Dr. Eunice Huang, Professor of
#Surgery
and
#Pediatrics
, has received the 2020 American Surgical Association - Association of Women Surgeons (ASA-AWS) Surgical Leaders Fellowship Grant. Dr. Huang was also recently elected to the
@AmCollSurgeons
’ Board of Governors.
For the first time in UTHSC history, our third-year students achieved a 100% pass rate on the Step 1 Licensing Exam! Not only did they all pass, but their average score was a full point higher than the national average! We are beyond proud.
#uthsc
#uthscmedicine
#EverywhereUT
Our M1s took some time today to distribute food today at the Healing Center Baptist Church! We are so proud of the volunteer work out students have been participating it! 📷: Sara Shore, M1
Drs. Eunice Huang and Ying Weatherall, both members of the Global Surgery Institute (
@UTHSCGlobalSurg
), have been in
#Honduras
offering school physicals to children. The shirts were provided to the students by the College of Medicine’s Medical Student Executive Council (MSEC).
Valeria Vásquez Named Among Top 100 Inspiring Hispanic-Latinx Scientists in America. Honorees were selected based on scholarly achievements, mentoring excellence, and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Today is the start of New Student Orientation as we welcome the
#Classof2025
to campus! We had a great kick-off this morning with breakfast and remarks from our Deans and Assistant Deans in Student Affairs and Admissions.
Our Office of Community Health Engagement and
@uthsc
are excited to announce the Frayser Community Garden! Located in
#Frayser
, the garden aims to provide residents with access to locally grown and nutritional foods to support healthy physical, mental, and nutritional lifestyles.
Happy Match Day! We are eagerly anticipating finding out where our fourth years will continue and who will be joining us as interns! Good luck everyone! 🍀✉️
Congrats to
@AdamArthurMD
on being named chair of the of
#Neurosurgery
! Dr. Arthur has been the director of cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery for
@SemmesMurphey
and has more than a decade of distinguished service as a neurosurgeon in Memphis.
Happy July 1st to all trainees, especially
@UTHSC_Medicine
@UTHSCMedPeds
!
So happy to announce I'm starting off the new academic year with the rank of Associate Professor of Medicine!
Congratulations to Drs. Tejesh Patel and Evgeniya Mohammed from
@UTHSC
Dermatology on their clinical image publication in the New England Journal of Medicine (
@NEJM
) highlighting the cutaneous manifestations of porphyria cutanea tarda.
It's the first day of
#Residency
for all of our wonderful new residents! We are excited for another year, see if you can spot yourself or someone you know!
We are excited to welcome in our 2021 Medical Student Research Fellows! These 39 students, the largest class in its 42 years, will embark on summer research projects culminating in presentations to College of Medicine faculty.
#research
#uthsc
This Friday at 1:30pm, we will be live-streaming our virtual commencement ceremony for the Class of 2020. Be sure to set a reminder on YouTube and tune in as we congratulate and celebrate our wonderful students!
Three of the five medical students, who helped launch the COVID-19 testing site at Tiger Lane, graduate from UTHSC College of Medicine's at today's 2021 Commencement Ceremony at the Renasant Convention Center
This year's
#MedicalStudent
#Research
Day Presentations were a great success! In its 42nd year, the Medical Student Research Fellowship has medical students participating in summer research programs and presenting their findings to peers and researchers at the end of the program.
Thank you to the
@UTHSCMedicine
@uthscalumni
students for giving me the Outstanding Teaching Award. It’s been such a joy to teach you and continue to learn from you!
#MedEd
#EBM
The UTHSC College of Medicine is committed to serving, protecting, and caring for our communities throughout the coronavirus pandemic. We have established the
#UTHSC
COVID-19 Response Fund to support coronavirus-related initiatives.
@WMCActionNews5
did a story recently on doctor shortages in the Mid-South and featured a quick piece on our new 3-year Curriculum program that aims to have medical students graduate faster and help with this shortage:
@uthsc
@strome_scott
Congratulations to all of the amazing fall graduates from the College of Medicine! We are so proud of you and excited to see what great physicians you go on to be. You will always have a home
@uthsc
🧡
#uthscmedicine
Congrats to Dr. Johnson on winning the prestigious Golden Apple Award for Overall Outstanding Clerkship Director at UTGSM. Dr. Johnson was recognized for her hard work and dedication to her students!
