Inaugural Induction Ceremony
October 12, 2015
at BELMONT UNIVERSITY
Inaugural Induction Ceremony
October 12, 2015
at BELMONT UNIVERSITY
Greetings! The Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame, created by Belmont University and the McWhorter Society with support from Founding Partner the Nashville Health Care Council, serves to honor those health care pioneers, innovators and practitioners who have contributed to Tennessee’s status as a major player in our nation’s health care industry. At today’s Induction Ceremony and Luncheon, we invite you to join us in honoring eight iconic health care leaders who, through many years of service, research, practice and education, have changed the landscape of health care across our state. Together, the inaugural inductees’ careers span more than a century of medical and corporate accomplishments, and their lives highlight Tennessee’s impact on the national and international health care stage. The Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame Inaugural Inductees include: Thomas F. Frist, Sr., M.D. Thomas F. Frist, Jr., M.D. Ernest Goodpasture, M.D. Jack C. Massey R. Clayton McWhorter David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D. Mildred Stahlman, M.D. Danny Thomas The Hall of Fame’s founding underscores the importance of Tennessee’s past and current role in health care, evidenced by these leaders and celebrates ongoing opportunities for Tennessee to model the way for innovative and collaborative health care practice and leadership. I, along with my fellow Selection Committee members, could not be more pleased with the representation provided by these inaugural leaders. We welcome your support as we celebrate their careers, lives and contributions. Sincerely,
Harry R. Jacobson, M.D. Chairman, MedCare Investment Funds Chairman, McWhorter Society at Belmont University
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Welcome! Belmont University is honored to host the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame on our campus as we celebrate leaders who have contributed to the success and growth of Tennessee’s health care industry. As an educational institution with ever-growing programs in the health care sector including nursing, pharmacy, social work and physical and occupational therapy, we are exceedingly grateful for the significant work done by these inaugural Hall of Fame inductees. Together, these individuals have built an industry that has changed the lives of Nashvillians, Tennesseans and Americans and led the way for increasing numbers of passionate students who are eager to begin their health care careers. At Belmont, we believe in integrity, inquiry, collaboration, service and humility. Upholding these core values, we work diligently to engage our students in creative ways so that upon graduation they are equipped to find the intersections where their knowledge, abilities and passions can be used to meet the world’s needs. These same values are celebrated today as we honor eight inaugural inductees in the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame. With the University’s 125th year upon us amid the ongoing celebration of our institution’s “belief in something greater,” it is fitting that we recognize those who made groundbreaking innovations in health care across our city and state. We are honored to join today’s festivities as we recognize the practitioners, researchers, educators, innovators and pioneers who have contributed to Tennessee’s status as our nation’s health care capital. Thank you for being here and joining us in honoring these health care legends. Sincerely,
Robert C. Fisher, Ph.D. President, Belmont University
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We congratulate the
Tennessee HealthCare Hall of Fame inaugural class for your contributions and lasting impact on the healthcare industry.
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TENNESSEE HEALTH CARE HALL OF FAME
Order of Events WELCOME.............................................. Robert
C. Fisher, Ph.D., President, Belmont University
HEALTH CARE BLESSING: “BRING HIM HOME”.....................................................................
....................................................... Mike Eldred, Lead in Broadway Production of Les Miserables TENNESSEE HEALTH CARE HALL OF FAME VIDEO PRESENTATION
FOUNDING PARTNER REMARKS, BELMONT UNIVERSITY.................................................... .................................................................... Thomas Burns, Ph.D., Provost, Belmont University
............................... .................................. Susan Dentzer, Senior Policy Adviser to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
TENNESSEE HEALTH CARE HALL OF FAME AWARD PRESENTATIONS
INDUCTION................................................................................. David
Satcher, M.D., Ph.D.
INDUCTION.................................................................................................... Jack INDUCTION................................................................................. Mildred
C. Massey
T. Stahlman, M.D.
INDUCTION....................................................................................Thomas
F. Frist, Sr., M.D.
INDUCTION.................................................................................... Thomas
F. Frist, Jr., M.D.
FOUNDING PARTNER REMARKS, NASHVILLE HEALTH CARE COUNCIL.............................. ...........................................................William Gracey, Chairman, Nashville Health Care Council INDUCTION............................................................................. Ernest
W. Goodpasture, M.D.
INDUCTION.......................................................................................R.
