UT President Randy Boyd will embark today on a 3-day tour to promote the UT Health Science Center. He will be joined by the center’s Chancellor, Peter Buckley MD, with stops in Memphis, Jackson, Nashville, Chattanooga and Knoxville.
Peter Buckley MD
The tour is designed to educate and inform communities across Tennessee about the statewide reach and impact of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
UT HSC has more than 3,100 students, 1,416 residents and fellows, almost 900 clinical and education sites across the state, more than 380 researchers and a total of more than 3,800 regular and temporary employees.
In addition, UT HSC:
- Educates the largest number of health care professionals in Tennessee
- Has six colleges: Dentistry, Graduate Health Sciences, Health Professions, Nursing, Pharmacy and Medicine
- Has more than 3,100 students and more than 380 researchers working on the cures of tomorrow
- Trains the largest number of medical residents in Tennessee
- Trains 75 percent of Tennessee’s dentists
- Trains 34 percent of Tennessee’s pharmacists
- Produces the largest number of doctorally-prepared nurses in Tennessee.
Peggy Reisser, strategic communications manager of the Office of Communications and Marketing for UT Health Science Center, provided information for this report.