The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
06/23/2026 | News release | Distributed by Public on 06/23/2026 12:47
UT Health Sciences News: Pediatric Surgeon Brings a Lifetime of Commitment to His Chattanooga Community
For S. Dave Bhattacharya, MD, medicine was never a distant goal. It was a part of his everyday life.
Just before he was born, his father, Syamal Bhattacharya, joined the University of Tennessee Health Sciences in 1979, spending decades as a researcher in the Departments of Neurology and Surgery, and he's still a faculty member in the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases. Growing up, Dr. Dave Bhattacharya spent time around the physicians and surgeons who helped build UT Health Sciences' reputation across Tennessee.
That connection became personal when at 18, a Memphis burn surgeon and UT Health Sciences College of Medicine graduate, Bill Hickerson, MD, invited him to work as a tech in the burn operating room.
Read more on the UT Health Sciences News website.
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