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A Letter from the Publisher
For the past three years, we have chosen our “Women’s Health Month” issue to highlight and honor several of the amazing women in the area who are making a difference around the corner and around the world.
These women are changing outcomes for individuals, institutions and for the larger population through hands-on care, diligent research, efficient and compassionate administration, intuitive leadership and effective policymaking.
2008 Women to Watch
Interestingly, since beginning “Women to Watch,” a running theme often seems to emerge among the honorees.
This year, many of the outstanding women profiled on the following pages talked about the importance of striking a balance between their busy professional careers and rich personal lives.
As with the two previous groups of women selected, the ‘Class of ‘08’ is intensely passionate about their respective fields. Whether its stopping cancer in its tracks, giving a child the chance to thrive, reaching out to the underserved, providing solace and support to the worried families of patients, striving for parity among mental and physical health options, or training young physicians, these healthcare leaders turn barriers to care into the stepping stones of innovation. After all, these women aren’t just dreamers … they are doers...
Cindy Sanders
Three-Way Merger Expands Centerstone’s Reach
Nation’s Largest Community-Based Mental Health Provider Getting Bigger
Sometimes size really does matter.
That’s the message David Guth, CEO of Centerstone, is spreading about the effort to most effectively and efficiently assist behavioral health patients.
CINDY SANDERS
Translating Algorithms into Positive Outcomes
Centerstone Partners with Renowned Researcher to Combat MDD
Last month, Centerstone announced a partnership between the company’s research arm and Dr. Madhukar Trivedi, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center who is nationally recognized for his leadership in evidence-based treatment of depression.
CINDY SANDERS
Caroline Young to Head Nashville Health Care Council
The Nashville Health Care Council (NHCC) tapped an in-house source of experience and expertise in naming Caroline Young as its new president.
Young was serving as interim president for the council in addition to heading the NHCC’s Leadership Health Care organization when she was selected for the permanent position.
KELLY PRICE
Bridges to Care
Finding a Medical Home for the Uninsured
As part of the Safety Net Consortium of Tennessee, Bridges to Care (BTC) helps link Nashville’s uninsured with providers for primary care, specialty care, dental and mental health services.
CINDY SANDERS
Tennessee Nurses Take Issues to Capitol Hill
“Tennessee’s nurses have always had a strong voice — not only for your profession, but for your patients as well. As caregivers and advocates, you are influential forces in the healthcare landscape in Tennessee. You are all here to make those voices heard on issues that affect the nursing profession … today is the day to make your priorities known.”
SHARON H. FITZGERALD
Bredesen Pushes for Long-Term Care Reform for TennCare Recipients
In a tight budget year, Gov. Phil Bredesen has declared the need to set priorities. For Tennessee’s chief executive, his 2008 streamlined agenda places heavy emphasis on continuing education initiatives and implementing fundamental change to the state’s long-term care system.
CINDY SANDERS
Knoxville Company Establishes Clinics for Truckers on the Road
America’s independent truck drivers usually pull into a travel center for a fill-up, a quick meal, a hot shower and a lot of coffee. Thanks to a company based in Knoxville, Tenn., healthcare is something else truckers can get on the road.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD
Vital Signs
What was previously being chalked up to normal executive attrition is beginning to seem like more at Vanderbilt, where, in the span of one April week, the dean of the medical school, the chair of cardiovascular medicine and the chair of ob/gyn all left for other institutions.
Walker Duncan
Meharry Researchers Instrumental in Reproductive Health Discoveries
Researchers at Meharry Medical College have played a prominent role in two recent discoveries impacting women’s reproductive health, showing great promise for future therapy options to combat premature ovarian failure and to reduce the risk of preterm labor.
CINDY SANDERS
New Molecular Tests Detect and Identify High-Risk HPV Types
Infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV) accounts for more than 95 percent of all cervical cancer. The American Cancer Society estimates that in the United States this year, about 11,000 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer and about 3,700 will die — making this the seventh most common cause of cancer in the nation and the second most common cancer in women worldwide.
NICHOLAS T. POTTER, PHD, FACMG
Meharry’s Center for Women’s Health Research
In October 2006, the Center for Women’s Health Research (CWHR) at Meharry officially opened its doors, but the mission of developing culturally sensitive models of research and interventions is one the medical college has long embraced.
Life After the Women’s Health Initiative
Confusion over HT Remains
When the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) trial of estrogen plus progestin was halted based on findings that the combination carried significant health risks that outweighed its benefits, women and healthcare providers around the country were left to navigate menopausal symptom management in a strange new world.
CINDY SANDERS
Avastin Wins FDA Accelerated Approval for Advanced HER2-Negative Breast Cancer
Avastin® by Genentech, Inc. (NYSE: DNA), a therapeutic antibody that interferes with a tumor’s blood supply, recently received accelerated approval from the FDA for use in combination with paclitaxel chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of metastatic HER2-negative breast cancer.
CINDY SANDERS
| Healthcare Recruiting Focus |
Nashville Proves a Popular Locale for Physician Recruits
When it comes to recruiting physicians to a community, recruiters in Middle Tennessee have a distinct advantage: Doctors like the Nashville area.
“It’s a great place to recruit to from a physician standpoint,” said Dr. Jordan Asher, a physician network executive with Saint Thomas Health Services. “Now there’s lot of competition, but it’s a very good medical community.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD
NCAA Men’s Basketball Finals and Healthcare Executive Search: What Do They Have in Common?
I work in the healthcare executive search arena and have the opportunity to recruit outstanding executive leadership for the country’s leading healthcare organizations. Outside of work, I am an avid sports fan, especially those big games when championships are on the line.
PAUL FRANKENBERG
Physician Recruiters Offer Tips to Docs on the Market
If you’re a physician looking for a job and a recruiting firm asks for money to help you secure employment, walk the other way. That’s the first word of advice to doctors from two physician recruiters who collectively boast more than five decades of experience in the profession.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD
| Current Physician Spotlight |
PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Dr. Mark R. Shaw
Repeating the second grade due to reading difficulties, a large class size and an overwhelmed teacher put a fire in the belly of Mark Shaw.
“After that year, I felt I needed to prove to myself that I could succeed academically,” admitted Shaw, a noted Nashville neuroradiologist who recently opened his own practice, Cool Springs Interventional...
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Calendar of events - Daily News Journal (subscription)
Calendar of events
Daily News Journal (subscription), TN - 1 hour ago
1158 meeting: 7 pm second Tuesday each month, VFW, Old Nashville Highway, Smyrna. For all Marines who were honorably discharged and want to continue this ...
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On The Move
Charlotte Observer, NC - Apr 8, 2007
Dr. Payton Fennell was named a chief resident at Cabarrus Family Medicine Residency Program. Michael Foschetti joined RED F Marketing as a managing director ...
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| | Street medicine: House calls without the house - Los Angeles Times
Street medicine: House calls without the house
Los Angeles Times, CA - Apr 2, 2007
People who become homeless tend to have severe personal problems, said John Lozier, the Nashville-based executive director of the National Health Care for ...
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