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Who is the team behind the Regional One Health rebuild?

lwilliams@dailymemphian.com (Lydia Williams) — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 19:16:15 -0500

“This isn’t about outside firms coming in, taking out dollars and leaving,” the Regional One president and CEO said. “This is about combining specialized health care expertise with Memphis proven capabilities, ensuring that Memphis business grows.”

House-fire injuries sidelined his career. Now, this Memphis firefighter is caring for fellow burn patients.

amaki@dailymemphian.com (Aisling Mäki) — Mon, 1 Sep 2025 04:00:01 -0500

Anton “AJ” Hill Jr. sustained second and third-degree burns across his torso, abdomen and upper legs. And the healing process led him somewhere new.

Opinion: Regional One’s billion-dollar modernization is ‘flawed vision for Memphis’

jeff.warren@memphistn.gov (Dr. Jeff Warren) — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 04:00:07 -0500

“The assumption that services like trauma care, obstetrics and burn treatment cannot be relocated or integrated into other campuses is misleading. ... The real barrier isn’t logistics — it’s turf protection.”

Opinion: Jeff Warren’s new Regional One alternative 'lacks practical merit'

editor@dailymemphian.com (Reginald Coopwood) — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:11:18 -0500

“The suggestion to bring all local health systems together to operate a single academic medical center is also not a viable option,” the Regional One Health president and CEO writes.

Instead of county building new Regional One, Jeff Warren has an idea

jroberts@dailymemphian.com (Jane Roberts) — Tue, 3 Jun 2025 14:52:49 -0500

For the past several months, Memphis City Councilman Jeff Warren has been giving tours of Methodist University Hospital. His goal is simple: Convince the community it doesn’t need to spend $1 billion on a new campus for Regional One.

County closes on last land needed for new Regional One Health hospital

amaki@dailymemphian.com (Aisling Mäki) — Thu, 22 May 2025 18:37:00 -0500

Shelby County has closed on the office building and warehouse on the site of The Commercial Appeal’s former 16-acre campus at 495 Union Ave.

Regional One Health adds several robotic surgical systems

amaki@dailymemphian.com (Aisling Mäki) — Mon, 5 May 2025 06:32:51 -0500

To use the da Vinci 5 robotic system, the surgeon sits at a console about 10 feet away from the patient and performs the procedure by remotely operating the robotic arms.

Guest Column: Regional One is nothing short of a miracle

editor@dailymemphian.com (Ellie Talley) — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 04:00:15 -0500

“Every day, Regional One quietly performs life-saving work, often without the recognition or resources it deserves. It serves our entire region – rich and poor, urban and rural, young and old – without pause or prejudice.”

County officials told to 'invite Halbert' to hiring, funding talks

bdries@dailymemphian.com (Bill Dries) — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 21:45:52 -0600

A group of countywide office holders was frustrated when the Shelby County Commission again delayed a vote on changes to hiring and funding they wanted. They were told that County Clerk Wanda Halbert needed to be included in the discussions.

County Commission to vote on MSCS audit

bdries@dailymemphian.com (Bill Dries) — Sun, 9 Feb 2025 13:52:30 -0600

The commission also votes Monday on a set of three resolutions buying four more parcels on land on the new site for a rebuilt Regional One Health campus.

What's next for MSCS?

bdries@dailymemphian.com (Bill Dries) — Sat, 1 Feb 2025 04:00:07 -0600

A series of changes in the leadership of Memphis-Shelby County Schools may be giving way to a more gradual but no less profound series of changes within the district.

Regional One Health build could bring new life to Downtown 'gateway'

ssurrett@dailymemphian.com (Sophia Surrett) — Sat, 1 Feb 2025 04:00:07 -0600

Regional One Health’s new billion-dollar hospital, which will be built on The Commercial Appeal’s former campus, could forge a new gateway to Downtown and help generate more business and residential activity.

Regional One's Union Avenue plan happened at breakneck speed

jroberts@dailymemphian.com (Jane Roberts) — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 06:39:12 -0600

A week before Thanksgiving, a local real estate agent got a call to look for a 16-acre site close to the Medical District.

Old Commercial Appeal building to be new site of Regional One

bdries@dailymemphian.com (Bill Dries) — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 14:22:16 -0600

There is a new plan for the construction of a new Regional One Health hospital at a site on Union near South Lauderdale.

Mayor Harris says new Regional One plans still include hope for state funding

bdries@dailymemphian.com (Bill Dries) — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 14:21:10 -0600

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris talked of the new hospital site as a connection of the Medical District to Downtown, where there is now a lot of vacant land and blight.

Stork 901 program to bring pregnancy care on wheels to rural West Tennessee

amaki@dailymemphian.com (Aisling Mäki) — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 04:00:02 -0600

Regional One Health will launch Stork 901 to bring specialized pregnancy services to residents of rural West Tennessee, where patients with high-risk pregnancies struggle to find care.

‘Rapid Call Button' speeds up critical gunshot victim care

amaki@dailymemphian.com (Aisling Mäki) — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 18:47:51 -0500

The process is only for those who are dropped off by a private vehicle with gunshot wounds that require a higher level of care.

NASA taps Regional One doc to improve space travel safety for astronauts

amaki@dailymemphian.com (Aisling Mäki) — Sun, 2 Jun 2024 04:00:02 -0500

Dr. Tony Alleman of Regional One Health’s Wound Care Center is one of the nation’s leading experts on hyperbaric oxygen therapy — the only known cure for decompression sickness or “the bends,” which affects both divers and astronauts.

Shelby County to launch Healthy Start to improve maternal, infant health

amaki@dailymemphian.com (Aisling Mäki) — Wed, 15 May 2024 18:40:17 -0500

Regional One Health and the Shelby County Health Department will both launch Healthy Start programs with federal funding to improve maternal and child health outcomes in high-need communities.

Head of Regional One advocates for academic medical center

amaki@dailymemphian.com (Aisling Mäki) — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 09:18:51 -0500

Dr. Reginald Coopwood continues his community outreach to drum up support for transforming Shelby County’s public hospital into an academic medical center in partnership with UTHSC.