ONE Health introduces new care for Memphis
Camden Coalition representatives meet with Justin Griner, inpatient pharmacist at Regional One Health, to discuss ONE Health. Within health care, there is a patient population who utilizes high-cost services, like emergency department care, more than others. These “high utilizers” often lack social resources or find themselves with economic, education, addiction or housing issues that exacerbate their health. It’s time for ONE Health in Memphis, an opportunity to use compassionate care and exceptional [...]
Physician Spotlight: Diabetes research informs patient care for Dokun
Ayotunde Dokun, MD, PhD Patients receive an extra level of expertise in diabetes care when Dr. Ayotunde Dokun, M.D. Ph.D., is their physician. He combines science with care in his dual role as Chief of Endocrine Service for Regional One Health and Associate Professor in Endocrinology at University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Dr. Dokun's roles as researcher and physician give him a rare combination in medicine of someone who studies the [...]
Regional One Health Part of Medical Career Gateway
Regional One Health and University of Tennessee Health Science Center work together to train students and residents. At Regional One Health, taking care of every person who comes to us is the passion of our 3,000 employees, doctors and providers on a daily basis. That passion is part of a foundation we work with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center to create for the medical students and residents who embark on [...]
Dispelling myths and misconceptions about midwifery
Home births with no pain medications allowed is a pretty common assumption people make about how midwives deliver babies. The six Certified Nurse Midwives (CNM) at Regional One Health have heard that and much more, honestly. But more than 94 percent of Certified Nurse Midwife-attended births in the U.S. actually occur in a hospital, including here at Regional One Health where an estimated 350 deliveries with a CNM will occur this year. Regional One [...]
Rehabilitative Medicine gets patients back to daily life
Cracking joints, sore backs and achy knees are common ailments for athletes, both the serious and casual variety. But activities of daily life come with their own risks, too, and you don’t have to be a hardcore athlete to struggle with physical pain from time to time. Whether it’s playing a casual game of basketball with friends, bending over a backyard garden every weekend or jogging a few times a week, these activities and [...]
Technology drives men’s care at East Campus
Memphis Medical News feature story Robert Wake, MD Dr. Robert Wake, MD, and the urology team at Regional One Health are using the latest technologies for the detection and diagnosis of prostate cancer. The UroNav fusion biopsy procedure available at Regional One Health’s East Campus is the latest technology used in helping diagnose prostate tumors that previously were missed using the standard prostate biopsy technique in which tumors couldn’t be seen. This [...]
Physician Spotlight: Abdu brings minimally invasive hope to women’s care
Rarely does a day go by that Dr. A. Ben Abdu, MD, isn’t amazed at the strength of his female patients. A. Ben Abdu, MD Dr. Abdu focuses on minimally invasive gynecological surgeries at Regional One Health. His training focused on advanced laparoscopy, minimally invasive female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery, vaginal surgery, tubal reversals, female urology and pelvic pain medicine. He primarily works out of Regional One Health’s East Campus, which [...]
Regional One Health providers recognized as ‘Top Doctors’
Memphis Magazine has released their annual Top Doctors edition, and eleven 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 [...]
High Risk Pregnancy Team Takes Safety Expertise Overseas
When a team of four providers from Regional One Health visited China last month, it was a trip that ultimately could have an impact on some 110 million people. That’s how many people live in a region of China where doctors from 36 hospitals attended safety training led by a high-risk obstetrics care team from Regional One Health. Danielle Tate, MD; Giancarlo Mari, MD; Ravpreet Gill, MD; and Bonnie Miller, RN, perinatal patient [...]
An Expanding Partnership: UTROP
UT Regional One Physicians Group An important outgrowth of the close relationship between Regional One Health and UTHSC is UT Regional One Physicians (UTROP). The largest academic physician group in the Mid-South, UTROP includes nearly 200 physicians and advanced practitioners covering many medical specialties. Every physician in the group is also a faculty member at UTHSC. UTROP launched nearly three years ago to enhance the delivery of specialty care and hospital-based medical services in [...]