Clayton McWhorter
INDUCTION................................................................................................... Danny
Thomas
FOUNDING PARTNER REMARKS, MCWHORTER SOCIETY.................................................... ..................................................... Harry R. Jacobson, M.D., Chairman, the McWhorter Society
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McWhorter Scholars
GRATEFUL TO PURSUE HEALTH CARE CAREERS Belmont’s health sciences are supported by the McWhorter Society, a Giving Society named in honor of Clayton McWhorter, providing financial support for innovative educational resources and endowed scholarships including the McWhorter Scholars Program. Dollars raised by the Society and Hall of Fame provide scholarships for qualified students pursuing careers in the health care industry through degrees in nursing, social work, occupational and physical therapy, pharmacy and business. Each year, high achieving and deserving students who show potential and a unique passion for health care are chosen. Jessica Brinkley, pharmacy resident at Saint Thomas West and May 2015 graduate of Belmont’s College of Pharmacy, decided to attend Belmont for pharmacy school because her personal commitment to service matched the values of the University. Brinkley’s time at Belmont allowed her to be involved in her community while pursuing an education. Passionate about working with underserved populations, Brinkley said she is grateful for the opportunities provided to her by the McWhorter Scholarship program. As one of the first six McWhorter Scholars selected, Brinkley said the opportunity has had a huge impact on her career, success and education. “Mr. Clayton McWhorter and the McWhorter Scholars program provided me with the confidence and reassurance that I needed to leverage my advancement as a pharmacist,” Brinkley said. “My hope is that I will have opportunities to serve others and give back throughout my pharmacy career.” Pharmacist at Saint Thomas Midtown and recent graduate of Belmont’s Healthcare MBA program Roland Achenjang chose to pursue his MBA at Belmont because he was interested in learning in a collaborative environment among other health care professionals. Passionate about the utilization of technology to improve patient care, Achenjang said the opportunity to receive funds as a McWhorter Scholar only further motivated him towards developing the passions he has come to love. “I was and am still honored to have been selected as a McWhorter Scholar, and I understand the program to be an investment in my abilities to impact patient care wherever I am,” Achenjang said. “To me, the impact has been motivational. Mr. Clayton McWhorter believed in me enough to support the pursuit of my goals, and in turn, I must work hard to make sure he perceives my impact as a powerful, worthwhile and rewarding investment of his time and resources.” Jessica Brinkley
Roland Achenjang
Tennessee Healt h Care HALL OF FAME PROFILE
With a mission to honor men and women who have made significant contributions to the health and health care industry, the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame seeks to recognize and honor the pioneers and current leaders that have formed Tennessee’s health and heath care community and encourage future generations of health care professionals. A Selection Committee, comprised of health and health care leaders from across the state, chose the eight inaugural inductees from all submitted nominations. This committee includes:
Dr. Robert C. Fisher President, Belmont University
Dr. William E. Evans, PharmD Former CEO, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Dr. Harry R. Jacobson Chairman, MedCare Investment Funds Chairman, the McWhorter Society
Dr. Wilsie S. Bishop Vice President for Health Affairs, COO, East Tennessee State University
Mr. William F. Carpenter, III Chairman and CEO, LifePoint Hospitals Immediate Past Chairman, Nashville Health Care Council
Mr. Craig Becker President, Tennessee Hospital Association Dr. Jonathan B. Perlin President, Medical Services and Chief Medical Officer, HCA
Ms. Sharon A. Adkins, MSN, RN Executive Director, Tennessee Nurses Association
Dr. Hershel “Pat” Wall Special Assistant to the President, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Mr. Robert Milton Johnson Chairman and CEO, HCA Dr. Reginald W. Coopwood President and CEO, Regional One Health
Mr. Dennis Vonderfecht Retired President and CEO, Mountain States Health Alliance
The Hall has been created by Belmont University and the McWhorter Society and is supported by the Nashville Health Care Council, a Hall of Fame Founding Partner.
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TO OUR SPONSORS The Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the sponsoring organizations for this year's event. Dollars raised through sponsorship help make the Hall of Fame possible and fund McWhorter Society scholarships that fuel the education of future Tennessee health care leaders.
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founding partner profile BELMONT UNIVERSITY
Belmont University, consistently ranked among the Top 5 Universities in the south region in U.S. News’s analysis of America’s Best Colleges, consists of more than 7,400 students who come from every state and more than 25 countries. Committed to being a leader among teaching universities, Belmont brings together the best of liberal arts and professional education in a Christian community of learning and service offering more than 80 areas of undergraduate study, 22 master’s programs and five doctoral degrees. Built on a longstanding tradition of belief 125 years ago, Belmont was founded by Susan Heron and Ida Hood in 1890. Committed to their dream of finding a better way to educate young women in that era, Heron and Hood began the school’s belief in something greater— a core value that Belmont University continues to celebrate 125 years later. The University’s purpose is to help students explore their passions and develop their talents to meet the world’s needs. With programs in health care including nursing, social work, physical therapy, occupational therapy and pharmacy, along with health care concentrations in business and law, Belmont is home to hundreds of students who are actively preparing for careers in the health care industry.
The Gordon E. Inman College of Health Sciences & Nursing at Belmont University
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One city. One university. BOTH RISING.
FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS IN 1890,
Belmont has risen to become a U.S. News & World Report TOP 5 REGIONAL UNIVERSITY serving more than 7,400 STUDENTS. Achievements due in no small part to the meteoric rise of NASHVILLE, THE CITY WE PROUDLY CALL HOME.
