Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital is pleased to introduce industry veteran Teresa Collins, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, as its new Chief Nursing Officer, effective February 3, 2020. Teresa’s 28-year healthcare career includes adult and pediatric critical care, emergency services, acute and post-acute clinical care quality oversight, and extensive executive leadership experience. She most recently served as Chief…
Chris and Lacey Ray of Lynchburg, Tennessee were reunited with a medic team from Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services (RCEMS) and a Rutherford County Dispatcher this week just a month after the team delivered their baby boy in the back of an ambulance. Lacey was en route to Centennial Medical Center on the interstate when…
On November 1, 2019 Denise Flanagan was elevated to the position of Chief Operating Officer of Murfreesboro Medical Clinic & SurgiCenter. “This promotion was earned over the past several years as Denise has assumed a much larger role on the operations front of MMC,” said Joey Peay, CEO of Murfreesboro Medical Clinic. “Denise has been…
Neurosurgeons at TriStar Centennial Medical Center are the first in Tennessee to use fluorescence-guided surgery on high-grade glioma patients. Gleolan™ is an oral solution patients drink before surgery that “lights up” under blue light filters on a surgical microscope allowing surgeons to see and remove more of the tumor in some cases. A glioma is…
TriStar Centennial Heart and Vascular Center is pleased to welcome James Gentry, M.D. to Centennial Heart. Dr. Gentry specializes in structural and valvular heart disease including sports cardiology. He has also completed training in advanced echocardiography including structural peri-procedural imaging, nuclear cardiology, cardiac CT, and cardiac MRI. Dr. Gentry received his medical degree from the…
Here’s a quick look and update on the outside construction progress of the new addition onto the Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital. Next video update will include the inside!
TriStar Health will open its fifteenth CareNow® Urgent Care location on Tuesday, Aug. 6 to serve patients in the North Gulch area of downtown Nashville, Tenn. The 3,000 sq. ft. clinic will be located at 1020 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. and feature six exam rooms. CareNow® Urgent Care clinics provide a wide range…
TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center is the first hospital in Rutherford County to offer robotic-arm assisted total knee, partial knee and total hip replacements with the use of Stryker’s Mako System. Through a CT scan of the diseased joint, the system creates a 3D modeling of the patient’s bone anatomy. This allows surgeons to create a…
TriStar Centennial Medical Center is pleased to welcome Tom Jackson as the hospital’s new chief financial officer (CFO). Tom comes to TriStar Centennial from HCA Healthcare’s Parkridge Health System in Chattanooga where he served as market CFO for six years. Tom will oversee financial operations for the 741-bed hospital. Tom has nearly 20 years of…
TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center is pleased to announce the expansion of the hospital’s surgical services program with the addition of bariatric weight-loss surgery. Choosing weight loss surgery is a life-changing commitment and TriStar Southern Hills is proud to offer patients the latest in minimally invasive techniques that have been proven to reduce a patient’s…