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June 27, 2016
Surgeon General Visits Nashville
Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University Medical Center hosted Grand Rounds with Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, U. S. Surgeon General, on Wednesday, June 22.  
Dr. Murthy's talking points focused on five areas to help address the opioid crisis in our country.
  1. Proper prescribing by all providers (MD, NP, PA)
  2. Educating the public
  3. Providing Naloxone to first responders and families
  4. Ensuring treatment is readily available
  5. Changing how the country thinks about addiction
Several NAM members and staff were honored to attend.  Read full coverage from The Tennessean online here. 
Three Nashville Academy Doctors Selected for Leadership Training Program

A group of 12 physician leaders from around the state met in Monteagle earlier this month to learn about collaboration, influence, conflict management and negotiation through a leadership training program offered by the Tennessee Medical Association.  The following three NAM members were selected to participate in this second class of the Leadership Immersion Program, part of the John Ingram Institute for Physician Leadership:

Michael Beckham, MD, FACP
Lee Fentriss, MD
Annette Kyzer, MD
Tennessee Health Care Innovation Initiative (THCII) will host Episode Design Feedback Sessions on Tuesday, July 19.
Episode feedback sessions are an opportunity for the public to comment on what is working well with each episode's clinical design and where providers would suggest changes for next year.

The episode design feedback sessions are open to anyone who RSVPs. THCII will hold feedback sessions on the clinical design of eight episodes according to the following schedule: 

  • 8:00 AM: Acute asthma exacerbation, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) acute exacerbation
  • 9:15 AM: Total joint replacement
  • 10:30 AM: Perinatal
  • 11:45 AM: Break
  • 12:15 PM: Acute exacerbation, Outpatient and non-acute inpatient cholecystectomy
  • 1:30 PM: Acute percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), Non-acute percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
  • 2:45 PM: Screening and surveillance colonoscopy
Location Details: 
Tennessee Department of Health
Mid-Cumberland Regional Health Office
710 Hart Lane, Nashville, TN
Visitor parking is available in the rear of the office building
*Please enter in the front of the building and press the buzzer to enter


Please submit questions and recommendations in advance of the meeting at payment.reform@tn.gov by Wednesday, July 13, 2016, even if you also plan to speak at the meeting. 

Thank you to
our sponsors:
Burke Financial Group, LLC
2016 Board of Directors:
  • Adele Lewis, MD  
    Chairman
  • Lee Fentriss, MD
    President
  • Ralph Atkinson, MD
    President-elect
  • M. Kevin Smith, MD
    Secretary / Treasurer
  • Susan Briley, MD
  • Rodney Lewis, MD
  • Michel McDonald, MD
  • V. Seenu Reddy, MD
  • Jane Siegel, MD
  • Richard Soper, MD
  • Robin Williams, MD
Contact Us:
General Inquiries
info@nashvillemedicine.org
Phone: (615) 712-6236  
 
Project Access Nashville 
Specialty Care
PANInfo@nashvillemedicine.org
Phone: (615) 712-6237
 
Rebecca Leslie
Executive Director
rleslie@nashvillemedicine.org 

Claire Wisely
Director of Project Access Nashville Specialty Care
cwisely@nashvillemedicine.org

Daniela Miranda
Project Access Coordinator
dmiranda@nashvillemedicine.org
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