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founding partner profile THE McWHORTER SOCIETY
The McWhorter Society, named in honor of Nashville businessman, health care leader and Health Care Hall of Fame inaugural inductee Clayton McWhorter, is a Belmont University giving society that supports the University’s health sciences through financial provision for endowed scholarships, professorships and innovative educational efforts. Through the commitment of the Society’s members, Belmont’s health sciences programs continue to retain and advance their leadership roles while engaging the complex educational challenges of modern health care reform. The Society directly supports students through its funding of the McWhorter Scholars, a scholarship program that assists students interested in pursuing health care careers through Belmont’s Gordon E. Inman College of Health Sciences & Nursing, College of Pharmacy and MBA for Health Care Professionals in the Jack C. Massey College of Business. Scholarships are awarded annually to students who exhibit great potential in the health care industry. Since its creation in 2013, 12 awards have been presented to students in Belmont’s Health Sciences programs. For more information or to join the McWhorter Society, please contact Willie Young at willie.young@belmont.edu.
Front Row: Dr. Pat Raines, Dean of the Massey College of Business, Clayton McWhorter, Dr. Cathy Taylor, Dean of the Gordan E. Inman College of Health Sciences & Nursing and Dr. Phil Johnston, Dean of the College of Pharmacy
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Back Row: McWhorter Scholars
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founding partner profile NASHVILLE HEALTH CARE COUNCIL
Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the Nashville Health Care Council is a premier association of health care industry leaders working together to solidify Nashville’s position as the nation’s health care industry capital. Supported by nearly 300 corporate members, the Council serves as a trusted source for information on trends that influence the health care industry. The organization provides members with one-of-a-kind networking opportunities and access to Nashville’s elite health care business community. Worldwide, Nashville’s health care industry generates more than 500,000 jobs and $73 billion in annual revenue. The industry is Nashville’s largest and fastest growing employer. For more information on the Council, please visit www.healthcarecouncil.com.
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inaugural inductee DAVID SATCHER, M.D., PH.D.
Known across Nashville and beyond as a dedicated physician and scientist, Dr. David Satcher has devoted his career to advocating for the health and safety of all Americans by tackling issues not previously addressed nationally including obesity, health disparities among minority populations and mental illness. Satcher served as President and CEO for Meharry Medical College where he oversaw the merger of Hubbard Hospital and Metro Nashville Hospital, changing the provision of health care for Nashville’s underserved populations. During his tenure as president of Meharry, he also led the plan for academic renewal which included a national fundraising campaign and the rebuilding of faculty. Dr. Satcher would then go on to serve as Director of the Center of Disease Control, the 16th Surgeon General of the United States and the 10th Assistant Secretary for Health in the Department of Health and Human Services. Throughout his career, Dr. Satcher has received a number of top awards including the Ronald Davis Special Recognition Award from the American College of Preventative Medicine, the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Award for Humanitarian Contributions to the Health of Humankind from the National Foundation of Infectious Diseases and Nashvillian and Tennessean of the Year. Satcher also received more than 50 honorary degrees from universities and colleges including Emory University, Harvard University and Georgetown University, among others. Dr. Satcher, his wife Nola and their four children have been active in the Nashville community as he served as a deacon at First Baptist Capitol Hill Church and taught youth in Sunday School. Committed to making public health work for all people, Dr. Satcher believes in the power of strong leadership saying “ethical leaders are needed who will take on the problems of poverty, racism and lack of access to health care.” A dedicated public servant, celebrated advocate and lifelong educator, David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D. is an inaugural inductee of the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame.
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NAME: Tim Falade COLLEGE: The Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business ASPIRES TO BE: Developer of a global, border-blind health care delivery platform POTENTIAL TO BE: Future Tennessee Health Care Hall of Famer
The Massey Healthcare MBA at Belmont University is designed by today’s health care leaders for the health care leaders of tomorrow. With a curriculum that highlights key areas such as patient-focused care, comparative health care systems, health care leadership, physician practice management, patient safety and quality improvement, health informatics and EMR, as well as strategic planning and public policy, The Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business is truly preparing its students to make a hall-of-fame impact on the global health care industry. BELMONT.EDU/HCMBA
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inaugural inductee JACK C. MASSEY
Beginning his career as a pharmacist and small business owner, Jack C. Massey was born in Georgia, attended college in Florida and eventually relocated to Tennessee to build a career steeped in health care, business and investment. After selling his chain of six drugstores, Massey founded Massey Surgical Supply Company in the 1930s and supplied area hospitals and doctors with medical equipment. In the 1940s, Nashville’s Protestant Hospital was experiencing significant financial challenges that would likely end in the facility’s closure. Understanding the importance of the hospital in this area, Massey became the principal behind its development to the Tennessee Baptist Convention and in 1948, the hospital was renamed Mid State Baptist Hospital. During his successful career, Massey entered the food industry as owner of Kentucky Fried Chicken. He served on Baptist Hospital's board as it became the largest hospital in Middle Tennessee in 1968 and with Thomas Frist, Jr. and Thomas Frist, Sr., co-founded HCA an organization that would become the country’s largest for-profit owner and operator of hospitals. Passionate about his work and contributions to society, Massey’s career was built on the belief that operations, convenience and service can always be improved. Throughout his years of success, he was quick to comment on the joy he found from learning and accomplishing those improvements. “Lots of people have more than I do, but not many have as much fun. The fun is in the accomplishing.” His desire to share his ideals and perspective with future generations led to his deep commitment to Belmont University. That commitment includes helping build a nationally recognized business school, now known as the Jack C. Massey College of Business. A lifelong entrepreneur and businessman, savvy investor and devoted philanthropist, Jack C. Massey is an inaugural inductee of the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame.
