Twelve at Regional One Health recognized as ‘Top Doctors’
Memphis Magazine has released their annual Top Doctors edition, and twelve physicians who practice at Regional One Health were among the honorees. Regional One Health is proud to be partners with the top doctors in the Mid-South, together providing compassionate care and exceptional services to our community. Honorees this year include: Patricia Adams-Graves, MD-Hematology Laura Detti, MD-Reproductive Endocrinology Ramasubbareddy Dhanireddy, MD-Neonatal-Perinatal [...]
Physician Spotlight: Dr. Lord drives Emergency Medicine innovation through operational efficiencies
"There are so many things from the business world we can adapt to medicine," Dr. Kito Lord, emergency medicine director at Regional One Health, said. It’s not every day that you see “MBA” after a physician’s name, but it’s a big part of the story that brought Kito Akin Lord, MD, MBA to Regional One Health. Dr. Lord combines his acumen for operation efficiencies and medicine in his role as medical director [...]
UTROP adds two physicians
Regional One Health is proud to welcome Drs. Sushma Bellamkonda and Aaron Rank. UT Regional One Physicians is proud to welcome Drs. Sushma Bellamkonda and Aaron Rank to Regional One Health’s neurology and anesthesiology services. Dr. Bellamkonda is a neurologist at Regional One Health and an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She completed her internal medicine internship and neurology residency at University of [...]
Schafer participates on nursing roundtable with other CNOs
Lisa Schafer, RN, MSN, NEA-BC, Regional One Health chief operating officer and chief nursing officer (second from right), recently spoke on a Memphis Medical News roundtable discussion discussing key nursing issues with other chief nursing officers in the Memphis area. Lisa Cox Schafer, RN, MSN, NEA-BC, Regional One Health chief operating officer and chief nursing officer, recently participated in a Memphis Medical News roundtable discussion with other chief nursing officers. The five [...]
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy expedites healing process
"I would tell anyone who thinks they might need it to try it. The HBOT chamber expedited my healing process," Lauren Bihm said. Lauren Bihm doesn’t dive. She recently traveled to Mexico, but she wasn’t interested in scuba diving. Lauren’s had 40 diving experiences, though, all in a “submarine” in the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy chamber in Regional One Health’s Wound Care Center. Lauren was diagnosed with cervical cancer in November 2016 and [...]
Maternal Fetal Medicine Services perform rare blood transfusion
Jax came to Regional One Health with heart failure and accumulating fluid in different parts of his body after a specialist in Cassi Day's hometown recommended our services. Millimeters. Dr. Mauro Schenone and his team in Maternal Fetal Medicine Services at Regional One Health faced a task that required threading a needle into the blood vessel of an umbilical cord of an unborn fetus, a blood vessel that measured just a couple [...]
Nicaraguan family finds compassionate care in Memphis
Familia nicaragüense encuentra cuidado compasivo en Memphis La familia Vargas nunca imaginó que tendría su bebé en Memphis pero está agradecida de que lo hicieron. “Estoy agradecido por una Regional de la salud”, dijo Erenia Vargas. “Me sentí tan perdido”. Erenia y Héctor Vargas nunca se imaginaban que tendría un bebé en Memphis, Tennessee. La ciudad no estaba en su radar antes de 2015, pero eso es cuando su hija de entonces 4 años, [...]
Courtney family thankful for trauma care (Video)
It was an early season football game for Evangelical Christian School against Briarcrest Christian School when Max Courtney was hit in the side during a return and had to leave the game with an unknown injury. Max was taken to a hospital where it was discovered he quickly needed to get to Regional One Health Elvis Presley Trauma Center.Max’s family rushed to Regional One Health just as he arrived via Hospital [...]
ONE Night Gala provides support to Regional One Health
"Our system cares for some of the most traumatic and challenging cases, often with the highest profile and highest risk,"said Dr. Reginald Coopwood, president and CEO of Regional One Health. Regional One Health Foundation hosted its seventh annual ONE Night gala on Saturday, April 14, at the Memphis Cook Convention Center. Approximately 900 attendees reveled in the opportunity to get down and save lives by taking part in the foundation’s largest annual [...]
Loggins ‘honored’ to perform at ONE Night Gala
Kenny Loggins is the featured performer at this year’s ONE Night Gala, held Saturday at Memphis Cook Convention Center. Before Loggins comes to town to perform, he joined Amy Speropoulos of ABC 24 on Local Memphis Live to promote the event. “It’s an honor to be included in that roster,” he told ABC 24. “I know this is an important event for them. I think it’s amazing the community supports them as well as [...]