Health Care Hall of Fame 2023 Program

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INDUCTION CEREMONY & LUNCHEON O C TO B E R 1 7, 2 0 2 3

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W ELCOME! This year marks the eighth annual Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. It is an honor to recognize the practitioners, scientists, business leaders and innovators who dedicate their time and talent to improving the lives of fellow Tennesseans. Today we will induct five exceptional health care leaders who have made remarkable contributions in their fields.

The members of the 2023 Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame induction class are:

Wilsie S. Bishop André L. Churchwell Vicky Gregg Stephen Reynolds Philip A. Wenk

Thank you for joining us as we recognize and celebrate these individuals. It is my hope that their legacies bolster Tennessee’s position at the forefront of our nation’s health care industry and inspire future health care professionals and community advocates to make a lasting impact in our state.

Sincerely,

Craig Becker Chairman, McWhorter Society at Belmont

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GR EETINGS! On behalf of Belmont University, the McWhorter Society and the Nashville Health Care Council, I am pleased to welcome you to the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. The Hall of Fame represents an incredible opportunity to honor the health care leaders of the past and present and inspire the health care leaders and innovators of the future.

At Belmont, we aim to be the leading Christ-centered university in the world, radically championing the pursuit of life abundant for all people. To achieve this ambitious goal, we are committed to developing diverse leaders who are eager and equipped to make the world a better place through their vocation. Our existing programs in health care—which include occupational therapy, physical therapy, pharmacy, social work, public health, nursing and healthcare management—provide meaningful opportunities for our students. And the addition of the Thomas F. Frist Jr. College of Medicine, which we anticipate will begin with our first class of students in the summer of 2024, further expands our opportunity to train future health care providers and leaders. These programs provide essential technical skills, while guiding students in their calling to serve patients, clients and communities with character, purpose, wisdom and transformational mindsets.

We are grateful for the 2023 Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame Induction Class and the example they provide to our students and for our broader community in Tennessee. Their careers and lives are testament to the truth that it is possible to shape the future positively and build flourishing communities for all people through dedication, collaboration and service. Please join me in celebrating this year’s induction class and their stories of excellence!

Sincerely,

L. Gregory Jones President, Belmont University

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Congratulations to Dr. Phil Wenk on being inducted into the Tennessee Healthcare Hall of Fame.

Tennessee would not be the same without your impact.

That’s something to smile about!

@DeltaDentalTN

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WELCOME..................................................... L. Gregory Jones, Ph.D., President, Belmont University HEALTH CARE BLESSING.......................................................................... Belmont Musicians EMCEE REMARKS...........................................John Seigenthaler, Managing Partner, Finn Partners TENNESSEE HEALTH CARE HALL OF FAME VIDEO PRESENTATION TENNESSEE HEALTH CARE HALL OF FAME AWARD PRESENTATIONS ....................................................................................................................................John Seigenthaler CLASS OF 2023 INDUCTION................................................................... Wilsie S. Bishop, M.S.N., M.S.ED., D.P.A. INDUCTION........................................................................................... André L. Churchwell, M.D. INDUCTION...................................................................................................................Vicky Gregg FOUNDING PARTNER REMARKS ....................................................................Apryl Childs-Potter, President, Nashville Health Care Council ..........................................................................David F. Gregory, Pharm.D., Provost, Belmont University .............................................................................................Craig Becker, Chairman, McWhorter Society INDUCTION.......................................................................................................... Stephen Reynolds INDUCTION..................................................................................................Philip A. Wenk, D.D.S. MCWHORTER SOCIETY SCHOLAR HIGHLIGHT CLOSING............................................................................................................... John Seigenthaler

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We congratulate the

TENNESSEE

HEALTH CARE HALL OF FAME

Class of 2023 for your contributions and lasting impact on the healthcare industry.

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SELECTION COMMITTEE 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. The Hall of Fame’s Selection Committee, comprised of health and health care leaders from across the state, selected this year’s inductees from all submitted nominations. This committee includes:

Mr. Craig Becker Dr. L. Gregory Jones Retired President, Tennessee Hospital Association; Belmont President Chairman, McWhorter Society Dr. G. Scott Morris Mr. Autry O.V. “Pete” DeBusk Founder and CEO, Church Health of Memphis Founder and Chairman, Dr. Paul E. Stanton, Jr. DeRoyal Industries, Inc. President Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Ms. Nancy-Ann DeParle Surgery, East Tennessee State University Former Assistant to the President and Deputy Ms. Anita Vaughn Chief of Staff for Policy to President Barack Retired CEO, Baptist Memorial Hospital Obama; Partner, Consonance Capital Partners for Women Mr. David Dill Dr. Randy Wykoff Chairman and CEO, LifePoint Health Founding Dean, East Tennessee State University’s Former Chairman, Nashville Health College of Public Health Care Council Ms. Carol Etherington Associate Professor of Nursing, Emerita, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health

The Hall of Fame was 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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For more than 50 years, HCA Healthcare’s outstanding leaders have made a lasting and positive impact through their commitment to the care and improvement of human life.

HCA Healthcare

Wilsie S. Bishop, MSN, MSED, DPA

congratulates the

André L. Churchwell, MD

2023 class of the

Vicky Gregg

Tennessee Health

Stephen Reynolds

Care Hall of Fame

Philip A. Wenk, DDS

Visit HCAhealthcare.com for more information.