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inaugural inductee MILDRED STAHLMAN, M.D.
The mother of modern neonatology, Dr. Mildred Stahlman is a native Tennessean and long-time Vanderbilt student, educator, researcher and physician. Graduating from Ward-Belmont College for Women, she matriculated to Vanderbilt University in 1943. Dr. Stahlman then graduated with honors from the Vanderbilt School of Medicine in 1946 as one of only four women in a class of 50. She completed internships in Cleveland and Boston, a residency year in Chicago and was a research fellow in Sweden, ultimately leading to a 60+ year career at Vanderbilt University and Medical Center. Throughout her time as an instructor, professor and practitioner of pediatrics and neonatology, Dr. Stahlman had more than 150 peer-reviewed publications and assisted in the training of more than 80 post-doctoral fellows from approximately 20 countries. But Dr. “Millie” Stahlman did more than train fellows—she welcomed them into her log cabin home for holidays and to her farm where they rode horses, swam in the creek and became part of her extended family. During her career, Dr. Stahlman revolutionized the care of high-risk newborns by creating the world’s first modern neonatal intensive care unit in 1961 and was later asked to be the godmother of the first infant she helped save. She also promoted the (then) novel concept of regionalized neonatal critical care and helped establish the first Angel Transport Mobile Intensive Care Unit. Her tireless work was recognized in 1987 by the American Academy of Pediatrics with the Virginia Apgar Award and in 1996 by American Pediatric Society’s John Howland Award, a designation given to leaders whose contributions have advanced the lives of children and the profession. She was also named Vanderbilt Medical Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumna in 2002 and the University’s Distinguished Alumna in 2004. A newsletter from the institution quoted Dr. Stahlman saying, “Medicine is more than a profession—it is my calling.” A scholarly physician, passionate educator and health care pioneer, Mildred Stahlman, M.D. is an inaugural inductee of the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame. 21
NAME: Savannah Hari COLLEGE: Gordon E. Inman College of Health Sciences & Nursing ASPIRES TO BE: Occupational Therapist serving and advocating for children with disabilities in third world countries POTENTIAL TO BE: Future Tennessee Health Care Hall of Famer
Tomorrow’s world-changing health professionals are learning their craft today at Belmont’s Gordon E. Inman College of Health Sciences. Belmont offers a cutting edge, compassionate health care education with innovative curriculum, comprehensive clinical preparation and state-of-the-art facilities, including our newly renovated Health Care Simulation Center featuring 30 patient simulators for student practice. All designed to ensure our students are ready to make a hallof-fame difference in the world. BELMONT.EDU/HEALTHSCIENCES
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inaugural inductee THOMAS F. FRIST, SR., M.D.
A native of Meridian, Mississippi, Dr. Thomas F. Frist, Sr. attended the University of Mississippi, where he started a transportation company that eventually employed 17 other students, the first evidence of his entrepreneurial spirit. But Dr. Frist’s passion lay in caring for people, shaped from his early experiences working as an orderly at Meridian’s local hospital. Dr. Frist studied medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and completed his residency at the University of Iowa. In 1935, Dr. Frist opened a medical practice in Nashville. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps as the chief of medical services for a 1,000-bed hospital. Discharged as a major at the war’s end, Dr. Frist returned to his Nashville medical practice. In 1957, he was appointed to the American Medical Association Committee on Aging, and subsequently established the Tennessee Commission on Aging. During this time, Dr. Frist envisioned creating a hospital where patients came first and where funding was not dependent upon government sources. This dream led to Park View Hospital with several other medical professionals and businessmen. The success of Park View served as the seed of inspiration for Dr. Frist, Sr., his son Dr. Frist, Jr. and friend Jack C. Massey to form Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) in 1968. Dr. Frist served as Chief Medical Officer and Chairman of the Board for HCA. He was also a board member of Nashville City Bank and the HEW Advisory Committee on Older Americans and Vice Chairman of the American Retirement Corporation. Dr. Frist is the namesake for the HCA’s Frist Humanitarian Award. One of Dr. Frist’s most important contributions to HCA was its patient-first culture. He believed that if the company focused on giving quality care, the bottom line would take care of itself. That emphasis on patient care permeated every decision he made while leading HCA and is the centerpiece of the company’s culture today. A committed physician and savvy businessman, Thomas F. Frist, Sr., M.D. is an inaugural inductee of the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame.
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inaugural inductee THOMAS F. FRIST, JR., M.D.
