Kelly Wolgast, DNP, MSS, RN, FACHE, a faculty member at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and a committee chair and board member of the Tennessee Action Coalition has been named a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and will be inducted as part of the 2015 class on Oct. 17 in Washington, D.C.
Two Nashville-area residents, H. Newton Williams and Keith Wolken, have been named to the American Heart Association Greater Southeast Affiliate (GSA) 2015-16 Board of Directors. Williams, a longtime volunteer advocate for the AHA, served as president & CEO for Hoechst-Roussel Canada. Wolken, who served as chair of the Greater Nashville board, is chairman and CEO of SMA Holdings, Inc.
George A. Hill, MD, a reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist at Nashville Fertility Center, has been elected treasurer of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM).
U.S. News & World Report ranked Vanderbilt University Medical Center as the top hospital in the state for a fourth straight year. Saint Thomas West was also recognized as one of the top five hospitals in Tennessee.
Life Care Center of Centerville, a skilled nursing and rehab facility, recently received the 2015 Bronze National Quality Award from the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living.