The Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame unveiled its fourth annual class of inductees, including physicians, nurses, educators and philanthropists who "made significant and lasting contributions to the health and healthcare industries," according to The Tennessean.
The Nashville Health Care Council, McWhorter Society and Nashville, Tenn.-based Belmont University created the award and chose the winners from a pool of 40 nominees.
"With individuals from all across Tennessee who have made a significant impact on their communities through their work as leaders, politicians, practitioners, scientists, philanthropists and innovators, the Hall of Fame is honored to induct such a deserving group of healthcare heroes," said Hayley Hovious, president of the Nashville Health Care Council.
Here are this year's winners, as described in a press release from the Nashville Health Care Council.
Monroe Carell Jr.: Former CEO of Nashville-based Central Parking Corporation; prominent philanthropist who led efforts to fund the Monroe Carell, Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn.
Carol Etherington, MSN, RN: Initiated victim intervention for the Davidson County Police Department; established coalitions that led to the founding of the Nashville Prevention Partnership and volunteer mental health pools for the Red Cross; current chair of the Metro Nashville Board of Health and associate professor of nursing emerita at Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health.
John Henry Hale, MD, and Millie Hale: Brave and innovative practitioners who paved the way for justice and equality; opened their home to become the Millie E. Hale Hospital when African Americans couldn't be treated at 'white' institutions; created a holistic community center; Dr. Hale was professor of clinical medicine and surgery at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn.; Millie Hale created a training center for nurses across the South.
Lynn Massingale, MD: Known as a major influencer on emergency medicine, nationwide; founded TeamHealth and served as CEO from 1979 to 2009 and now serves as chairman; was named a Hero of Emergency Medicine by the American College of Emergency Physicians and received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award; previous EMS Medical Director of Tennessee.
William Schaffner, MD: Professor of preventive medicine, department of health policy and professor of medicine, division of infectious diseases, at Vanderbilt (Tenn.) University School of Medicine; nation's pioneer of rigorous infection control in hospitals; his Nashville standard became the standard of excellence nationwide; national leader on adult immunizations; served as president of the National Foundation for Infectious Disease and is now medical director; longest serving member of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
Matthew Walker, Sr., MD: Founded the Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center, Inc.; was one of the first African Americans voted into the Nashville Academy of Medicine; credited for training half of the African Americans in the U.S. at the time of his death; served as a professor at Meharry Medical College for four decades; first African American fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
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