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FOUNDING PARTNER PROFILE 

BELMONT UNIVERSITY

Located two miles from downtown Nashville, Tennessee, Belmont University consists of nearly 9,000 students who come from every state and 33 countries. Nationally ranked and consistently recognized by U.S. News & World Report for innovation in higher education, Belmont brings together the best of liberal arts and professional education in a Christ-centered and student-focused community of learning and service. As a campus that aims to Let Hope Abound, the University is committed to producing diverse leaders of purpose, character, wisdom and transformational mindset, eager and equipped to make the world a better place. With more than 115 areas of undergraduate study, 41 master’s programs and eight doctoral degrees, there is no limit to the ways Belmont University can expand an individual's horizon.

Founded by schoolteachers Susan Heron and Ida Hood in 1890, the original Belmont College was committed to educating young women of that era in a better way. Heron and Hood had great hope for the future—a core value that Belmont continually celebrates today.

Fundamentally, the University’s purpose is to prepare students to solve the world’s complex problems through teaching, research and service. Belmont’s location in the nation’s health care capital certainly informs that work. With programs in health care including nursing, social work, physical therapy, occupational therapy, pharmacy, public health and business, Belmont is home to hundreds of students who are actively preparing to launch careers in the health care industry.  9

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NASHVILLE HEALTH CARE COUNCIL The Nashville Health Care Council strengthens and elevates Nashville as The Healthcare City.

With a $68 billion economic impact and 333,000 jobs locally, Nashville’s healthcare ecosystem is a world-class healthcare hub. Founded in 1995, the Council serves as the common ground for the city’s vibrant healthcare cluster. The Council offers engagement opportunities where the industry’s most influential executives come together to exchange ideas, share solutions, build businesses and grow leaders.

For more information on the Council, please visit www.healthcarecouncil.com. For more on the Council Fellows, visit https://healthcarecouncil.com/council-fellows/.  1

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1. Nashville Health Care Council Board of Directors sit for a photo at the 2023 Annual Council Board-hosted Summer Reception.

2. Crucial Conversations is a new Council series that provides opportunities for members to hear from panelists and keynote speakers on the cutting edge of healthcare trends, actively participate in small group discussions and build connections that can help address some of the industry’s most pressing issues. This event featured: J.R. Greene, chief executive officer of Psychiatric Medical Care; Marjorie Morrison, chief executive officer and co-founder of Psych Hub; and David Guth, chief executive officer of Centerstone; Dr. Andrea Willis, SVP, Chief Medical Officer of BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee. The conversation was moderated by Dr. Kevin Simon, chief behavioral health officer at the Boston Public Health Commission.

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FOUNDING PARTNER PROFILE 

THE McWHORTER SOCIETY The McWhorter Society, named in honor of late 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 support for endowed scholarships, professorships and innovative educational efforts.

The Society directly supports students through its funding of the McWhorter Scholars, a scholarship program that provides assistance to students interested in pursuing careers in health care through Belmont’s Gordan E. Inman College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and the Jack C. Massey College of Business.

Scholarships are awarded annually to students who exhibit great potential in the health care industry. Since the creation of the McWhorter Society Scholarship program, some 220 students have received more than $800,000 in scholarship support to study in Belmont’s Health Sciences programs.

For more information or to join The McWhorter Society, please contact Willie Young at willie.young@belmont.edu. 

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2023 INDUCTEE 

WILSIE BISHOP, M.S.N, M.S.ED., D.P.A. A lifelong educator, Dr. Wilsie Bishop’s career has focused on the expansion and delivery of exceptional education for health care professionals in northeast Tennessee. After 43 years of service at East Tennessee State University (ETSU), Dr. Bishop retired in 2021 as senior vice president for academics and interim provost and formerly served as vice president for health affairs—the first non-physician to hold that title at ETSU. Her career as both a nurse leader and an institutional leader in charge of an academic health science center have enabled her to make her own impact and teach others how to become better mentors and role models in health care—in Tennessee, across the nation and internationally.

Early in her career, she worked as a critical care nurse at the Medical College of Virginia in the cardiac surgery ICU during the time that initial heart transplants and coronary bypass procedures were being introduced. She was also among the first group of nurses to be certified by the American Nurses Association for excellence in critical care neonatal nursing.

Dr. Bishop’s primary career impact has been the sustained growth and development of educational opportunities in the health professions for Tennesseans. Throughout her career, she maintained a vision and leadership role in the area of interdisciplinary health care delivery, and she has been recognized nationally and internationally for her continued efforts in interprofessional education. She was one of the major health care educators to lead the introduction and implementation of the Kellogg Foundation funded interdisciplinary health care initiative at ETSU in 1992. Her vision, persistence and collaboration resulted in the renovation and opening of a building exclusively dedicated to interdisciplinary teaching and learning: the Interprofessional Education and Research Center, which was named Bishop Hall in her honor upon her retirement.

In 2019, with the desire to grow team-based clinical care at ETSU, Dr. Bishop led a reorganization and expansion of the Academic Health Sciences Center at ETSU. Now known as ETSU Health, the center unified the educational, clinical and research pursuits of all five of ETSU’s health sciences colleges, resulting in a combined clinical enterprise of more than 250 clinicians in 30 clinical sites across northeast Tennessee. With its national distinction, ETSU Health stands today as a testament to the hard work of Dr. Bishop and other visionary leaders to bring world-class health profession education to rural northeast Tennessee. In collaboration with her senior leadership team, Dr. Bishop created a vision where ETSU Health will dramatically transform the health of the region through education, research and team-based care.

Throughout her time at ETSU, Dr. Bishop worked as both a professor and administrator—serving as department chair, dean, assistant/associate vice president, senior vice president and provost. While serving in these 12

administrative roles, she continued to teach and mentor doctoral and graduate students with a focus on public health leadership.

