medicine, internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, endocrinology, gastroenterology, infectious disease, nephrology, rheumatology, hematology and oncology, pulmonary disease, neurosurgery, neurology(clinical, child, general, & vascular), OBGYN, ophthalmology, orthopedics (surgery, pediatric, & sports), otolaryngology, pathology, hematology, pediatrics (critical care, emergency medicine, cardiology, endocrinology, nephrology, pulmonology, infectious diseases, internal medicine and urology), plastic surgery, psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, diagnostic radiology, pediatric radiology, surgery, surgical critical care, pediatric surgery, vascular surgery, & urology College of Medicine – Chattanooga: colorectal surgery, emergency medicine, family medicine, geriatric medicine, internal medicine, OBGYN, orthopedic surgery, pediatric surgery, surgery, surgical critical care, vascular surgery, urology & hospice and palliative medicine. Graduate School of Medicine – Knoxville offers 11 residency programs through its partnership with the University of Tennessee Medical Center. UTHSC – Nashville: emergency medicine, family medicine & internal medicine. There are plans for future expansion in dental, OBGYN and general surgery in 2016. Highlights The College of Medicine is affiliated with three of the six level 1 trauma centers in Tennessee: Erlanger Health Systems in Chattanooga, Regional Medical Center of Memphis, and UT Medical Center in Knoxville. The College of Medicine has graduated several notable alumni, including astronaut Margaret Rhea Seddon, Tennessee congressman Phil Roe, and current Director of the Vanderbilt Diabetes Center, Alvin Powers, among others. Peter C. Doherty, winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is an adjunct faculty member for the College of Medicine's pediatric department. Francis M. Fesmire, Clinical Research Director of the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at the College of Medicine in Chattanooga; received the 2006 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine for his research on unorthodox treatment of intractable hiccups. Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs underwent a complete liver transplant at Methodist University Hospital. James D. Eason, M.D., an alumnus and professor of Transplant Surgery at the College of Medicine successfully performed the surgery in 2009. References External links Health Science Center Tennessee, University of Medical schools in Tennessee 1850 establishments in Tennessee