BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has recognized TriStar Centennial Medical Center with a Blue Distinction Centers for Cardiac Care designation, as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program. Blue Distinction Centers are nationally designated providers that show expertise in delivering improved patient safety and better health outcomes, based on objective measures that were developed with…
TriStar Centennial Heart and Vascular Center has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™ for its ventricular assist device destination therapy program. The certification recognizes TriStar Centennial’s dedication to continuous compliance standards with The Joint Commission’s standards by demonstrating a commitment to meeting stringent criteria for healthcare quality and safety in disease-specific care. TriStar…
A new innovation that holds promise to fight lung cancer is now in use at TriStar Centennial Medical Center. Used to view the inside of the lungs and obtain a tissue sample for biopsy, the goal of Auris Health’s Monarch™ Platform is to enable earlier and more-accurate diagnosis of small and hard-to-reach nodules in the…
TriStar Health which includes TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center, has added NICVIEW web streaming cameras to the Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) at five of its Nashvillearea hospitals. The TriStar hospitals with this new technology include TriStar Centennial, TriStar StoneCrest, TriStar Summit, TriStar Hendersonville and TriStar Horizon medical centers. Each NICVIEW camera will be mounted on…
TriStar Health is pleased to announce the opening of Centennial Women’s Group. The 11-member OB-GYN physician practice is fully dedicated to offering women convenient access to high-quality gynecology and reproductive health services, as well as pre-natal care and delivery. Board-certified OB-GYN physicians, Jennifer Bell, M.D., Jeffrey Draughn, M.D., Hannah Dudney, M.D., Rhonda Halcomb, M.D., Katherine…
TriStar Centennial Medical Center is pleased to welcome Amber Price, DNP, CNM as Chief Operating Officer for TriStar Centennial Women’s Hospital and The Children’s Hospital at TriStar Centennial. Amber Price most recently served as Associate Administrator and Vice President of Women and Children at The Women’s Hospital at Henrico Doctors’ Hospital in Richmond, VA. Prior…
TriStar Centennial Medical Center is proud to welcome Jeremy Mark Alexander Pantin, M.D., FACP to Sarah Cannon Center for Blood Cancer at TriStar Centennial. Dr. Pantin specializes in hematology and blood marrow transplantation. Dr. Pantin attended Medical School at The University of the West Indies in St. Augustine, Trinidad. He completed his residency in internal…
TriStar Health is adding 75 NICVIEW web streaming cameras to the Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) at five of its Nashville-area hospitals, which include TriStar Centennial, TriStar StoneCrest, TriStar Summit, TriStar Hendersonville and TriStar Horizon medical centers. Each NICVIEW camera will be mounted on the wall near the infant’s bed and will allow families to…
Leah Gongora-Rodriguez, 7 pounds, 10 ounces and 20 inches long, was the Smyrna community’s first baby of the new year and was born at TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center. Proud parents, Linet and Franklin of Antioch, welcomed their healthy baby girl at 12:42 p.m. on Jan. 2 at TriStar StoneCrest. Dr. Norman Hamburger, OB/GYN, delivered the…
Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital presented their 2018 Annual Physician award ceremony which recognized the outstanding accomplishments of clinical leadership. Dr. James Carter, the late Dr. Chester Falterman and Dr. William (Alex) Hollis were all honored as 2018 award recipients. Dr. James Carter was honored as the recipient of this year’s Physician of the Year Award,…