UT Health Sciences College of Medicine

10/16/2026

He came to Chattanooga to learn. Now, he’s back to teach.

After completing his surgery residency with the College of Medicine – Chattanooga in 2025 and fellowship training in Louisville, KY, Texas native Chace Hicks, MD, has returned as an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery.

For Dr. Hicks, coming back means more than returning to a familiar place. It means becoming the mentor he once relied on.

🔗 Read the full story at the link in our bio.

10/09/2026

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09/22/2026

Tennessee needs more child psychiatrists. One innovative program is helping answer that call. 

The UT Health Sciences Post-Pediatric Portal Program is one of only five such programs in the country, giving pediatricians specialized training in both adult and child psychiatry. Program director Dr. Allison Ford, program fellow Dr. Ryan Murphy and Dr. Alicia Barnes, chief of Pediatric Psychiatry at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, are helping build a new path to care for children and families across Tennessee.

With 82% of Tennessee counties without a child and adolescent psychiatrist, the need is clear.

Read how we’re opening a new door to children’s mental healthcare at the link in our bio.

09/04/2026

By the end of its first five years, the new $350 million College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Building at UT Health Sciences in Memphis is expected to help produce more than 1,450 additional health care professionals for communities across Tennessee, from Memphis to the state's rural corners.

The 300,000-square-foot building will let the UTHSC College of Medicine grow its class size from 175 to 250 students and expand the Physician Assistant Program from 30 to 60 students a year.

Read more: https://news.uthsc.edu/a-historic-investment-new-college-of-medicine-interdisciplinary-building/

09/01/2026

Happy 901 Day to all who celebrate! 🧡
We’re proud to call home, but our reach extends wide across .

From , , and to rural communities across the state, our faculty, staff, students, residents and fellows are making a tangible impact every day.

These are some of the people and moments that make us who we are. Proud to be Memphis. Proud to be Tennessee. 🧡

08/10/2026

Sometimes, the best way to learn about medicine is to hear someone talk candidly about what it’s really like to practice it.

“Scrubbed In: Narratives from the Front Lines” brings those real conversations into the classroom for M1 students. Listening in gives them a chance to hear about their peers’ experiences and think about the kind of physicians they aim to become.

🎧 Listen to “Scrubbed In: Narratives from the Front Lines” at the link in our bio.

08/04/2026

Hospitals, clinics, and labs... you’ve been warned. 😉
181 future physicians are officially on their way. Welcome to the UT Health Sciences College of Medicine, Class of 2030!

07/21/2026

Behind every future physician is a person trying their best to stay grounded. 🧡

M2s, Pepper Mason and Emily Lu, found art to be a stress-relieving outlet, so they decided to launch the university’s Art Club to give students across campus the same opportunity to take a breath, create, and just be.

Read more at the link in our bio. 🎨