About the College of Medicine Chattanooga and Campus News
Mission, Vision, and Goals Overview
The University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga (UTCOMC) will be a top-tier medical education/ health sciences institution.
Mission
The mission of the UTHSC College of Medicine Chattanooga is to facilitate and support
the education, research, and service goals of the College of Medicine at the University
of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Goals
We will educate the future leaders in the field of medicine, "Blending the Art and
Science of Medicine", and thus, reduce the burden of human illness and suffering.
Vision Focus Areas
Quality Education - UTCOMC will provide the highest quality of state-of-the-art education for Medical Students, Residents, Fellows, and practicing physicians in an integrated, multidisciplinary environment. Faculty will be recruited, supported, and retained to teach, engage in scholarly activity/ clinical research, and provide the highest level of healthcare for area patients.
- Cutting-Edge, Nationally-Recognized Research: Recognizing that medical education must be built on a strong scientific foundation, faculty and students will engage in scientific research projects for the purpose of improving health and reducing the burden of illness globally.
- Health Enhancements for Greater Chattanooga Area (and beyond): The region will have improved health outcomes due to the work of the UTCOMC. Many of the institution's students will choose to stay in the region to practice; thus, our excellence translates into better regional healthcare.
Values
- Excellence: Superior performance will be expected from all Faculty, Staff, and Medical
Students, Residents, and Fellows.
Fiscal Responsibility - Fiscal soundness will be the basis for all decisions regarding resources and how those resources are best utilized. - Compassion and Social Responsibility: Faculty, Staff, Medical Students, Residents, and Fellows will embrace the reason we are here: to contribute to health care one individual at a time. We will never lose sight of the fact that we serve individuals and their families, and they depend on us for their wellbeing.
- Diversity: UTCOMC will recruit, educate, and graduate an increased number of underrepresented minorities, and we will work to reduce health disparities that exist for persons of color.
- Health Access: UTCOMC will work with physically and mentally challenged individuals and organizations advocating for these individuals to ensure access to top- level health care is available for those who may not be able to navigate through and access health services for themselves.
- Medical Community Integration and Enhancement: Recognizing that medical education is best when information is shared among the medical disciplines, UTCOMC will offer educational opportunities where all students, whatever their areas of specialty, will work together and learn that a collaborative medical community is a necessity.
Collaboration
The UTHSC College of Medicine Chattanooga will work to support the Strategic Plan of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
2021 News
December
November
October
June
May
April
- April 15, 2021, UT College of Medicine Virtual Town Hall
6 - 7:30 PM CDT via Zoom. Topic: Wellness. Speaker: Mukta Panda, MD, Assistant Dean for Well-Being and Medical Student Education (Chattanooga Campus). Please click on this link to register and then Zoom instructions will be provided.
March
February
- Feb 9, 2021, HPP Session at a Special Time: 7 - 8 AM via Zoom. Topic: "The Physician in Distress." Speakers: Dr. Julie Adams (UTCOM Chattanooga); Dr. Felicity Fishman (Loyola); Dr. O. Alton Barron (University of Texas Austin); Dr. Donald Lee (Vanderbilt); and Dr. Scott Lifchez (Johns Hopkins).
- Feb 10, 2021 Combined Grand Rounds, 7 - 8 AM via Zoom. Topic: "Addiction, Substance Abuse, & Recovery: A Personal Story." Speaker: Stephen Loyd, MD, Medical Director -- Cedar Recovery, Journey Pure at the River, and The Next Door.
January
- UT College of Medicine Inducts Inaugural Class of Academy of Master Educators (January 15, 2021)
- Margaret Armour-Jones, MD, UT College of Medicine Chattanooga Pediatrics Resident, recognized as the first Resident recipient of the UTHSC Social Justice Award (January 13, 2021)
2020 News
December
November
- Mukta Panda, MD, MACP, FRCP-London, Assistant Dean for Well-Being and Medical Student Education, Named Woman Physician of the Year by the Tennessee Chapter of the American College of Physicians in November 2020.
- Kelly Rodney Arnold, MD, Family Medicine Chattanooga Faculty, Named 2020 Family Physician of the Year by the Tennessee Academy of Family Physicians in October 2020.
September
- Erlanger Heart and Lung Institute First in Country to Implant New Defibrillator
- Brzezienski asked to perform live surgery at the 2021 SESPRS meeting
- Voskuil Returns as Region's Only Orthopaedic Oncologist
- Haynes receives 2020 Chattanooga Champions of Healthcare Physician/Academic Award