UT Health Sciences News: Tennessee to the World, Graduates Head to Armed Forces

Emily McCulley grew up in Memphis, about as far from a coastal naval base as you can get. Then she enrolled in medical school and started asking a different kind of question.

"I kind of wanted more out of life," she says. "Adventure."

This spring, Emily McCulley, MD, crossed the commencement stage at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences as both a physician and newly promoted U.S. Navy lieutenant. Her parents stood on either side of her, pinning her new insignia into place. The moment was quiet and enormous at the same time.

And she wasn't alone on that stage.

Read more on the UT Health Sciences News website.