Dr. Bishop also demonstrates a significant impact on health care through her leadership in accreditation, especially as it relates to the very complex environment of academic health science centers. With her 40 years of active involvement and leadership roles with the regional accreditor, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), Dr. Bishop has demonstrated her commitment to excellence in higher education and the continued achievements of academic health science centers.

Her tenure with SACSCOC has included serving as a site reviewer since 1982 where she has conducted 41 site visits, including 27 as chair, with many of those visits occurring at institutions that educate in the health care sciences. She has served on committees that developed and later revised the Principles of Accreditation and the Resource Manual. She has served as a member of the board of trustees, chaired the Peer Review Advisory Committee to the SACSCOC President and acted as a special reader for the Compliance and Reports Committee of the SACSCOC. In her most recent role, Dr. Bishop worked with university leadership to bring together under one management umbrella the academic affairs and health affairs colleges of the university.

Dr. Bishop serves on numerous boards, and her accolades include: James T. Rogers Distinguished Leadership Award (2019) and the Demetria N. Gibbs Outstanding Chair Award (2018), Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges; Alumni Star Award, Virginia Commonwealth University (2015); Tennessee Women’s Hall of Fame (2013); Visionary Leader, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing 120 Visionary Leaders (2013) and many others. 

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ANDRÉ CHURCHWELL, M.D. A native of East Nashville, Dr. André Churchwell’s contributions stretch far beyond the Volunteer State’s borders. An accomplished physician, advocate, mentor, educator and artist, he has devoted his life and decades-long career to championing equity and access for all by breaking down barriers: in the clinic, the classroom and the community. Dr. Churchwell has been nationally recognized for his contributions to engineering, medicine and inclusivity.

Dr. Churchwell was among the first wave of children to attend school at newly integrated campuses in Nashville, Tenn., and the Civil Rights Era proved to be a defining childhood experience for him. In 1975, Dr. Churchwell graduated magna cum laude from the Vanderbilt School of Engineering, received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1979 and broke through a racial barrier by becoming the first African American Chief Medical Resident at Grady Memorial Hospital from 1984-1985. He later completed his internship, residency and cardiology fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine, where he was the inaugural Minority Affairs Officer and earned the accolade of Most Outstanding House Officer.

Collaborating with Colleagues at Emory and Georgia Tech, he worked over several years to develop the Emory-Georgia Technology Research Center, which evolved into the Emory-Georgia Technology Biomedical Engineering Program.

In 1991, he returned to his hometown and alma mater and subsequently joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. There, he has been a professor in a variety of disciplines including medicine, radiology, biomedical engineering and cardiology. He additionally serves as Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine – Cardiology at Meharry Medical College. He previously served as Vanderbilt’s Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, as well as Vice Chancellor for Outreach, Inclusion and Belonging and Chief Diversity Officer. Prior to those roles he served in various leadership roles at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSOM) and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), rising to the roles of the Chief Diversity Officer for VUMC and Senior Associate Dean for the School of Medicine. Most recently he has worked as Senior Advisor to the Chancellor in Outreach and Community Engagement.

His initiatives to promote diversity and inclusion include the launch of the Hidden Figures Program to honor non-medical staff who have contributed to the success of VUMC and the Underrepresented Portrait Program to promote diversity in the representation of medical heroes.

Dr. Churchwell has received numerous accolades for his advancement of diversity and inclusion in the culture and climate of the Medical School and Medical Center and beyond. Those awards include the Walter R. Murray, Jr. Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Association of Black Alumni, the 2010 Distinguished Alumnus Award for the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering and the 2023 Diamond Award from the Not Alone Foundation. Modern Healthcare named him one of its Top 25 Diversity Leaders, and BlackDoctors.org listed VUMC as a Top Hospital for Diversity in 2018 and 2019.

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Dr. Churchwell also strives for inclusivity by meeting his patients’ needs through adaptive education. Health literacy is a known predictor of cardiovascular outcomes, and approximately 90 million Americans have limited health literacy and read at the fifth-grade level or lower. Dr. Churchwell was part of a team that sought to determine the suitability and readability level of common cardiovascular patient education materials (PEM) related to heart failure and a heart-healthy lifestyle.

Committed to service in a variety of spheres both locally and nationally, Dr. Churchwell: was elected to act as the southern representative for the Group on Diversity and Inclusion for the American Association of Medical Colleges (2012); has served on the Board of Trustees for Cumberland University (2015-present); with his art skills he has sought to teach engineering and medical students to engage both the creative and analytic regions of their brains as a means to solve complex problems.

Dr. Churchwell continues to commit his life to mentoring and supporting young minority students who aspire for careers in medicine and science.

All the while, he still practices medicine with his trademark excellence. Consistently over the last decade he has been named one of the nation's top cardiologists in “The Best Doctors in America.” From 2010-2013, he was awarded the Professional Research Consultants’ Five-Star Excellence Award—Top 10% Nationally for “Excellent” Responses for Medical Specialty Services and Overall Quality. In 2014 he was named one of the Top 15 Most Influential African American Health Educators

by Black Health Magazine, and in 2022 and 2023 he was named one of Becker Healthcare’s Black Health Care Leaders to Know. Perhaps most indicative of his caliber as a physician, he was voted the American Registry Most Compassionate Doctor Award by his peers. Continuing to work in biomedical engineering education, he was inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering in 2016. 

The Memphis Hospital Members of the Tennessee Hospital Association salute the 2023 Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame inductees.

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VICKY GREGG A nationally recognized health care champion, Vicky Gregg has guided industry reforms and improvements from which Tennessee still benefits today, held herself and the organizations she worked for to the highest level of professionalism and integrity and served as a role model to her team members and her community through continued board service.