#UTHSC
#MedicalEducation
#GoldenAppleAward
We are very proud of the work
@gene_lamanilao
and others are doing to make our campus not only inclusive but knowledgeable on how to be better advocates for everyone in our community.
Over the weekend, I had the privilege of leading the first Safe Zone training session on campus in several years. Glad that we can finally bring back this resource, especially in a time when the LGBTQ+ community needs advocates armed with knowledge.
Our university and college are full of women physicians who are making a difference and leading the charge in health and safety of our communities! Happy National Women Physicians Day!
Recently, the SNMA hosted over 50 undergraduate premed students from the Memphis area for their Clinical Skills Day. The 20 volunteers worked with the students on learning vital signs, history taking, ultrasounds, and a panel on getting into medical school.
Congratulations to Jon McCullers, MD (
@pedschief
), senior executive associate dean of Clinical Affairs and chief operating officer for the College of Medicine on being elected as the new chair of the Shelby County Board of Health!
Don't forget! Tomorrow from 11:30 am - 1pm we'll be hosting a live round table discussion on structural racism in health care! Check out our website for more information and submit a question for the panelists!
We are delighted to share that the
@uthsc
PA Program has been ranked
#1
in Tennessee and
#46
in the nation according to the 2023-2024
@usnews
Best Graduate Schools rankings! 🎉 Congrats to the faculty, staff, and students for all their hard work 🙌🏼
A few of our M4 students in Ophthalmology volunteered at this weekend's Back to School Family Affair which offered free medial screenings, services, and immunizations.
📷: Peggy Reisser, Office of Communications and Marketing.
Honored to have received the Internal Medicine Residency Scholarly Excellence Award for 2023. Grateful for the phenomenal training and support
@uthsc
@UTHSCMedicine
@UTHSC_Medicine
.
Today, New Student Orientation continued with the M1s participating in this year's student organizations fair. This event allows our new students to meet with and learn about the different student groups on campus for specialties, interests, and more.
🥂 Congratulations to Drs. Valeria Vásquez and Julio F. Cordero-Morales, and the team from
@UTHSCMedicine
!
They found that linoleic acid improves PIEZO2 dysfunction in
#AngelmanSyndrome
, proposing a mechanism to reduce PIEZO2 function.
@NatureComms
| 🔗
#UTHSC
College of Nursing Professor Kate Fouquier is using her sewing skills to make
#medicalmasks
in her off hours. She has completed 100 masks and has more 150 cut out. “When you are feeling helpless, anything you can do to allow you to feel helpful is fine by me,” she said.
Transplant Patients in ICU at No Greater Risk of Death from COVID-19 Than Non-Transplant Patients, Analysis by UTHSC Physicians Shows:
@mzmolnar
@amjtransplant
Dr. Paul J. Hauptman, Dean of the
@utgsm
, hosts a series called "In the Faculty Lounge with the Dean". Their most recent episode featured Dr. Mark Rasnake, Associate Professor of Medicine and the Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency.
@uthsc
Kylie James, Taylor Berke, and Shruthivani Velrajan, are just a few of the six oral presentation award recipients of this summer’s
@UTHSCMedicine
Medical Student Research Fellowship Program. Congratulations to all awardees!
Congratulations to all of our students who graduated today! We look forward to seeing the impact these
#MDs
and
#PAs
are going to have on the world!
#Classof2019
The work of Jim Bailey and the
@TNPopHealth
team in the community can’t be overstated! It is an exciting time for us as we continue our efforts to improve the quality of heart health in Tennessee.
@uthsc
's Jim Bailey and his team lead the research effort to improve the heart health of Tennesseans.
But the team isn’t working in a lab—they’re working in the community.
Read more about their work at 🔗
On SurgOnc Today,
@NiaZalamea
talks about global surgery and specifically how resource utilization lessons learned during international trips translates to the OR after returning stateside. Listen at , on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
@SurgeryUTHSC
@uthsc
1/
My Decade in Review:
- Graduated undergrad and medical school
- Trained in internal medicine at my top choice
@uthsc
- Did a chief residency year in quality & safety at the Memphis VAMC
- Landed my current job as an assistant PD and academic general internist
@UTHSCMedicine
We are ready to ROCK some chalk talks!
