A look at what's happening at UT Health Sciences

Alumnus Eiman Jahangir, MD, credits his experience at the UT Health Sciences College of Medicine with setting the course that led him to space. “I always had two passions. It was medicine and it was space, and I was able to pursue the second passion once I became a doctor,” said Dr. Jahangir, a cardiologist, professor, and speaker based in Nashville.

The Regional One Health Elvis Presley Trauma Center has earned the highest national recognition from the American College of Surgeons as a Level 1 Trauma Center. The trauma center is led by Chief of Trauma/Surgical Critical Care Andrew Kerwin, MD, and staffed by UT Health Sciences physicians.

The College of Nursing is taking cancer screening directly into Tennessee communities with two new mobile health units. One van will serve urban Shelby County neighborhoods, while the other will go into Hardeman, Haywood, and Lauderdale counties to provide cancer screening evaluations, home test kits, and health education.

The College of Medicine’s Three-Year MD Program is helping fill the need for physicians in Tennessee. Launched in 2021, the program allows highly motivated students committed to practicing in certain fields to complete medical school more rapidly and with reduced cost.

A decade after helping launch the Mid-South Mission of Mercy, alumnus Mitch Godat, DDS, continues to see the power of dentistry bring people together. Each year, more than 1,000 volunteers, including UT Health Sciences students, provide free care and compassion to patients across the Mid-South.

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