Facilities
Memphis VA Medical Center
1030 Jefferson Avenue
Memphis, TN 38104
901.523.8990
Founded in 1922, the Memphis VA Medical Center (VAMC) is affiliated with the University of Tennessee Health Sciences and is one of our primary adult teaching hospitals. It offers quality healthcare
for the changing medical, surgical, and quality of life needs of the Mid-South men
and women who so proudly served our nation.
For the 196,000 veterans from 53 counties in western Tennessee, northern Mississippi, and northwest Arkansas, the VAMC offers a variety of services for both physical and mental health needs. New programs include those for traumatic brain injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and suicide prevention.
Pathology services are provided by VA pathologists who hold UTHSC faculty appointments.
The AP and CP laboratories are key rotation sites for our residents and fellows.
University Clinical Health
930 Madison
Memphis, TN 38163
901.866.8864
University Clinical Health (UCH) is a multispecialty practice group comprised of UTHSC faculty. UCH supports the clinical practice group for UTHSC pathology services as well as dermatopathology. In addition to dermatopathology rotations, our residents can also do additional UTHSC-based electives, such as oral pathology through the dental school.
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
901.287.5437
Established in 1952, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital is an integral part of the Methodist
Le Bonheur Healthcare system and a teaching affiliate for the University of Tennessee Health Sciences. A new $340-million hospital building was built in December 2010 to accommodate the
over 100,000 patients seen each year.
Named one of the nation's "Best Children's Hospitals" by U.S. News & World Report for eight consecutive years, Le Bonheur is the only Level 1 pediatric trauma center in the Mid-South. Its neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) provides the highest level of care for the region's critically ill newborns. Le Bonheur has received many accolades of excellence over the years including: Top Children's Hospital in 2017 by the Leapfrog group for its safe patient care, Magnet status - one of only 7 percent of hospitals in the U.S. to have earned this honor for quality nursing care by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and a three-star rating (the highest) by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons for its Heart Institute.
Pathology services are provided through the LeBonheur Pathology Group (LBPG) whose
members are also UTHSC faculty. The AP and CP laboratories are key rotation sites
for our residents and fellows.
St. Jude Children's Hospital
866.278.5833
As of 2026, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has been ranked in the top 10 for
pediatric cancer hospitals by US News & World Report consecutively for the past 18
years. St. Jude and the World Health Organization recently announced a five-year collaboration
to cure at least 60% of children worldwide with the six most common types of cancer
by 2030.
In 2019, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital was ranked the number two pediatric cancer hospital by U.S. News & World Report. St. Jude and the World Health Organization recently announced a five-year collaboration to cure at least 60% of children worldwide with the six most common types of cancer by 2030.
UTHSC has a close working relationship with SJCRH, and many associates hold UTHSC faculty appointments. The facility is a very important training site for our residents and fellows, particularly in molecular pathology and senior elective opportunities.
West Cancer Center
7945 Wolf River Blvd Germantown, TN 38138
901.683.0055
The West Cancer Center & Research Institute is a large, multidisciplinary multi-specialty oncology practice group. West Cancer Center provides extensive exposure to complex oncological specimens, advanced staging, and deep case volumes in fields like breast pathology, gynecologic oncology, and malignant hematology. Residents actively participate in multidisciplinary conferences alongside oncologists, surgeons, and radiologists.
West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center
901.222.4600
The West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center operates under an agreement with UTHSC
and works with the Shelby County Medical Examiner's Office to investigate sudden, unexpected and unnatural deaths, and serves as a resource
for improving the public health and safety of the community. The center serves as
a rotation site for residents and sponsors a forensic pathology fellowship.
Pathology Specialists of Memphis
1265 Union Ave. 6th Floor Sherard
Memphis, TN 38104
901.516.7182
Pathology Specialists of Memphis (PSM) is an independent, physician-operated pathology and laboratory medicine practice that serves patients across the Mid-South region through affiliation with the Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare system. PSM provides residents with a unique opportunity to be trained by experts in sub-specialties like hematopathology, cytopathology, gastrointestinal/liver, genitourinary, and women's health pathology. Residents are also exposed to in-house ancillary studies including flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry, microbiology, and molecular pathology.
Vitalant Laboratories
1040 Madison Ave.
Memphis, TN 38104
901.529.6370
Vitalant is the nation's largest independent, nonprofit blood services provider exclusively focused on collecting, processing, and distributing a safe blood supply to local hospitals and nearly 1,000 hospitals nationwide. They also lead advancements in transfusion medicine and biomedical research. Vitalant provides residents with a working knowledge of the various transfusion medicine related issues related to blood collection facilities and reference laboratories. This rotation builds upon the existing educational foundation the resident has received from their Sponsoring Institution, including blood center operations, donor suitability/post donation information/deferrals, lookback and recall notifications, quality, product manufacturing & management, equipment validation, process improvement, various management topics, IRL testing, HLA testing & donor center infectious disease testing.
Regional One Health
901.545.7100
Regional One Health (ROH) was established in 1829, making it the oldest health system
in Tennessee. In addition to being the home of the Elvis Presley Trauma Center, Regional One Health also includes several other Centers of Excellence in Burn, High-Risk
Obstetrics, and Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU).
ROH is the largest medical and surgical teaching site for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. More than half of Tennessee's doctors will receive some, if not all, training at
ROH. The partnership between Regional One Health and the University of Tennessee
Health Science Center includes the UT Regional One Physicians group, the largest teaching physician group of its kind in the Mid-South.