NASHVILLE, TN — Tom Joyner, host of the nationally syndicated radio program, “The Tom Joyner Morning Show,” returns to Nashville this week—this time to address the 2017 graduating class of Meharry Medical College during its 142nd Commencement, Saturday, May 20, 2017 at the Belmont University Curb Center. Joyner’s family has a Meharry connection—his grandfather, Oscar, was a physician who graduated in 1909 from the Medical Department of Central Tennessee College, which is now Meharry Medical College. Dr. Joyner, like most Meharry alumni, went on to practice in an underserved area. He set up shop in Plant City, Florida and was…
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NASHVILLE, TN — From the beginning of his presidency—and with an eye to Meharry Medical College’s sesquicentennial in 2026—James E. K. Hildreth, Ph.D., M.D. set in motion a series of priorities to advance the college—what he calls a state of “Evolution and Transformation.” “Meharry is both a health care organization and an institution of higher education,” Dr. Hildreth said in his inaugural address last year, “and dramatic changes are occurring in both of these domains.” Dr. Hildreth quoted writer Henry Gibson to make his point: “The future is already here…” Accordingly, policies and practices are being considered and implemented to…