Awards, Honors, Achievements
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been named to the Becker's Hospital Review roster of 100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs.
Evelyn Yeargin has been named president of National Alliance on Mental Illness Davidson County (NAMI-Davidson). As president, she will work with board members to build fiscal stability and assist in the planning and delivery of NAMI-Davidson services in the Greater Nashville Area. Yeargin serves as director of Advocacy for nonprofit behavioral health organization Mental Health Cooperative.
In other Mental Health Cooperative news, the organization has been awarded $2.6 million from the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services as part of the Pre-Arrest Diversion Infrastructure Grants. MHC and other recipients use the funds to reduce or eliminate the time individuals with mental illness, substance use, or co-occurring disorder spend incarcerated by redirecting them from the criminal justice system to community-based treatment and supports.
Middle Tennessee is home to three members of the recently announced American Heart Association's Greater Southeast Affiliate (GSA) Board of Directors for the 2017-2018 fiscal year. Local directors include: Kiersten Espaillat, DNP, APN, stroke coordinator, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Dawn Rudolph, chief experience officer, Saint Thomas Health; and Keith Wolken, chairman and CEO of SMS Holdings Corporation.
Brentwood-based Compassus, a nationwide network of community-based home health, palliative and hospice care programs, and Nashville-based Cumberland Consulting Group, a leading healthcare advisory, implementation and outsourcing services firm, have been named to the Inc. 5000 list of the nation's fastest-growing private companies.
Thomas W. Mahler Jr.
Behavioral health provider Centerstone recently announced Col. (Ret.) Thomas W. Mahler Jr. has been named chair of its Board of Directors for Centerstone Military Services. Mahler, of Winchester, Tenn., has served as a board member since 2003. A past chair of the Centerstone Research Institute board, he also serves on the Centerstone Foundation board.
Carol Etherington, MSN, RN, FAAN was recently elected as chair of the Metropolitan Board of Health of Nashville and Davidson County where she has served as vice chair since 2014 and as a board member since 2009. Additionally, board members elected Francisca Guzman as vice chair. Guzman has been a Board of Health member since 2014.
