11th Annual Wine Around the Square

More than $260,000 raised at 11th Annual Wine Around the Square Event

The Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation is thrilled to announce they raised $263,253 at their 11th annual Wine Around the Square event. This annual event took place on Saturday, October 22, in the historic Downtown Square in Murfreesboro to honor Drs. Mary and Max Moss and to raise funds for the Power of Pink, Rutherford…

Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Westlawn

Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Westlawn Hosting Hiring Event

Job seekers are encouraged to explore opportunities with Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Westlawn hospital, Tennessee’s first neighborhood hospital scheduled to open its doors early 2023. This neighborhood hospital will include eight private inpatient medical beds, an emergency department with eight treatment rooms, diagnostic imaging and laboratory services and a second story dedicated to medical offices….

Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Names NICU after Generous Donors Lee and Susan Moss

Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Names NICU after Generous Donors Lee and Susan Moss

Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford and Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation are celebrating their newly named neonatal intensive care unit after generous donors Lee and Susan Moss. Lee and Susan have been supporters of Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford, originally Middle Tennessee Medical Center, when Lee began his service on the Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Board…

Murfreesboro Couple Presented Award to Healthcare Heroes Who Saved Daughter’s Life

Murfreesboro Couple Presented Award to Healthcare Heroes Who Saved Daughter’s Life

As NICU Awareness month comes to a close, former Ascension Saint Thomas Rutheford patient Averi Bates and her husband, Samuel Bates, returned to the hospital on Thursday, September 29th, to show gratitude to their personal healthcare heroes. At the start of Averi’s pregnancy, she was considered high risk. “In 2019, while working as a cardiology…

2022 - 2023 Class of The Commonwealth Society

Rutherford County Business Professionals Chosen for Exclusive Look Inside County’s Largest Hospital

The Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation is pleased to introduce the 2022 – 2023 class of The Commonwealth Society, a forum for Rutherford County business professionals to receive a “behind the scenes” look at the inner workings of the county’s largest hospital while exploring healthcare issues of national and local importance. As in years’ past,…

Murfreesboro Baby Comes Home

After 1 Collapsed Lung and Two Weeks in the NICU, Murfreesboro Baby is Home

It was a day of celebration and love for Kara Forge, who was 33 weeks pregnant. Kara’s family gathered together to throw her a shower for her soon-to-be son. Little did they know, he would be arriving just hours later. That evening, she was getting ready for bed and noticed she was bleeding. Kara is…

Russ and Allison Burns

Murfreesboro Couple Provides Generous Gift to Community in Honor of Husband’s Late Parents

This summer, a Middle Tennessee couple Russ and Allison Burns provided a generous gift to the community in honor of Russ’s late parents, James and Allison Burns. “I wanted to give back to the community that raised me,” said Russ. This $100,000 gift through the Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation will support the mission of…

Kristin Demos

Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Adds Well-Known Community Member to Board of Directors

Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford is pleased to announce that Kristin Demos, longtime Vice President of Brand and Retail for Demos Brands, has joined the hospital’s board of directors. The Middle Tennessee State University graduate is a past president of the Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation Board and has a rich history of giving back to…

Dr. Smith's family

Anonymous Donor Gives $100,000 to Support Local Doctors-in-Training

The late Dr. George Smith made history as one of Murfreesboro’s first prominent African-American physicians. Now his legacy has inspired an anonymous donor to invest locally in the education of doctors-in-training. With a $100,000 gift, the donor has established the Dr. George W. Smith Family Medicine Residency Memorial Endowment through the Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford…

Nick Person

Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation Announces New Board Member

The Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation is pleased to announce that Nick Person will join the foundation’s board of directors. Nick resides in Murfreesboro and is a staff member at New Vision Church, just outside of Nashville. He recently completed his master’s degree from Richmont Graduate University and, this fall, will be starting his Doctoral…