An awesome talk by the amazing
@ChrisDJacksonMD
of
@UTHSCMedicine
on an approach to creating engaging
#MedEd
chalk talks.
Shout out to
@tinazhangmd
for her creative direction of this Zoom pic as we all try to spotlight Dr. Jackson❤️
Remember this? Good news! The first two containers of over 18 tons of medical/surgical and hospital supplies have arrived in Ukraine! And they're already working on the next shipment with the help of our Ukrainian surgeon partners who visited in July. Great work
@SurgeryUTHSC
!
.
@UTHSCMedicine
assistant professor Dr. Nia Zalamea played a huge role in collecting Mission of Mercy's supplies to send to those in need in Ukraine. We are proud of all of her efforts to aid those who have been impacted during the war.
#uthsc
#uthscmedicine
We spied a familiar face in the
@MBJReporter
yesterday! Congratulations to our Executive Dean, Dr. Scott Strome, on being named one of Memphis' Health Care Heroes! via
@MBJMemphis
Part 2 of our
#COVID
ー19 special, Living in Lockdown, will be airing on Tuesday at 11|10c on
@OWNTV
! Set your DVR now — and don't forget to join the conversation live at
#BlackWomenOWN
.
We are SO PROUD and thrilled to announce the graduating class of the UTHSC Internal Medicine - Pediatrics Residency Program! We wish these amazing physicians all the best in their careers and future adventures! 🎉🧡💚
Congratulations to Kiyah Anderson, a M3 Medical Student, on winning the 2019 Abby and Lynn Kitabchi Scholarship. Dr. Dagogo-Jack, Director, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, and Mrs. Lynne Kitabchi proudly presented Kiyah with the scholarship.
Over the last year,
@UTHSCMedicine
has strengthened its relationships with partner hospitals across the state, expanded its educational and clinical reach, and grown its research funding! Click the link to read the college's Winter issue magazine.
Continuing the ⏰
#countdown
to
#MatchDay2021
with throwbacks to Match Day 2020 for our current intern all-stars. A year ago we found out that Victoria Godwin, MD of
@UTHSCMedicine
#choseJPS
. Needless to say she has crushed
#pgy1
and is ready to be a senior!
This year's
#Diabetes
Awareness Health Fair took place today in the Madison Plaza! This annual event is a chance for faculty, staff, and students to interact with members of various health groups and colleges at
@uthsc
to learn more about diabetes prevention and care.
"I want to further develop the research infrastructure in collaboration with
@UTHSC
and
@StJude
. In addition, I hope to develop and expand the section of non-malignant hematology at UTHSC."
Read about Dr. Kenneth Ataga's work to fight
#sicklecell
:
We are very excited to have Dr. Ryan Mire named as president-elect of the
@ACPinternists
! Dr. Mire is an alumni of the College of Medicine and currently serves as an assistant clinical professor at the UTHSC College of Medicine in Nashville.
Congrats to the winners of the Teaching and Learning Center's Teaching Awards, which recognize and celebrate excellence in teaching. We would like to recognize Aditi Kesari
@UTHSCMedicine
, Stephanie Lancaster
@UTHSC_COHP
, and Leslie Hamilton
@UTPharmacy
!
So are plant-based burgers actually healthier than their meat counterpart? Dr. Susan Warner talked with
@FOX13Memphis
about the new trend and what you should know.
FOX13 Investigates: Are plant-based burgers healthier? Find out what nutritionist Dr. Susan Warner,
@UTHSCMedicine
assistant professor had to say. via
@FOX13Memphis
Today is UTHSC Giving Day! Help us make history with 500 gifts in 24 hours! The College of Medicine has UTHSC Giving Day matches and challenges available.
#UTHSCGive
to increase the impact of your support.
Checkout our latest feature in the Summer 2022 edition of Our Tennessee-
@UTSystemNews
's magazine. This feature highlights the Frayser Community Garden, which is a collab project between
@UTHSCMedicine
and its Board of Visitors advisory council.
Huge news coming out of Dr. Colleen Jonsson's research group and colleagues at the
@UNM
. The group has identified three drugs, already approved for uses in humans, as possible therapeutics for COVID-19.
Today we had the pleasure of welcoming our Board of Visitors to campus for an engaging and productive meeting. Thank you for your continued support of the College of Medicine through your time, talent and wisdom.