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University of Tennessee Health Science Center

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Type
  
Public

Chancellor
  
Steve J. Schwab

Website
  
www.uthsc.edu

Total enrollment
  
2,815 (2011)

Colors
  
Green, Orange

Established
  
1911 (1911)

Students
  
2,851

Phone
  
+1 901-448-5500

Founded
  
1911

Location
  
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.

Address
  
910 Madison Ave, Memphis, TN 38163, USA

Parent organization
  
University of Tennessee system

Notable alumni
  
Winfield Dunn, Cary Middlecoff, Mary Headrick, Deborah Ferguson, Bob Ramsey

Similar
  
University of Memphis, University of Tennessee, Southwest Tennessee Communi, Baptist College of Health Sc, Rhodes College

Profiles

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) in Memphis includes the Colleges of Allied Health Sciences, Dentistry, Graduate Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy.

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There are also graduate medical education programs in Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Nashville, family medicine centers in Knoxville, Jackson, and Memphis, and public and continuing education programs across the state. The Health Science Center is part of the statewide, multi-campus University of Tennessee system.

As of 2010, US News and World Report ranked the College of Pharmacy 16th among American pharmacy schools.

The university of tennessee health science center


Programs

Its pediatric residency program is affiliated with Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center and residents in pediatrics, radiology, and other fields spend time working at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis.

The Hamilton Eye Institute, located in Memphis, is the department of ophthalmology. The institute opened in 2004 in an 8-story building donated to the University of Tennessee by Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. The capital campaign to establish the institute was initiated by department chair Barrett G. Haik, MD, FACS, and led by Robert B. Carter, chief information officer and executive vice-president of FedEx Information Services. The institute was named for the family of Ralph S. Hamilton, MD, a professor and physician with the department, who contributed $6 million toward its construction. The mission of the institute is to provide advanced treatments for eye care, foster interplay of ideas among researchers, and transfer skills and knowledge to the next generation of ophthalmic physicians and researchers.

Accreditation

The Health Science Center is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, master, and doctoral degrees. Each of the professional colleges or programs is accredited by the appropriate agency for the profession or program.

Nobel laureate Peter C. Doherty is an adjunct faculty member of this institution.

Alumni

  • Christopher Duntsch, neurosurgeon sentenced to life in prison for intentionally botching 32 surgeries that killed two patients and paralyzed two others.
  • Faculty

  • Robert W. Williams, neurogeneticist and developer of the GeneNetwork web service.
  • Colleges

    The University of Tennessee Health Science Center includes six colleges:

  • College of Allied Health Sciences
  • College of Dentistry
  • College of Graduate Health Sciences
  • College of Nursing
  • College of Medicine
  • College of Pharmacy
  • See also

  • Medical District, Memphis
  • Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center
  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
  • University of Tennessee College of Medicine
  • References

    University of Tennessee Health Science Center Wikipedia