A Nashville native, Dr. Thomas “Tommy” Frist, Jr. is a graduate of Nashville’s Montgomery Bell Academy and Vanderbilt University. An entrepreneur at heart, Dr. Frist created a collegiate advertising company and earned his pilot license while at Vanderbilt University. In 1965, he graduated from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and then returned to Vanderbilt University for his surgical residency. His residency was interrupted by a two-year term as a flight surgeon at Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins, Georgia during the Vietnam War. While in the military, Dr. Frist had an idea for a company that would bring hospitals together to share resources. In 1968, Dr. Frist, his father Dr. Thomas F. Frist, Sr. and Jack C. Massey formed Hospital Corporation of America (HCA). As one of the nation’s first investor-owned hospital companies, HCA modernized the way health care was delivered in the United States while keeping patient care and safety first. Dr. Frist served HCA in various leadership roles including President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman. He remained on the Board of Directors of HCA until 2009 and currently serves as Chairman Emeritus. Philanthropy has always been an important part of Dr. Frist’s life. His board activities have included The Frist Center, Harvard Business School Board of Dean’s Advisors, Montgomery Bell Academy, Nashville Health Care Council, United Way—both the national board and United Way of Nashville— and Vanderbilt University, among others. Dr. Frist also has been the recipient of a number of awards, including United Way’s “Lifetime Achievement Award” and the Nashville Business Journal’s “Best in Business Lifetime Achievement Award.” Dr. Frist is quick to credit his success to his wife, Patricia (Trish), for her support and encouragement throughout the years. She kept Dr. Frist grounded on their first priority—their three children—while he helped build HCA into the company it is today. A dedicated businessman, lifelong philanthropist and devoted father and grandfather, Thomas F. Frist, Jr., M.D. is an inaugural inductee of the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame.
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SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION FROM NASHVILLE MEDICAL NEWS
BUILDING A MEDICAL MECCA How Tennessee Grew into a National Health Care Leader By CINDY SANDERS
Renowned for its musical legacy, it is Tennessee’s health care heritage that really keeps the economy humming along.
Led by Thomas Frist, Sr., M.D., Jack Massey and Thomas Frist, Jr., M.D.—three of this year’s inaugural Hall of Fame inductees— the trio created a management company in 1968 to oversee operations at Park View Hospital in Nashville. It didn’t take long before HCA expanded its scope of hospitals to take advantage of economies of scale, thereby becoming one of the country’s first hospital companies. Before the year was out, two other hospital companies — General Care Corp. and Hospital Affiliates International—were founded in Middle Tennessee.
Listed among the state’s largest industries alongside auto manufacturing and energy, the big tent that encompasses health care includes a broad array of endeavors ranging from entrepreneurial start-ups to corporations on the Fortune 500 list. While the health care services sector takes center stage, what makes Tennessee so unique is the depth and breadth of health care businesses that occur all across the state, from life sciences, research and education to pharma and device manufacturing, population health management and worldclass delivery networks. Throughout the United States and beyond, the names of Tennessee health care companies are instantly recognizable. DeRoyal, HCA, Acadia, GTx, Community Health Systems, Unum, NHC, Provectus, AmSurg, LifePoint Health, Brookdale, Wright Medical and TeamHealth are just a few of the industry titans headquartered here. Add to that a robust research climate that takes discovery from bench to bedside, and it’s easy to see why Tennessee’s health care industry is on the national and international radar. ALL BOATS RISE While Tennessee had already built a reputation for educating the next generation of physicians and was rapidly expanding the amount of research emanating from academic institutions, many point to the founding of Hospital Corporation of America in the 1960s as the tipping point for establishing the state as a health care hub.
Where Tennessee’s story differs from others is the executive teams were welcoming of newer entrants, and ultimately, the early ‘big three’ became a training ground for future industry leaders. By necessity, the hospital companies also became innovators as their execs forged new ground while trying to navigate what was then a fledgling industry sector. From friendly competition to corporate spinouts, a large number of companies headquartered in Middle Tennessee trace their roots back to HCA, General Care Corp. or HAI. The ‘all boats rise’ approach wasn’t limited to hospital management, however. The Nashville Health Care Council Family Tree stunningly depicts the industry’s interconnected nature and highlights the collegial atmosphere that still permeates the health care climate.
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INDUSTRY INDICATORS While health care is now the largest employer in Middle Tennessee, the industry indicators are equally robust in other parts of the state. In Chattanooga, three of the
city’s top five employers are in the health care industry. In West Tennessee, Baptist Memorial Health Care accounts for more than 21,000 jobs on its own. According to the Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development, the state ranks second in the nation in exports of medical equipment and supplies. In 2013, those exports totaled $3.6 billion— representing a 36 percent jump in three years making Tennessee the national growth leader for this sector of industry exports. Similarly, Shelby County is the second largest orthopedic device manufacturing center in the nation and home to numerous corporate and regional headquarters for industry leaders including Medtronic, Smith & Nephew and Wright Medical.
