NASHVILLE, TN — Ascension Saint Thomas Heart’s structural heart and valve team was the first in Tennessee to implant the ACURATE neo2 Aortic Valve System. The ACURATE neo2 Aortic Valve System is a new generation transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) device designed to further reduce complication rates, streamline TAVR procedures and expand access to treat patients even with challenging anatomies. “We are proud to be the first hospital in Tennessee to participate in the ACURATE IDE trial to assess the safety and effectiveness of the ACURATE neo2 Aortic Valve System for patients suffering from severe aortic stenosis,” said Tim Adams,…
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NASHVILLE, TN — The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee honored seven trailblazing Women of Wonder at the 26th annual Joe Kraft Humanitarian Award luncheon Thursday, October 17 at the Music City Center’s Davidson Ballroom, the honorees resplendent in “Women of Wonder” sashes and fresh floral corsages. You couldn’t miss them, nor be less than awed by their lifelong accomplishments. Each year this award honors a person or persons who, like the late Joe Kraft, demonstrates a commitment to community, home and hearth, and individuals in need. This year’s honorees are: Clare Armistead, style icon, philanthropist and fundraiser; Janet Ayers, philanthropist…
Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD) speaking at the National Press Club, August 2019. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images) When Elijah Cummings died he became the first African American to have his body lie in state in the Capitol at the National Statuary Hall, the same place where Abraham Lincoln once lay. As soldiers unloaded him from the hearse, camera shutters clicked non-stop. As the flag-draped casket was wheeled into the packed rotunda, the crowd grew silent and soldiers saluted him. President Trump was not there. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, called Cummings the master of the house. “I have called him…
Clara T. Kelly is Program Manager of Family Caregiver Support for the Greater Nashville Regional Council on Aging and Disability Services. NASHVILLE, TN – Meharry Medical College hosted the 33rd Middle Tennessee Geriatric Conference last week. Medical practitioners, researchers, hospital administrators, and representatives from several non-profits attended the conference that was held at the Cal Turner Family Center for Student Education. Megan Shepherd-Banigan, Assistant Professor at Duke University School of Medicine presented her research about caregivers of older adults who are veterans. Her paper, “Optimizing outcomes for older adults through support for family caregivers”, is about how different support models…
WHEN: Friday, October 25, 2019 8:00 AM. WHO: Simon Sidi, co-founder of Politicon, will be available for onsite interviews. WHERE: Music City Center; 201 5th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37203 Baby Trump, the inflatable caricature of President Donald Trump–is making its debut in the South this weekend, appearing in Nashville this Friday morning in the lead up to the 5th annual Politicon. Baby Trump will fly over Music City Center Friday morning to mark the big weekend before it moves inside to be on display during the convention. Baby Trump will be one of the many political statements made this…
By Haley Charlton NASHVILLE, TN — Dr. Jonathon Perlin, Richard Miller, Clara Elam, widow of Dr. Lloyd Elam was awarded, Morris Flexner, father John Flexner was awarded, Dr. David Barton, Dr. Mary Bufwack and Dr. Nancy-Ann Deparle were inducted into the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Luncheon at Belmont University on October 15, 2019. The Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame inducted its 2019 class, made up of seven health care legends from across the state, at a luncheon and ceremony in Belmont’s Curb Event Center today. Hosted by John Seigenthaler, Jr., a partner at DVL…
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — Five federal judges have blocked the Trump administration’s new public charge rules and stopped the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) from making immigrants pass a wealth test to get green cards. It’s the latest gambit by the Trump Administration to make life miserable for immigrants and their families. In his decision granting an injunction, Judge George Daniels of the Southern District of New York called it “a policy of exclusion in search of a justification”. Inside the U.S. the old rules will stay in effect until the legal cases move through the courts.…
NASHVILLE, TN — Presented by President Glenda Baskin Glover, Mrs. Rosetta Miller Perry is being honored with the Tennessee State University Presidential Humanitarian in the Arts Award. The presentation will be on Saturday, October 26, at the 5th Annual Harry T. Burleigh Spiritual Festival’s culminating free concert at 7 pm at the TSU Performing Arts Center. The award recognizes a lifetime of working to open doors and to provide opportunities in the Arts and other areas to people who had been traditionally excluded. This prestigious award will perpetuate its recognition by putting into place a mechanism to assist…
NASHVILLE, TN — Darrell Freeman has been named the 2019 JA Nashville Business Hall of Fame laureate by Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee. Hosted by Delta Air Lines, this distinguished annual event recognizes Nashville’s outstanding contributors to business and philanthropy. Freeman was selected by Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee (JA) and past laureates for his achievements in both entrepreneurship and business leadership in the Nashville area. He will be honored at Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee’s Nashville Business Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at the Music City Center. Freeman joins an extraordinary group of individuals in…
MURFREESBORO, TN — More than 10 years ago, Judith Iriarte-Gross had a vision and dream to provide something that would be a lasting hallmark for women in STEM at MTSU in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math. Iriarte-Gross always has been a dreamer. In 1997, more than 20 years after Expanding Your Horizons in Math and Science, or EYH, started on the West Coast, she implemented the MTSU EYH version on campus. It just celebrated its 23rd anniversary. A decade later, she approached then-Provost Kaylene Gebert, an EYH board member and longtime supporter, about an idea that would…