The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

01/29/2026 | News release | Distributed by Public on 01/29/2026 11:03

UTHSC News: From Memphis Training to Nashville Leadership, Dean Advances Tennessee Medicine

After 25 years as a heart surgeon and health care leader, A. Brian Wilcox, Jr., MD, asked himself a question: "How do I give back to what was given to me?"

The answer brought him to his current role as associate dean of Clinical Affairs and Graduate Medical Education of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine - Nashville. He spent 11 years at the UT Health Science Center in Memphis in the 1980s and 90s. Now he's helping develop the next generation of Tennessee physicians.

Dr. Wilcox chose the university for medical school because it offered the most broad-based training in the state.

Read more on the UT Health Sciences News website.

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