Faculty in the Media 2019

December

"Paying Dearly: Hidden deals and confusing rules mean that Rx drugs can cost anywhere froma few bucks to a week's salary. With no major changes coming soon, here's what you can do to shop smartly for the meds you rely on."
Prevention Drug Prices
Featuring: Paul Hauptman, MD

November

"How Dr. Tom Kim fled North Korea and built a philanthropic medical empire in Knoxville"
Knox News Sentinel
Featuring: Tom Kim, MD and Keith Gray, MD

"UT Medical Center first in Tennessee to implant new system helping patients suffering from bladder and bowel function issues"
Knox News Sentinel
Featuring: Bryce Bowling, MD

October

"Schools, hospitals prepare for potentially rough flu season"
WBIR
Featuring: Mark Rasnake, MD

"Community observes Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day"
WBIR
Featuring: Keri Lattimore, MD

"Experts warn of dangerous hot tub bacteria that could lead to Legionnaires' Disease"
WBIR
Featuring: Mark Rasnake, MD

September

"Diuretic withdrawal likely safe for stable outpatients with mild heart failure "
Reuters Health
Featuring: Paul Hauptman, MD

"Epps led UT Medical's new approach to opioid-related pain management"
Knoxville News Sentinel
Featuring: Jerry Epps, MD

August

"Sick and dying workers demand help after cleaning coal ash"
StarTribune
Featuring: Paul Terry, PhD

"Sick and dying workers demand help after cleaning coal ash"
Fox13
Featuring: Paul Terry, PhD

"Sick and dying workers demand help after cleaning coal ash"
MagicValley.com
Featuring: Paul Terry, PhD

"An 'easy sell' for leaders: How UTMC is tackling hand hygiene with a new compliance system"
Beckers Hospital Review
Featuring: James Shamiyeh

"Double digit increase in ER patients means longer waits in Knoxville"
WBIR
Featuring: Blaine Enderson, MD

"Woman warns of vaping after hospitalization"
WBIR
Featuring: J. Francis Turner, MD

"UT lung specialist talks warns of teen vaping and e-cigarettes"
WVLT
Featuring: Elise Schriver, MD

July

"Children don't get enough sleep, and it has profound effects on their health, experts say"
Knoxville News Sentinel
Featuring: Ralph Lydic, PhD

"Health officials: 'Flesh-eating' infections are extremely rare"
WBIR
Featuring: Mahmoud Shorman, MD

"Even mild heart failure may boost complications, deaths after ambulatory surgery"
Reuters Health
Featuring: Paul Hauptman, MD

"My Card May Be Revoked': What We Heard This Week"
MedPage Today
Featuring: Paul Hauptman, MD

"Entresto Out-of-Pocket Costs Out of Control?"
MedPage Today
Featuring: Paul Hauptman, MD

June

"Memorial service Saturday for Dr. Bedford Waters"
Knox TN Today
Featuring: W. Bedford Waters, MD

May

"Breaking barriers: Detoxing through pregnancy"
WATE
Featuring: Craig Towers, MD

"One went to heaven, the other to hell | Two East Tennesseans share their near-death experiences"
WBIR
Featuring: Jeffrey Johnson, MD

"EYF to bring health center to Lonsdale Community"
Knox Focus
Featuring: Keith Gray, MD

"Knoxville mom beats opioid addiction for unborn son"
WBIR
Featuring: Craig Towers, MD

"Rep. Phil Roe headlines our breakfast discussion on Who Gets to Be Healthy?"
Knoxville News Sentinel
Featuring: Keith Gray, MD

"Measles outbreak: Fifth case of measles in Tennessee"
Knoxville News Sentinel
Featuring: Mark Rasnake, MD

"New partnership Health Center aims to break through barriers in underserved Lonsdale"
Knoxville News Sentinel
Featuring: Keith Gray, MD

April

"Health officials say 'wash your hands,' hepatitis A cases on the rise"
WVLT
Featuring: Mark Rasnake, MD

"'The Gift of Life': Organ recipients honor donors, thank families for 'second chances'"
Knoxville News Sentinel
Featuring: Oscar Grandas, MD

"Standardized protocols can reduce premature birth rates | Opinion"
Knoxville News Sentinel
Featuring: Craig Towers, MD

March

"UT Medical Center's NICU expansion makes 'it a little more like home' for families"
Knoxville News Sentinel
Featuring: Mark Gaylord, MD

"Dramatic decrease" of symptoms seen in mothers on postpartum drug"
WVLT
Featuring: Stephanie Cross, MD

UTMC prepares to open new NICU section
WBIR
Featuring: Mark Gaylord, MD

"Leaders at Knoxville's only level trauma center share benefits and challenges of regional system"
WATE
Featuring: Mark Gaylord, MD

February

"Leaders at Knoxville's only level trauma center share benefits and challenges of regional system"
News Channel 11 WJHL
Featuring: Blaine Enderson, MD

"Doctors seek answers to chronic pain treatment in East Tennessee"
WBIR Channel 10
Featuring: Stephanie Vanterpool, MD

"3 best ways to avoid getting sick"
WVLT 8
Featuring: Mark Rasnake, MD

"UT surgeon wants doctors to prescribe fewer opioids after procedures"
WBIR Channel 10
Featuring: Gregory Mancini, MD

January

"Father receives dead son's life saving kidney"
WVLT Channel 8
Featuring: Oscar Grandas, MD

"After a young man, 23, died in a car accident, his kidney donation saved his father's life"
ABC 7 WWSB
Featuring: Oscar Grandas, MD

"Dr. Keith Gray named new chief medical officer for UT Medical Center"
Knox News Sentinel
Featuring: Keith Gray, MD

"Cardiotoxic childhood cancer treatment boosts heart failure risk at young age"
MDLinx
Featuring: Paul Hauptman, MD