Gregg graduated from Erlanger School of Nursing and immediately began her career in nursing. Following her time in the clinical side of health care, she took on a series of roles at Humana and had extensive involvement with health reform efforts driven by the national Clinton Health Reform plans. She was a pioneer in the managed care industry, starting the first commercial HMO in Tennessee in 1985 and establishing an early Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) model in Tennessee while working for Humana. Always an innovator, Gregg never backed away from well-thought-out new ideas and was always looking for collaborations with others to achieve shared goals. Most notably, she led the development of “population health” models in the early ’90s, believing successful health plans would need capabilities to manage populations from cradle to grave—including prevention rather than just sick care. That included integrating data and information across sites of care.

In 1995, she joined BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (BCBST) as senior vice president. She became BCBST’s CEO in 2003 and served in that role through 2012. Gregg was BlueCross’s first female CEO and, at the time, one of few female CEOs in Tennessee and in the health care industry as a whole. Additionally, she came to the position with a clinical background, which was unusual in an industry dominated at that time by men mostly with financial backgrounds. As the company’s first woman in senior leadership, Gregg quickly looked to opening opportunities for women and minorities to enter leadership roles. The leadership team had over 30% women and minority representation by 2010.

During her nearly 20 years with BlueCross, Gregg helped manage the company’s profitability and strategic direction. She was focused on serving Tennesseans, demonstrated by her contributions to TennCare reform efforts led by Gov. Phil Bredesen and the partnership to launch the state’s CoverKids program. When Gregg joined BCBST, the state’s Medicaid Federal Matching dollars—representing one-third of the state’s budget— was in jeopardy due to poor performing TennCare Managed Care Organizations (MCO) and failure by the Blue plan to convert the population to a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO). Gregg oversaw a successful conversion after leading the effort to develop provider networks, implement systems to support

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providers and build out medical management infrastructure—while reaching financial solvency within just 11 months. Gregg’s emphasis on interoperability transformed BCBST from a transaction company primarily employing people involved in the payment of claims to a health/healthcare company with a workforce dominated by clinical and supportive technology and informatics specialties.

While CEO, she grew the company’s membership from 2.2 million to 3.1 million. She led the creation of Shared Health, which provides health services to those with special care needs like chronic conditions, longterm support services, Medicaid or Medicare—and highlights Gregg’s commitment to broader access to health care. Additionally, she oversaw the purchase of Gordian/Onlife to empower patients to make betterinformed health and wellness decisions based on their clinical data.

Gregg’s leadership contributed not only to the scope of BlueCross’s operations, but also to the organization’s positive culture. She cultivated a strong commitment to the highest ethical standards and helped keep commercial rate increases below industry averages to best serve BlueCross members. During her leadership, she calmly and effectively guided the company’s response to tighter federal regulations, continuous industry change and an increase in public scrutiny.

She has served on dozens of national and state boards including the University of Tennessee’s board of trustees and the board of directors for BlueCross BlueShield Association, First Horizon, TeamHealth and Landmark Healthcare. She was board chair for the National Institute of Health Care Management. She additionally led the board of America’s Health Insurance Plans, the leading national trade organization for insurers, during the development and implementation of response to the Affordable Care Act. She currently serves on the boards of Acadia Healthcare, MyEyeDr and Quest Diagnostics. She chairs the Electric Power Board (EPB) of Chattanooga and has served on its board for 17 years. As Trustee of Erlanger Health System, Gregg spearheaded the conversion to a 501c3 status in July 2023.

One of Gregg’s enduring legacies with BlueCross is her work to establish the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Health Foundation to support community health and education, particularly in underserved areas.

It has grown to be the fourth largest foundation in the state and the only one of that size dedicated to health care. It has supported improvements in quality, focused on health disparities and built playgrounds encouraging increased physical activity for Tennessee’s children.

Throughout her more than 40-year career in health care, Gregg has earned numerous recognitions for her professional achievements, including: the Humana Outstanding Accomplishment Award (1991); Kentucky’s Commission on Healthcare Reform (1993–1995); Tennessee Governor’s Roundtable (1997); appointment to the U.S. National Institutes of Health Commission of Systemic Interoperability (2004); appointment to Tennessee’s e-Health Advisory Council (2006); American Lung Association of Tennessee’s Woman of Distinction (2009); Modern Healthcare’s Top 25 Women in Healthcare (2009); and repeat recognition by Business Tennessee as one of the top five business leaders in the state. In 2013, the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Health Foundation gave $1.5 million to the University of Tennessee–Chattanooga’s School of Nursing to establish the Vicky B. Gregg Chair of Gerontology to honor Gregg and continue improving health care for underserved populations. 

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Congratulations to 2023’s Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame inductees.

Thank you to all of the honorees, including former BlueCross President and CEO Vicky Gregg, for your pioneering work to improve the health of Tennesseans.

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A life dedicated to serving others Baptist congratulates Stephen C. Reynolds on being inducted into the Tennessee Healthcare Hall of Fame Stephen C. Reynolds is a giant in the health care industry. With a health career that spanned 43 years, he helped shape the health care industry in the Mid-South and beyond. He was a gentle leader whose voice echoed beyond the walls of Baptist Memorial Health Care and into the region and nationally through his service with the Tennessee Hospital Association, the Tennessee Business Roundtable, the Healthcare Institute, the National Committee for Quality Health Care, multiple not-for-profits and charities, and educational institutions.

We salute Mr. Reynolds on this well-deserved honor and thank him for demonstrating what has always been at the heart of what Baptist represents — an unwavering commitment to providing quality health care.

