The Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame was created in 2015 by Belmont University and the McWhorter Society with support from the Nashville Health Care Council as founding partner. The body serves to honor the health care pioneers, innovators and practitioners who have helped make Tennessee a major player in the nation’s health care sector.
Selected by a multi-member committee, the second annual class of six individuals follows 2015’s inaugural class of eight.
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