Tennessee—to St. Jude, UT Health Science Center and Memphis Bioworks to the west. With the number of available resources, it isn’t surprising Tennessee ranks among the top states in the nation for the number of active clinical trials. Researchers based here were awarded more than $456 million in NIH funding in 2013. In addition, there are more than 560 research, testing and medical laboratories across the state with research institutions investing $2.7 billion in R&D, according to a 2014 Tennessee ECD white paper.
There are more than 1,500 life science businesses across Tennessee accounting for 49,000 jobs. Health care research and development resources literally span the state from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Biomass Innovation Park and the ETSU Innovation lab to the east—to Vanderbilt University and Cumberland Emerging Technologies Life Sciences Center in Middle
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While research is a major economic driver, the real reward has much less to do with income than outcomes and the return on investment is impressive. When the late entertainer Danny Thomas—another 2015 Hall of Fame inductee—founded St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in 1962, the survival rate for acute lymphoblastic leukemia was 4 percent—today it’s well over 90 percent. Researchers across the state are adding to the body of knowledge to significantly impact our basic understanding of disease states and new mechanisms to treat them.
NAME: Henry Lim COLLEGE: Belmont’s College of Pharmacy ASPIRES TO BE: Informatics Pharmacist contributing to the development of a national EHR system and progression of the medical home model POTENTIAL TO BE: Future Tennessee Health Care Hall of Famer
Belmont University’s College of Pharmacy is quickly becoming a nationally-recognized center for practice and leadership in pharmacy education, boasting a 97% North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination pass rate. And just last year the College of Pharmacy began partnering with the Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business to offer a PharmD/MBA dual degree. Meaning our students graduate equipped to have hall-of-fame careers. BELMONT.EDU/PHARMACY
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DOLLARS & SENSE A recently released economic impact study by the Business and Economic Research Center at Middle Tennessee State University, conducted in partnership with the Nashville Health Care Council, also found significant growth in terms of financial scope and geographic reach of the health care industry in Middle Tennessee. Within the Nashville MSA, health care contributed $38.8 billion to the region’s economy last year, an increase of 32.9 percent from an earlier study conducted in 2010. This latest data also showed the industry accounted for nearly 250,000 jobs in the area, which is up 18 percent compared to 2010.
announced across the state, representing more than 4,000 new jobs and over $1 billion in investment. Thanks in no small part to continuing expansion within the health care industry, Business Facilities magazine named Tennessee ‘Economic Development State of the Year’ for 2013 and 2014. And it only makes sense that entrepreneurs outside of Tennessee have been enticed by the state’s intellectual and financial stake in creating a national healthcare hub. This summer, Amedisys CEO Paul Kusserow announced the Baton Rouge-based home health and hospice giant would relocate the majority of its executive team to Tennessee this month.
Globally, the impact is even greater. The 16 publicly traded health care companies “If you’re running a corporation, you need in Middle Tennessee are responsible for to be challenged and see what’s out there 500,000 jobs and $73 billion in revenue on a consistent basis,” Kusserow told an audience at an industry conference about around the world. his move to Nashville. “Big providers are dominant here, and it gives smaller players Similar statistics paint a picture of a robust the chance to be a real innovator with economic engine in other parts of the you. That’s how it should be in a vibrant state, as well. The Memphis Chamber of Commerce estimates UT Health Sciences economy: the big players nurture the little Center has a $2 billion impact on the city’s players and everyone gets better.” economy, and a recent study found Baptist Memorial Health Care adds another $2.6 billion in value.
Growth begets growth so it shouldn’t be surprising that over the past five years, more than 80 new projects in the health care and medical device sector have been
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It’s that spirit of inclusiveness that has elevated Tennessee’s health care industry to national prominence and is the true legacy of the 2015 Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame inaugural inductees.
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ERNEST W. GOODPASTURE, M.D.
Born in 1886 near Clarksville, Ernest Goodpasture was a Tennessee native and 1907 graduate of Vanderbilt University. After obtaining his B.A., Dr. Goodpasture attended Johns Hopkins Medical School and served as a faculty member at Johns Hopkins and Harvard Medical Schools. In 1924, he was invited to join the new Vanderbilt Medical School as the Department of Pathology’s first Chairman. He spent the majority of his career in Tennessee at Vanderbilt before taking the position of Scientific Director of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in 1955. While at Vanderbilt Medial School, Dr. Goodpasture served as Associate Dean and Dean, but his passions were research and teaching. His scientific accomplishments led to his recognition as one of the world’s foremost pathologists. His interest in infectious agents and viruses led to the development of the chick embryo technique used for the cultivation and study of a number of viruses. This work provided the foundation for the successful development and improvement of vaccines against yellow fever, typhus and influenza, saving thousands of lives. In recognition of his scientific work, Dr. Goodpasture received honorary degrees from Yale, the University of Chicago and Washington University. He was elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, among others. He was awarded the Association of American Physicians’ Kober Award, the American Public Health Association’s Sedgwick Medal, the Association of Pathologists’ Gold Headed Cane and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine. Though presented with offers from other prestigious medical schools across the country, Dr. Goodpasture chose to stay in Tennessee and devoted his career and life to research and the education of hundreds of medical students at Vanderbilt University. A decorated pathologist, passionate educator and dedicated public servant, Dr. Ernest Goodpasture is an inaugural inductee of the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame.