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STEPHEN C. REYNOLDS Stephen C. Reynolds is highly regarded in the national, regional and local business and health care communities for his professional accomplishments and personal character. During his 43 years at Baptist Memorial Health Care, the organization grew to become the Memphis area’s largest notfor-profit health care system and one of the top-rated integrated health care delivery systems in the country. He achieved these goals while keeping the organization true to its not-for-profit mission, which mirrors the three-fold ministry of Christ: healing, preaching and teaching. Through his work with Baptist Memorial Health Care and his mentoring of health care leaders, Reynolds’ legacy for compassion, integrity and excellence in health care continues.

After receiving his Bachelor of Science degree from Arkansas State University, Reynolds earned his Master of Health Administration degree from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He then served as an officer in the United States Army from 1968-1970.

In 1971, he was selected as an Administrative Resident at Baptist Memorial Hospital by Dr. Frank S. Groner, Baptist’s second President and CEO. Reynolds held several leadership positions over 43 years—including president and CEO of Baptist Medical Center from 1992-94—before he became Baptist Memorial Health Care’s President and CEO in 1994. He spent 20 years in that role before retiring and transitioning to his current position as the organization’s president emeritus and senior consultant.

As Baptist Memorial Health Care’s fourth President and CEO, Reynolds oversaw a complex and far-reaching health care system that included 14 hospitals in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas; as well as minor medical centers, home care and hospice programs, behavioral health centers, clinics and a number of other entities. During his tenure, Baptist added many advanced services and facilities to serve the Mid-South. In 2009, Baptist formed a multispecialty physician group called Baptist Medical Group. Within five years, the group grew to include 550 physicians from several specialties, from primary care to cardiovascular surgery. Today, it is one of the Memphis area’s largest physician groups.

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Under Reynolds’ leadership, Baptist Memorial built two additional metro-Memphis hospitals— including one of the nation’s few women’s hospitals—as well as the Memphis area’s first residential hospice facility, which now bears his name. In 1995, the Baptist School of Nursing transitioned to a four-year baccalaureate institution that has since prepared thousands of people to enter health care careers. Reynolds also oversaw one of the largest health care building projects in Arkansas’ history: the construction of the new NEA Baptist Health System, which opened in January 2014 and includes the headquarters of the NEA Baptist Clinic (one of northeast Arkansas’ largest physician groups).

Reynolds also led Baptist in renewing its commitment to community service. In 2003, Baptist established its signature community outreach program: the Baptist Operation Outreach mobile health care clinic for the homeless. Thanks to a partnership between Baptist and Christ Community Health Services, Baptist is Memphis’ largest homeless health care provider. Reynolds also approved the largest donation in the University of Tennessee’s history, an $80 million gift of property and land where Baptist’s original hospital once stood.

Reynolds additionally chaired several regional and national health care organizations, including the Tennessee Hospital Association, CEOs Against Cancer, the Healthcare Institute, the National Quality Forum’s National Patient Safety Task Force and the National Committee for Quality Health Care. He currently serves on Baptist Memorial Health Care’s Community Advisory and Foundation boards, in addition to several other organizational boards.

Reynolds’ personal achievements rival his professional accomplishments. He received Distinguished Alumnus Awards from the Washington University School of Medicine Graduate Program in Health Administration, as well as Arkansas State University and its School of Business and its Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity chapter; Distinguished Service Awards from Tennessee Hospital Association and Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity; the American College of Health Care Executives’ Regents Award and B’nai B’rith’s National Healthcare Award. He was also named a Rotary Paul Harris Fellow and received an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities degree from Union University.

A man of deep faith, he has served as chairman of the Deacons for First Baptist Church in Memphis, and chairman of Trustees for Trinity Baptist Church in Cordova. He is married to his wife of 54 years, Ann, and they have three daughters, three sons-in-law and nine grandchildren. 

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PHIL WENK, D.D.S. Dr. Phil Wenk is a graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry who began his career in his hometown of Clinton, Tennessee, where he practiced dentistry with his father for 20 years. Over the course of those two decades in practice, he gained an understanding of the oral health needs in the state, especially in rural areas. In 1997, he accepted the role of chief operating officer at Delta Dental of Tennessee, a nonprofit dental benefits provider, where he continues to serve to this day. In his first year there, Delta Dental saw an increase in revenue of 25%. In 2000, Dr. Wenk became president and CEO, and he has earned a reputation as one of Tennessee’s principal health care executives.

Dr. Wenk has grown Delta Dental to be the largest independent dental benefits provider in the state, with more than 2,000 employer groups representing over 1.2 million Tennesseans. Through the Tennessee Dental Safety Net Denture Program, more than $1.25 million has benefitted over 2,300 Tennesseans to date. In many cases, patients who received affordable prostheses have gone on to live healthier lives and find better jobs.

Under Dr. Wenk’s leadership, Delta Dental has greatly expanded its philanthropic giving. The organization launched its philanthropic arm, the Smile180 Foundation, in 2015. Under the direction of Dr. Wenk and his team, the program has provided more than $30 million in statewide grants and community support. In 2016, Delta Dental gave away 75 percent of net revenues to support more than 100 organizations in communities across the state. In particular, the organization has become the single largest donor to the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry. Delta Dental recently celebrated the opening of the new Delta Dental of Tennessee Building at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry. This expansion on the Memphis campus will enable the dental school to increase its class size to better serve the growing population in Tennessee.

