Profiles

Physician Spotlight: Bringing Care Home

Nov 12, 2020 at 12:50 pm by Staff

Mark Montoney Delivering More Options to Chronically Ill Patients Managing the health of chronically ill patients is an ongoing challenge, but it's one Mark Montoney, MD, MBA.... Read More

State's First Female Heart Transplant Recipient Celebrates 35 Years On Borrowed Heart

Oct 06, 2020 at 11:51 am by Staff

76-year-old Jan Shasteen Vaughn is a breathing, laughing, singing piece of Tennessee history. On September 7, 1985, she became the first woman in the state to receive a heart.... Read More

The (Flight) Path to Medicine

Sep 08, 2020 at 10:17 am by Staff

Ashley Panas Takes her Love for Emergency Care to the Skies Ashley Panas, MD, is taking her passion for medicine to new heights. Now in her seventh year as assistant medical d.... Read More

Sharing Best Practices in Behavioral Health

May 19, 2020 at 05:49 pm by Staff

Psych Hub Generating Awareness, Education around Mental Health Understanding mental health is an ongoing challenge for providers and patients, alike. That's where Nashville-b.... Read More

Celebrating 15 Years of Incredible Leaders

May 19, 2020 at 04:49 pm by Staff

Following are the 15 classes of Women to Watch. Some of these trailblazers have happily retired after a career of service. Others have moved to other positions and taken up ne.... Read More

PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Dr. Michael Caldwell: Leading the Way on Public Health

Apr 10, 2020 at 04:46 pm by Staff

Nashville Public Health Welcomes New Chief Editor's Note: With a public health focus in April, we were excited the timing lined up so nicely to 'introduce' Dr. Michael Caldwe.... Read More

The Kidney Project: Pioneering Hope

Mar 09, 2020 at 04:28 pm by Staff

VUMC's William Fissell Tackling First Bioartificial Kidney The path to nephrology was far from traditional for William H. Fissell, IV, MD, associate professor of Medicine at.... Read More

Physician Spotlight: A Heart for Healing

Feb 12, 2020 at 10:29 am by Staff

Kristen Kerr Committed to Education, Better Cardiac Outcomes In the United States, one in four women die from heart disease. Those are odds TriStar Summit Medical Center cardi.... Read More

Physician Spotlight: Leading with Compassion

Nov 18, 2019 at 04:49 pm by Staff

Compassus CMO Dr. Kurt Merkelz Changing Views on End-of-Life Care Caring for elderly and end-of-life patients can be a tough road, but it's one Kurt Merkelz, MD, is grateful t.... Read More

Making the Grade with Embold Health

Nov 18, 2019 at 01:25 pm by Staff

Improved Savings, Outcomes by Identifying Top-Performing Docs How do companies know employees are getting the best healthcare available? Until now, they didn't ... but thank.... Read More