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KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 8, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On the morning of August 9, 1956, ambulances transferred patients from Knoxville General Hospital to the newly built state-of-the-art and air...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., July 28, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Officials with The University of Tennessee Medical Center (UTMC) have announced evidence that the sharing of snorting utensils, such as straws, when...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., June 23, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy met with doctors, lawmakers and a host of clinicians and other community leaders at The University of...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., April 11, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The University of Tennessee Medical Center has named Dr. Jerry Epps senior vice president and Chief Medical Officer. Epps, who has more than three...

KNOXVILLE, TENN., March 15, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dr. Jack Lacey, senior vice president and Chief Medical Officer with nearly four decades of service at The University of Tennessee Medical Center,...

KNOXVILLE , Tenn., Jan. 22, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- During the SEC "We Back Pat" Lady Vols basketball game officials of The Pat Summitt Foundation presented a check for $400,000 to representatives of...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., April 22, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The University of Tennessee Medical Center and DeRoyal Industries are partnering to bring an innovative supplies tracking system with the potential...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., March 9, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Officials of The Pat Summitt Foundation announced today that Regal Entertainment Group, based in Knoxville, Tenn., has made the first corporate...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 14, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leaders of the Pat Summitt Foundation and The University of Tennessee Medical Center held a media event today to announce a new strategic...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 18, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- June 11 is a date Roy Cockrum will never forget – for two reasons. On June 11, 2010, he was confronted by the unknown; he was undergoing heart...