Through the Foundation, Dr. Wenk has also led Delta Dental to build an ambulatory dental clinic at every children's hospital in Tennessee that has space. These clinics allow pediatric dentists to serve patients and to bring in children with mental or physical challenges. The Smile180 Foundation

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now serves 33 total clinics across the state, providing operational support and capital needs for independent clinics and equipment assistance for federally qualified clinics. In addition to its direct contributions in terms of dental equipment, the Smile180 Foundation provides Tennessee Charitable Care Network dental providers the opportunity to attend an annual conference at no expense. This opportunity for free and charitable dental providers to network and participate in a day of education and personal growth is deeply appreciated by all who attend.

Dr. Wenk’s dedication to improving the oral health of Tennesseans is further demonstrated in his role in helping develop the Healthy Smiles Initiative. This five-year, $94 million pilot program approved by the state legislature in 2022 addresses the growing needs for dental access in the state of Tennessee. Dr. Wenk has been integral in the success of this initiative by helping to create the muti-faceted plan, connecting key playmakers and using his experience to mentor those involved.

Dr. Wenk serves as a member of the University of Tennessee President’s Council, past chair of the University of Tennessee Foundation Board and chair of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s (UTHSC) Advisory Council in Memphis. He also serves on boards for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Church Health in Memphis and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville. He is a past chair of the American Cancer Society board and a recipient of the organization’s national St. George’s award. His other accolades include, among others: “Top 100 Distinguished Alumni” in Tennessee Alumnus, the University of Tennessee system’s alumni magazine; recognition as a “Health Care Hero;” inclusion in the Nashville Business Journal’s “Health Care 100” and a Nashville Business Journal “Most Admired CEO.” In addition to his commitment to community service and engagement, Dr. Wenk is known to carry a bright smile and generous spirit. 

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MCWHORTER SOCIETY FOUNDING CHAIRMAN 

RICHARD TREADWAY Dr. Richard Treadway, past chairman of the McWhorter Society at Belmont, 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 Massey 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 by 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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INDUCTION CEREMONY EMCEE 

JOHN SEIGENTHALER John Seigenthaler, Managing Partner at Finn Partners—is a former anchor and correspondent at NBC Nightly News. He is an award-winning communications professional and recognized as one of the most skilled storytellers in the broadcast industry.

He develops strategic communications plans for corporations in a variety of industries, focusing on health care. His expertise includes crisis communications, social media strategy, media interview direction/ training and video production. As an awardwinning journalist, Seigenthaler anchored NBC Nightly News Weekend Edition for almost a decade and appeared on Meet The Press, Dateline, TODAY, MSNBC, CNBC and Discovery Channel. He also worked as a reporter and anchor at KOMO TV (ABC) in Seattle, WKRN TV (ABC) and WSMV TV (NBC) in Nashville. He is a former member of Newseum Institute Board, a member of the Peabody Awards Board of Jurors and a judge for the RFK journalism awards. He is a member of the You Have the Power board in Nashville and is a graduate of Duke University. 

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THE MCWHORTER SOCIETY 

SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

TANNER SMALLING Gordon E. Inman College of Health Sciences & Nursing Public Health Major, Class of 2023 CLAYTON MCWHORTER SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIP

“My primary goal with my degree is to have a positive impact on other’s life; I take comfort in the idea that in my field I can help entire populations based upon data. Since my graduation this past May, I have begun working towards my goals by starting my master’s in public health at Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health with a concentration in Environmental Health and a graduate certificate in Infectious Disease Epidemiology. My dream is to get a doctoral degree in epidemiology and work with the Centers for Disease Control as a field epidemiologist and to eventually join their Epidemic Intelligence Service. This scholarship made attending Belmont easier for me because finances were a barrier to my attendance. I would like to thank the McWhorter family and the Health Care Hall of Fame so much for allowing me to attend this wonderful university.” Hall of Fame so much for allowing me to attend this wonderful university!" 

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HALLIE WAGGONER College of Pharmacy Class of 2025 COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS MCWHORTER SOCIETY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP

"Many experiences led me to choose Belmont for my undergraduate and graduate studies. Belmont has state of the art facilities and faculty that prioritizes students. My advisor has gotten to know me personally and I also have found interest in her area of study: pharmacogenomics. Overall, at Belmont, I hope to become a well-rounded pharmacist who uses clinical knowledge to provide the best patient care possible. This scholarship is a blessing because it reduces my student loans and takes some of the burden off my shoulders for when I graduate. I am so thankful for this scholarship, and the impact scholarships make on students at Belmont with your generosity." 

NAKEISHA MICHEAUX Jack C. Massey College of Business Healthcare MBA, Class of 2022 MCWHORTER SOCIETY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP

“For the past eleven years of my career, I have practiced as a nurse practitioner.

While at Belmont, I was able to take this opportunity to network and be a sponge to the knowledge and opportunities provided. A Healthcare MBA from the Jack C. Massey College of Business will open opportunities for me to advance my career. This academic experience helped me secure a leadership development fellowship at Vanderbilt. Eventually, I would like to start my own health care specialty practice or business and find ways to serve mankind.

This scholarship has been a blessing, and I am beyond appreciative. In am a full-time mother of a teenage daughter, full-time employee and wife. I have willingly invested the last few years of my life to these things. This scholarship motivated me to take time to invest in myself and future goals. I hope to pour into another student who aspires to become a great leader in health care. Thank you so much for investing in my education and future.” 

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AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO MEDICAL EDUCATION

Belmont University is reimagining medical education: training compassionate providers who understand whole-person care and prioritize the nuances of a person’s entire identity including their faith traditions, culture, neighborhood and more.

