Hunter and Spencer Turner are students in UTHSC’s nurse-anesthesia program, which is the latest stop in a journey that’s taken them from small town Tennessee to Japan to Italy to Memphis.

“For things like PTSD and addiction, … all we’ve been able to do are treat symptoms,” said Dr. Jessica Snowden, the vice chancellor for research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. “We haven’t really had enough understanding of a cause to be able to actually treat a cause. And Dr. Cruz’s work is helping bridge that gap.”

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.

Modern mannequins provide various types of lifelike practice situations for nurses, physcians and other healthcare professionals.

The decision to launch an investigation has left some of the employees who resigned feeling angry and persecuted.

Methodist University Hospital back to normal admissions, surgeries after early morning transformer fire caused damage

The hospital will restart its search after their top pediatric recruit decides to stay in Texas.

More than a month ago, Marion police sergeant Darrell Prewitt became the victim of a high-speed collision on I-40. These days, however, he’s back on two healthy legs.

Regional One Health and St. Francis Hospital both received poor ratings from the federal government in a recent review.

Eight projects saved St. Jude millions and earned the research hospital a reward from the Tennessee Valley Authority. 

“... This center sends a powerful message: You are seen, you are valued, and you are never alone,” said a state official about the Alliance Healthcare Services facility. 

Daniel Prewitt nearly lost his leg after a high-speed chase in Arkansas. That outcome was avoided thanks to a Regional One team that reconnected tiny blood vessels, some smaller than a human hair.

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.

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.

Fayette County Mayor Rhea “Skip” Taylor said a hospital is important for healthcare, but it also becomes a community anchor.

During Keel’s tenure, St. Jude has been through two strategic plans both in the billions of dollars as officials have aimed to further improve and modernize the campus.

Tennessee health leaders met in Memphis to talk about how to address rural health care needs.

As the Baptist Heart Institute reached 500 heart transplants recently, doctors and nurses say the science behind that procedure has changed.

Sen. Brent Taylor advanced a bill that would track transgender health care and protect conversion therapy for those questioning their gender identity.

SweetBio, a Memphis-based startup, has been providing wound care for patients nationwide. In recent weeks, they unveiled Apis — meant to help those with diabetes and those with more serious cases.

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. 

Edward Payton recently began as executive director and CEO of the Memphis VA Medical Center. The Daily Memphian sat down with him to talk about his new role.

Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital is getting nearly half a million dollars to train rural county health professionals on how to treat children in emergency health care settings.

SCO’s history dates back to 1932, and it is the only optometry school in Tennessee.

The number of people who have resigned from the program grows amid abuse allegations that school officials allegedly refused to address.