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NAME: Amber Greene-Addison COLLEGE: Belmont’s College of Law ASPIRES TO BE: Advocate for health care institutions in the face of increased and continually evolving government regulation POTENTIAL TO BE: Future Tennessee Health Care Hall of Famer
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inaugural inductee R. CLAYTON MCWHORTER
Creating a career as both a health care clinician and businessman, R. Clayton McWhorter began making an impact on the health care industry as a pharmacist after obtaining his B.S. in pharmacy from Samford University. Upon noticing the expansion of services he could provide patients by moving into the business side of health care, McWhorter became a hospital administrator, honing his leadership and management skills. Years later, McWhorter would go on to become President, Chairman and CEO of HealthTrust, Inc., Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of HCA and most recently, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Clayton Associates, a firm created to invest in and advise health care entrepreneurs in the health care industry. Committed to philanthropy and his community, McWhorter and his family have greatly contributed to education in Nashville and beyond through the creation of the McWhorter School of Pharmacy at Samford and Belmont’s McWhorter Hall and McWhorter Society. Throughout his career, McWhorter has also been involved with a number of community organizations including the American Cancer Society, the YWCA and the Middle TN Council – Boy Scouts of America, among others. He has also received many awards in recognition of his service including the United Way’s Tocqueville Award and the Joe Kraft Humanitarian Award. McWhorter has mentored countless leaders throughout his career and continues to offer his four guiding principles to all mentees saying, “Be prepared. Find a mentor and be a mentor. Act like an owner. Give back.” A celebrated businessman, respected mentor and dedicated philanthropist, R. Clayton McWhorter is an inaugural inductee of the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame.
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inaugural inductee DANNY THOMAS
A radio, film and television entertainer and producer, Danny Thomas was born in Michigan in 1912 after his parents immigrated to America from Lebanon. Thomas began his career working in radio and eventually branched out to film and television. As a struggling actor working towards his big break, Thomas made a vow to St. Jude, patron saint of hopeless causes, saying, “Give me a sign that I am going in the right direction and someday I’ll build a shrine in your name." He never forgot that promise. After finding success, Thomas founded St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, a groundbreaking research and treatment hospital devoted to curing catastrophic diseases in children. The hospital opened in 1962 in Memphis, Tennessee. In the ensuing half century, St. Jude has treated children from all 50 states and all over the world and continues to lead the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. To this day, the hospital stands by Thomas’s founding promises that no family pays St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food and that St. Jude freely shares its discoveries and continues to impact the lives of children across the world. Thomas is quoted as saying, “No child should die in the dawn of life.” Throughout his life, Thomas was recognized with many awards including receiving a Knight Commander of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre by Pope Paul VI, the Congressional Gold Medal, induction in the Television Hall of Fame and a posthumous receipt of the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award. A committed humanitarian, celebrated entertainer and lifelong health care advocate, Danny Thomas is an inaugural inductee in the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame.
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McWhorter Society Founding Chairman CHARLES R. F. TREADWAY, M.D., MBA
The late Dr. Richard Treadway, founding chairman of the McWhorter Society at Belmont University, graduated from Vanderbilt University and the Vanderbilt School of Medicine and completed a psychiatry residency at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He also received his MBA from Belmont’s Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business and served as a longtime member of The Massey Graduate School’s Board of Advisors. In 1996, Dr. Treadway co-founded Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. and served as its chairman until 2000. In 1998, along with Clayton McWhorter, he founded Medical Properties of America, Inc., a medical real estate corporation. During his successful career, Dr. Treadway was appointed Commissioner of Mental Health for Tennessee by Governor Winfield Dunn and served as Commissioner under Governor Lamar Alexander. Additionally, he served as Chairman of the Tennessee State Health Planning and Resources Development Authority, Medical Director of HCA’s Parthenon Pavilion and Vice President for psychiatric operations of the Tennessee division of HCA. Dr. Treadway also served as a clinical associate for the National Institute of Mental Health and was appointed to the National Advisory Mental Health Council by President Nixon. Along with his academic and business accomplishments, Dr. Treadway was a dedicated philanthropist. He was among the founders of the Canby Robinson Society that honors and encourages financial support for Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He also served in numerous board positions including Cumberland Heights Foundation and the Metropolitan Hospital Authority. In 2012, Dr. Treadway was instrumental in founding Belmont’s McWhorter Society which supports the institution’s health sciences through providing scholarships and program support. Dr. Treadway was also the driving force behind the creation of the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame.