Focused on cultivating character, compassion and competence through medical education that values interprofessional and community engagement, the Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine at Belmont University aims to educate and mentor diverse physician leaders who embrace a whole-person approach to healing.

The College has been named in honor of health care icon Dr. Thomas F. Frist, Jr., a former Air Force surgeon, physician and co-founder of HCA Healthcare, headquartered in Nashville, TN. Clinical affiliates throughout the Nashville area, including HCA Healthcare’s TriStar Division, will provide essential clinical learning experiences for Belmont medical students, including core clerkships in the third year and required and elective rotations in the fourth year.

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SIMULATION CENTER Designed to be one of the most comprehensive centers in the country, Belmont’s Frist College of Medicine Simulation Center will provide immersive, hands-on experiences in a 50,000 square foot facility. Operating much like a flight simulator, students will train in the SIM Center to learn the intricacies and technicalities of patient care in a safer and hands-on environment, in preparation for clinical life after graduation.

Through simulation, students will learn how to work alongside a team of providers collaborating with fellow students in nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, social work and pharmacy, mirroring the teambased health care delivery model.

Belmont’s Doctor of Medicine (MD) program is a four-year graduate degree rooted in clinical relevance. Students will be taught in small and large-group settings by basic science and clinical faculty who have developed curriculum together and will teach alongside each other.

Medical education is academically rigorous by design. Belmont aims to develop unique programming, coupled with expanded resources, that will provide students with the support they need to maintain their enthusiasm for medicine all throughout their educational training.

Fitting seamlessly within Belmont’s health care corridor on Wedgewood Avenue, the Frist College of Medicine will be housed in a six-story, 200,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility.

Specially designed to create a fully interdisciplinary experience for students, the building will facilitate a team approach for medical and other health science students, deliberately patterned after modern health care delivery systems. 

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A LOOK BACK The Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame inducted five members, who joined the Hall of Fame’s 41 honorees, at a luncheon ceremony held at Belmont University on Tuesday, October 18, 2022. That event recognized the 2022 induction class to the Hall of Fame.

The event, hosted by John Seigenthaler, included a musical blessing by three Belmont musicians, an opportunity for each inductee to be recognized from the stage with an acceptance speech, and a special highlight of the McWhorter Society scholarship, the scholarship program supported by event funds.

These five inductees created the foundation for health care across our state and together formed the industry we celebrate today. 

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The 2022 Induction Class included: REGINALD COOPWOOD, M.D. DAVID W. GREGORY, M.D. NED RAY MCWHERTER CHING-HON PUI, M.D. RANDY WYKOFF, M.D., M.P.H. & T.M.

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1. Ms. Rebecca Pitt, Vice President for Corporate Communications of Presenting Sponsor Community Health Systems, presents Dr. Wykoff with his award.

2. John Seigenthaler, Jr. addresses the crowd prior to inducting the class of 2022.

3. Dr. Ching-Hon Pui gives his acceptance speech.

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BELMONT MUSICIANS 

MUSICAL GUESTS

DR. RYAN JOSEPH is an alumnus of Belmont University, where

he earned a Master of Music degree in Instrumental Pedagogy. He currently serves as Coordinator of Strings at the Belmont University School of Music, where he teaches commercial and classical violin, mandolin, and directs the Bluegrass Ensemble and World Fiddle Ensemble. Violinist, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and Grammy Award nominee, Ryan has been performing since he was 2 ½ years old, and he’s been featured on the CMA Awards, Academy of Country Music Awards, Good Morning America, The Today Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Jimmy Fallon, The View, The Late Show with David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Live with Kelly and Ryan, and numerous times on the Grand ‘Ole Opry. Ryan currently tours with country music legend, Alan Jackson, and has also performed and toured with artists such as Billy Ray Cyrus, Jimmy Buffett, Vince Gill, Bonnie Raitt, Zac Brown, Kacey Musgraves, Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood. 

KATE WARD of Kuttawa, Kentucky, is a senior commercial violin major at Belmont University with emphases in performance and composition and arranging. Kate previously studied with Elisabeth Small and currently studies with Ryan Joseph and Tony Moreira.

Kate is a member of the Belmont University Symphony Orchestra and the Bluegrass Ensemble and a previous member of the World Fiddle Ensemble and Classical String Quartets. Kate is heavily involved in the Belmont chapter of the American String Teachers Association (ASTA), an Archer Presidential Scholar, a participant in the Belmont Office of Leadership Development (BOLD), a member of Omicron Delta Kappa and the Dean’s Advisory Council, and she was named the College of Music and Performing Arts Sophomore Student of the Year in 2022. Additionally, Kate had the honor of opening for Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder at the Ryman Auditorium in 2019 and was selected as one of seven violinists from across the state of Kentucky in 2018 to attend the Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts. 

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MUSICAL GUESTS

ALEX HALDANE is an upright bassist/bass guitarist from Falls

Church, VA. He is a first-year graduate student at Belmont University, studying Commercial Music Performance on upright bass. For his undergraduate degree, he studied Classical Double Bass Performance at James Madison University. 

MARISSA COLTER is a senior Commercial Music major with an

emphasis in Violin Performance at Belmont University. Here she has studied under Dr. Ryan Joseph, Elisabeth Small, Billy Contreras and Justin Branum. As a member of Belmont’s Bluegrass Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra, she has been featured in Belmont performances such as Christmas at Belmont and President’s Concert. From Winston-Salem, North Carolina, she started out as a classical violinist, but took interest in bluegrass a few years later. Since then, she has competed in fiddle contests and won many awards including 1st place in the bluegrass fiddle division at the Old Fiddler’s Convention in Galax, Virginia. Outside of music, Marissa is involved in Belmont’s Reformed University Ministries. After college, she wants to continue recording sessions and performing live and hopes to tour one day. 

