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 Free Vision Seminar Offers Information for Patients
If you or someone you know has a vision impairment, make plans to attend a free patient seminar on Saturday, October 11 at the University of Memphis. The seminar will discuss the latest treatments and research for conditions such as macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, and other retinal diseases.
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Protect Your Eyes from Injury
According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, more than one million people in the U.S. injure their eyes each year. The effects can be devastating, from blurred vision to blindness. Fortunately, about 90 percent of these injuries are preventable if individuals wear protective eyewear.
Eye injuries can be caused by many things. Many injuries occur in and outside the home from everyday exposure to dust, chemicals, and even common household items such as rubber bands, paper clips, and pencils. Traumatic injuries to the eye are often caused by flying objects, such as rocks thrown up by a lawnmower, debris from power tools, and breaking glass.
Sports-related eye injuries frequently occur in children. Contact sports and those athletic activities involving flying objects, such as baseball, pose particularly high risk of eye injury.
When injuries to the eye occur, the victim should be evaluated by an ophthalmologist or other medical provider promptly. The eye should not be rubbed or touched.
To make an appointment with a UT Medical Group ophthalmologist in Memphis or Germantown, call 901-448-6650.
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Five UTMG Doctors Named Health Care Heroes |
Three UT Medical Group physicians were named recipients of the Memphis Business Journal’s annual Health Care Heroes Awards earlier this month.
UTMG was represented by five finalists for the awards.
Congratulations to these UTMG physicians who are all heroes! |
Trauma surgeon Dr. Martin Croce was the recipient for the Health Care Provider-Physician category. |
Dr. John DeVincenzo, pediatric infectious disease specialist, won in the Health Care Innovation category |
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 New Maternal-Fetal Medicine Chief Hopes Improved Prenatal Care Will Reduce Area’s Infant Mortality Rate
Dr. Giancarlo Mari has been named Chief of the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine and Director of the Maternal Fetal Institute at UT Medical Group and the UT Health Science Center. He will also serve as Professor and Vice-Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
“The Mid-South region has some of the highest perinatal and infant mortalities in the United States,” says Dr. Mari. “The mission is to change this. This is a challenge I wanted to take up. The goodwill I found in the doctors, administrators, and staff of the different hospitals here, as well as from the elected officials in the state, encouraged me to believe the mission could be accomplished. I am happy and proud to be part of this effort.”
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UT Medical Group Welcomes New Physicians
| Dr. Beth Abraham has joined the department of pediatrics as a general pediatrician and assistant professor at UT. A graduate of the University of Kansas School of Medicine, she completed her pediatric residency at the UT Health Science Center, where she served as chief resident. She is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and cares for patients at UTMG’s pediatric clinic at 777 Washington. |
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Dr. Timothy J. Cramer has been appointed UTMG chief of radiology and assistant professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). He has also been named chief of diagnostic radiology at The Regional Medical Center (The MED). Cramer earned his medical degree from the University of Arkansas Center for Medical Sciences and completed his diagnostic radiology residency at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. He is board certified by the American Board of Radiology and has a special interest in medical informatics, diagnostic radiology, and interventional radiology. |
| Dr. M. Colleen Hastings has joined UTMG as a nephrologist in the departments of pediatrics and medicine, where she cares for both children and adults with chronic kidney disease. She also serves on the UT faculty as assistant professor. Hastings completed her medical degree, residency, and fellowship training in pediatric and adult nephrology at the UTHSC College of Medicine and earned a master’s degree in epidemiology at the University of Memphis. She is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and the American Board of Internal Medicine. Hastings cares for patients at UTMG’s pediatric clinic at 777 Washington Avenue in the Medical Center and at UTMG’s Germantown office, located at 7945 Wolf River Boulevard. |
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Dr. Suzanne Moore has joined the department of medicine as a boardcertified internal medicine specialist and assistant professor at the UTHSC. She is a graduate of the UT Health Science Center College of Medicine and completed her residency at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Moore specializes in arthritis prevention and wellness care, women’s health, stress management, and sexually transmitted disease counseling and prevention. She cares for patients at 1325 Eastmoreland Avenue in the Medical Center. |
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UTMG announces New Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Scholarships for Selected Neonatal RN’s accepted to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center
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