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Induct ion Ceremony Emcee SUSAN DENTZER
Susan Dentzer is Senior Policy Adviser to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and is one of the nation’s most respected health care journalists and thought leaders. She is an on-air analyst for PBS NewsHour and a regular commentator on health policy for National Public Radio. Dentzer served from 2008–2013 as the Editor-in-Chief of Health Affairs, the nation’s leading journal of health policy. She also led the PBS NewsHour’s health unit, reporting extensively on-air about health care reform debates. Dentzer is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences and serves on the academy’s Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice. She is also an elected member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a fellow of the National Academy of Social Insurance and a fellow of the Hastings Center. She graduated from Dartmouth, is a trustee emerita of the college and chaired the Dartmouth Board of Trustees from 2001 to 2004. She has served as a member of the Board of Overseers of Dartmouth Medical School for more than two decades. Dentzer serves on numerous non-profit boards including the International Rescue Committee, the Health Data Consortium, the American Board of Medical Specialties and the Public Health Institute. She is also a member of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, the RAND Health Board of Advisors and the March of Dimes national advisory board. Dentzer serves on numerous non-profit boards including the International Rescue Committee, the Health Data Consortium, Research!America, the American Board of Medical Specialties and the Public Health Institute. She is also a member of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, the RAND Health Board of Advisors and the March of Dimes national advisory board.
GUEST PERFORMER, MIKE ELDRED Mike Eldred is one of North America’s most beloved tenors, thrilling audiences in concert halls, on Broadway and on recordings, radio and television. He appeared on Broadway in Les Miserables as “Jean Valjean,” in Tony-nominated The Civil War and starred as “The Tenor” in the 2010 national concert tour of Handel’s Messiah Rocks. His starring role as “Tony” in the Nashville Symphony’s production of West Side Story has earned international praise as “arguably the best ‘Tony’ on record”. In addition to appearances on recordings and DVDs, Mike has released three solo CDs that have garnered critical and popular acclaim. 39
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A special thank you goes to the following individuals who helped give life to the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame and made the inaugural year possible. 2015 SELECTION COMMITTEE:
Dr. Robert C. Fisher President, Belmont University Dr. Harry R. Jacobson Chairman, MedCare Investment Funds Chairman, the McWhorter Society Mr. William F. Carpenter, III Chairman and CEO, LifePoint Hospitals Immediate Past Chairman, Nashville Health Care Council Ms. Sharon A. Adkins, MSN, RN Executive Director, Tennessee Nurses Association
TENNESSEE HEALTH CARE HALL OF FAME ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
Ms. Yolanda Chesley Ms. Hayley Hovious Dr. Harry Jacobson Dr. Phil Johnston Ms. Jamie Lee Ms. Paula Lovell FOUNDING PARTNER LEADERSHIP:
Mr. William F. Carpenter, III Ms. Yolanda Chesley
Mr. Robert Milton Johnson Chairman and CEO, HCA
Dr. Robert C. Fisher
Dr. Reginald W. Coopwood President and CEO, Regional One Health
Mr. William Gracey
Dr. William E. Evans, PharmD Former CEO, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Dr. William Hinds
Dr. Wilsie S. Bishop Vice President for Health Affairs, COO, East Tennessee State University Mr. Craig Becker President, Tennessee Hospital Association Dr. Jonathan B. Perlin President, Medical Services and Chief Medical Officer, HCA Dr. Hershel “Pat” Wall Special Assistant to the President, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Mr. Landon Gibbs Mr. Caleb Graves Ms. Hayley Hovious Ms. Jamie Lee Ms. Janet McDonald Dr. Bethel Thomas Ms. Caroline Young Mr. Willie Young Special thanks: We wish to recognize and thank the late Dr. Richard Treadway for laying the initial framework for and providing the visionary conceptualization of the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame.
Mr. Dennis Vonderfecht Retired President and CEO, Mountain States Health Alliance 41
A special thank you goes to HCA and Community Health Systems, our two Grand Sponsors. The generosity of these two companies helped make the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame Inaugural Induction Ceremony possible, and also created two fully endowed scholarships through the McWhorter Society. These scholarships will help numerous students pursue careers in the health and health care industry for years to come.
key dates & deadlines
ď‚? 2016 TENNESSEE HEALTH CARE HALL OF FAME ď‚œ The second year of the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame is sure to be even bigger than the first, so make plans to be involved. Nominate a worthy Tennessean, sponsor next year's ceremony or plan to attend. Below are key dates for the 2016 class. Visit tnhealthcarehall.com throughout the year for updates. JANUARY 1, 2016
Nominations open for 2016 inductee class at tnhealthcarehall.com MARCH 18, 2016
Deadline for nomination submissions for 2016 inductee class APRIL 2016
Hall of Fame selection committee meets to determine 2016 inductees MAY 2016
Inductees announced at McWhorter Society Luncheon at Belmont University AUGUST 1, 2016
Individual event tickets on-sale SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
Event & table sponsorship deadline SEPTEMBER 15, 2016
Individual event ticket deadline OCTOBER 2016
Induction Ceremony at Belmont University
For information about being a sponsor of the 2016 Hall of Fame, please contact Belmont University at 615.460.6434 or email at tnhealthcarehall@belmont.edu.
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