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Strengthening & Elevating Nashville as the Healthcare City A Premier Association for Healthcare Leaders Since 1995, the Council has convened the industry’s top minds and has provided a foundation for collaboration in healthcare. Supported by a board of world-class healthcare leaders and diverse ecosystem of corporate members, we create connection and value for our member companies, their employees and for Nashville’s unparalleled healthcare community.

Our Purpose We exist to strengthen and elevate Nashville as the Healthcare City.

Our Mission We promote Nashville as the premier market for healthcare organizations and executives who recognize and desire the value created through collaborative leadership.

Nashville’s Healthcare Industry

Across the globe, Nashville’s healthcare industry also generates more than $97 billion in revenue and approximately 550,000 jobs.

Nashville has helped shape the nation’s healthcare landscape for the past 50 years and continues to improve the delivery of patient care across the globe. Since the Council’s founding in 1995, Nashville’s healthcare community has continued to grow in scale, influence and interconnectivity.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Hall of Fame team would like to offer a special thank you to the following individuals who helped give life to this important initiative.

2023 SELECTION COMMITTEE:

ORIGINAL FOUNDING COMMITTEE:

Mr. Craig Becker Mr. Autry O.V. “Pete” DeBusk Ms. Nancy-Ann DeParle Mr. David Dill Ms. Carol Etherington Dr. L. Gregory Jones Dr. G. Scott Morris Dr. Paul E. Stanton, Jr. Ms. Anita Vaughn Dr. Randy Wykoff

Mr. William F. Carpenter, III Ms. Yolanda Chesley Dr. Robert C. Fisher Mr. Landon Gibbs Mr. William M. Gracey Mr. Caleb Graves Dr. William Hinds Ms. Hayley Hovious Ms. Jamie Lee Ms. Janet McDonald Dr. Bethel Thomas Ms. Caroline Young Mr. Willie Young

STEERING COMMITTEE:

Mr. Robert Clark Mr. William M. Gracey Ms. Jamie Lee Ms. Rosemary Plorin Ms. Joyce Searcy Ms. Tish Towns

Special thanks: We wish to recognize and thank the late Dr. Richard Treadway for laying the initial framework and providing the visionary conceptualization for the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame.

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HALL OF FAME MEMBERS The Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame is proud to recognize its accomplished members.

Through the years, the Hall of Fame has been fortunate to nominate and induct practitioners, scientists, entrepreneurs, teachers, philanthropists and community advocates who have impacted the lives of countless Tennesseans. To learn more about their lives and achievements, please visit our website, www.tnhealthcarehall.com. 

Monroe Dunaway (M.D.) Anderson

David Barton, M.D.

Jack O. Bovender, Jr.

Phil Bredesen

Dorothy Lavinia Brown, M.D.

Mary Bufwack, Ph.D.

Monroe Carell, Jr.

Tom Cigarran

Stanley Cohen, Ph.D.

Reginald Coopwood, M.D.

Autry O.V. (Pete) DeBusk

Nancy-Ann DeParle

Kathryn M. Edwards, M.D.

Lloyd C. Elam, M.D.

Carol Etherington M.S.N., R.N., F.A.A.N.

William E. Evans, Pharm.d.

John M. Flexner, M.D.

Thomas F. Frist, Jr., M.D.

Thomas F. Frist, Sr., M.D.

William H. Frist, M.D.

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Henry W. Foster, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.O.G.

Ernest W. Goodpasture, M.D.

David W. Gregory, M.D.

Joel C. Gordon

Frank S. Groner, LL.D.

John Henry Hale, M.D.

Millie E. Hale

James E.K. Hildreth, Ph.d., M.D.

Harry R. Jacobson, M.D.

Donald S. MacNaughton

Jack C. Massey

Lynn Massingale, M.D.

R. Clayton McWhorter

Ned Ray McWherter

Richard L. (Dick) Miller, F.A.I.A., E.D.A.C.

Stanford Moore, Ph.D.

G. Scott Morris, M.D.

Jonathan B. Perlin, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.H.A., M.A.C.P., F.A.C.M.I.

Donald P. Pinkel, M.D.

Ching-Hon Pui, M.D.

Robert Sanders, M.D.

David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D.

William Schaffner, M.D.

Mildred T. Stahlman, M.D.

Paul E. Stanton, Jr., M.D.

Danny Thomas

Matthew Walker, Sr., M.D.

Colleen Conway Welch, Ph.D., C.N.M., F.A.A.N., F.A.C.N.M.

Randy Wykoff, M.D, M.P.H. & T.M.

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KEY DATES & DEADLINES Next year’s celebration of Tennessee’s finest health care leaders will continue to be even bigger than this year’s—make plans to be involved! Nominate a worthy Tennessean, sponsor the Induction Ceremony and Luncheon or plan to attend. Below are key dates for the 2024 class. Visit tnhealthcarehall.com throughout the year for updates.

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Nominations open for 2024 Hall of Fame Inductee Class at tnhealthcarehall.com MARCH 8, 2024

Nomination submission deadline for the 2024 Hall of Fame Inductee Class JUNE 2024

2024 Hall of Fame Inductee Class announcement FALL 2024

Induction Ceremony and Luncheon sponsorship deadline Individual ticket deadline Induction Ceremony and Luncheon at Belmont University

For information about being a sponsor of the 2024 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Luncheon, please contact Belmont University at 615.460.6019 or email tnhealthcarehall@belmont.edu.

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