Sunrise Sober Living, LLC, has announced the opening of its second transitional living home location in Murfreesboro. The home, like the first location, is located in the Middle Tennessee State University area. It will provide additional local opportunities to provide help for men who are recovering from substance abuse or dependence. The first location opened…
On February 9, Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West became the first Ascension hospital in the country and the only medical facility in Tennessee to offer intracoronary brachytherapy, a procedure that helps improve chest pain in patients with stents that have re-narrowed (sometimes called “collapsed”) and reduces the chance of them narrowing again in the future….
Chloe Desnoes, D.O. is a board-certified physician who is now practicing at Murfreesboro Medical Clinic (MMC). Originally from the Dallas, Texas area, Dr. Desnoes received her undergraduate degree from Baylor University before moving to South Carolina to obtain her medical degree from Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine. She later made Tennessee her home as…
Middle Tennessee proudly “went red” on Friday for National Wear Red Day, but the mission of Heart Month is far from over! The newborns of Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown and Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford are donning red to raise awareness for Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. CHD Awareness Week runs from February 7th through…
Rutherford County has activated a limited-operations COVID-19 Vaccine Call Center. The purpose of the call center is to assist county residents with signing up for the state’s priority waiting list, following up with persons on the waiting list for first dose administration, and scheduling second dose appointments. The call center can be reached at 615-849-0347…
Within 28 days of offering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) administered vaccine No. 10,000 on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Air Force and Korean War Veteran Harold King received the milestone dose. “I feel very well and haven’t had any problems with the vaccine,” King,…
The American Heart Association, the world’s leading nonprofit organization focused on heart and brain health for all, is going “beyond the table” this year to further the commitment of the annual Rutherford Heart Ball. Unable to host the always exciting, in-person festivities, the 2021 Heart Ball celebration, which has supported the AHA’s mission for more…
Ascension Saint Thomas is the first health system in Tennessee, and one of the first in the nation, approved to provide Hospital Care at Home to Medicare fee-for-service patients. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, approved the service at Ascension Saint Thomas West and…
The Center for Joint Replacement at TriStar StoneCrest celebrated a new milestone! Join us in congratulating our surgeons, Dr. Greenberg, Dr. Mayfield, and Dr. Steinagle, along with our entire joint replacement team for performing over 200 robotic arm-assisted joint replacement surgeries using the Mako Robot since first bringing this technology to Rutherford County in 2019!…
TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center is proud to announce it has started administering the monoclonal antibody therapeutic, bamlanivimab, for the treatment of non-hospitalized patients with mild or moderate confirmed cases of COVID-19. Bamlanivimab received emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) on November 9, 2020. “TriStar StoneCrest is committed to providing excellent,…