Approaching its sesquicentennial year, Nashville’s HBCU health sciences center has set its sights on achieving goals both at home and abroad. NASHVILLE, TN — Growth. It is the prerequisite for a healthy existence. It is the predeterminate quality for a successful organism. It is the necessary ingredient for viability. 2017-18 was a good year for Meharry Medical College, and growth has been the watchword. The year has seen groundbreaking change, strong initiatives both domestically and internationally, sound development within its three schools of study, and substantial support from its benefactors, alumni and friends. It was a foundational year in achievement…
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NASHVILLE, TN — Jerome M. Adams, M.D., M.P.H., the 20th surgeon general of the United States, will be the featured speaker at the 143rd Commencement Exercises for Meharry Medical College, Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 9 a.m. at the Grand Ole Opry House Auditorium. Dr. Adams was sworn into office by Vice President Mike Pence on September 5, 2017. Dr. Adams, a board-certified anesthesiologist, served as state health commissioner of Indiana from 2014 to 2017. Dr. Adams, a Maryland native, has bachelor’s degrees in both biochemistry and psychology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, a master of public health…
NASHVILLE, TN — The inaugural run of Meharry Medical College’s mobile dentistry clinic started early. At 6 a.m. Wednesday, February 7, 2018, the clinic, a tractor-trailer with four treatment bays for providing dental services equipped with the ability to operate independently where necessary, set out from Nashville for Bartlett, Tennessee, northeast of Memphis. The team was bound for Youth Villages, a facility, according to their website, “serving emotionally and behaviorally troubled young people.” “We provide the dental services that they have to have” to meet government requirements, said associate dean, Walter R. Owens, D.D.S., FACD, FICD who led the team…
NASHVILLE, TN — At the 2018 National Minority Quality Forum Leadership Summit on Health Disparities and Spring Health Braintrust, Kimberley Perkins-Davis, D.D.S. ’95, told attendees that access to preventative oral health care for aging populations is key to enhancing their lives and relieving health disparities. The theme of the summit, which took place on April 16-17, 2018 in Washington, was bridging the equity gap across the lifespan to achieve sustainable, healthy communities. Dr. Perkins-Davis represented Meharry Medical College as a member of a panel focused on cultivating positive health outcomes in mature adults. The panel, “For Grown Folk: A Discussion…
NASHVILLE, TN — Andrew Carnegie once said, “No man can become rich without himself enriching others.” The 2018 Salt Wagon Award recipient has proven that to be true in more ways than one. Dr. Henry A. Moses, a beloved professor of biochemistry and executive director of the Meharry National Alumni Association, Inc., has touched the lives of a myriad of students, alumni, faculty, staff and employees throughout his long and distinguished 54-year career at Meharry Medical College. He has fulfilled the role of teacher, counselor, financier, confidante and father figure to countless individuals. Dr. Moses began his tenure at Meharry…
For Rachel Rosario, whose family instilled in her the value of reaching back to give to her community, seeing others smile has inspired her to become a dentist. It was during her family trips back to Haiti, carrying suitcases full of toiletries for those in need, that Rachel first decided she wanted to become a dentist. “One of the most prominent things I would recall from my trips to Haiti were the smiles,” she said. Though Rachel was moved by the smiles of those her family was able to serve, she was also concerned about those who were marred by…
NASHVILLE, TN — Meharry’s School of Medicine is taking the bold step to overhaul its curriculum, a move that will better prepare students for health care in the digital age by introducing new teaching strategies such as earlier clinical immersion and “flipped” classrooms. Dr. Veronica Mallett, Senior Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean of the Meharry School of Medicine, said because of rapid medical advances and changes in how students learn, Meharry must transition to an active-learning model that prepares students to be critical-thinkers who can easily adapt to future innovations. “The proposed curriculum changes will ensure our learners…
Engaging, Supporting and Preparing New Primary Care Clinicians NASHVILLE, TN — The new Meharry Medical College Physician Assistant Sciences program (MMCPAS) is a rigorous, full-time, 29-month, (seven-semester) academic professional degree program that includes basic science and clinical coursework, clinical skills training and supervised clinical practice instruction leading to the Master’s in Physician Assistant Sciences (MPAS) degree. The program addresses the demand for comprehensive delivery of medical care by producing health care professionals uniquely suited to address access to quality health care services in virtually every clinical setting. PA Profession History and Training The PA profession was born in North Carolina…
NASHVILLE, TN — During her first 60 days as the new dean of Meharry’s School of Medicine, Veronica T. Mallett, M.D., MMM launched her bold vision to transform Meharry into the southern region’s leading academic medical center by 2037. Mallett, who began her role as senior vice president for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine on March 1, oversees School of Medicine academic programs, research efforts, curriculum, student affairs and fiscal management. As senior vice president for health affairs, she is responsible for incorporating the activities of the school to advance the strategic goals of the college…
NASHVILLE, TN — In celebration of National Women’s Health Week (May 14-20, 2017), the Center for Women’s Health Research at Meharry Medical College is providing free mammograms on May 19th from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Where to go for free mammograms? Meharry Medical College, 1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Jr Blvd. Nashville, Tennessee 37208-3599 Free Parking – Park in the multi-story garage across from the Emergency/Main Entrance for Metro General Hospital on Albion Street. Please bring your parking ticket so that we can have it validated. Location of the center Old Hospital Building – 5th Floor – Room #5131 •…