funding for a UTHSC contract and voted down a $65,000 grant by Commissioner Henri Brooks.
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Two more resign from troubled UTHSC department as officials announce a new hire
The number of people who have resigned from the program grows amid abuse allegations that school officials allegedly refused to address.
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Sixth faculty member at UTHSC resigns over fellow professor
With the latest resignation, the sole full-time faculty member left in the occupational therapy department is the instructor accused of mistreating her students.
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UTHSC looking for new faculty to stem resignations after abuse allegations
The staff members’ departures will leave just two occupational-therapy faculty remaining, including the faculty member accused of mistreatment.
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Most of UTHSC occupational therapy faculty resign amid abuse allegations
Five of the seven members of UTHSC’s occupational therapy faculty resign, allegedly over school’s handling of a professor accused of mistreating students.
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January 2025
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Regional One’s Union Avenue plan happened at breakneck speed
A week before Thanksgiving, a local real estate agent got a call to look for a 16-acre site close to the Medical District.
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August 2024
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UTHSC Medical Center Towers to be demolished
The 12-story building at 969 Madison Ave., which once included a Holiday Inn, will be torn down alongside two smaller parcels.
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March 2023
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Conference to ‘holistically’ treat those affected by opioid misuse
“The opioid crisis affects every single person in Tennessee, even those who don’t have personal or family issues related to opioid misuse disorder.”
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December 2021
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‘We see the Medical District as the new frontier’
Both private and public development have come to the Memphis Medical District.
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January 2021
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Third day goes smoothly at Appling vaccination site
The city auto inspection station on Appling City Cove bustled with volunteers Friday, three days into giving second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Those scheduled for vaccinations were urged to come no more than an hour before their scheduled times.
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April 2020
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Efforts underway to increase COVID-19 testing sites in neighborhoods
Frayser church volunteers its property to become needed testing site in the neighborhood.
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February 2019
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UTHSC reschedules inaugural advisory board meeting in Downtown Memphis
After canceling its inaugural advisory board meeting in Nashville last month, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has rescheduled the historic meeting for next week in Memphis.
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