Rob Lindsay
Frontline healthcare workers from seven of TriStar Health s hospitals in middle Tennessee received some of the first COVID-19 vaccines in the state on Thursday.
Healthcare workers who got shots said they were excited, relieved, and hopeful that the availability of COVID-19 vaccines spelled the end of the pandemic.
TriStar, which is part of big hospital chain HCA Healthcare, received 2,925 doses of the Pfizer vaccine on Thursday and gave out 550 doses.
Hundreds of frontline nurses, doctors, and other healthcare workers from Tennessee health system TriStar Health filed into an HCA Healthcare building in Nashville on Thursday to receive some of the first COVID-19 shots.
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Sarah Cannon Promotes Melissa Johnson, MD, to Program Director, Lung Cancer Research
December 17, 2020 GMT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BUSINESS WIRE) Dec 17, 2020
Today, Sarah Cannon announced the promotion of Melissa Johnson, MD, to Program Director of Lung Cancer Research. In her new role, Dr. Johnson will lead the lung cancer clinical trial portfolio across the Sarah Cannon network.
“Since joining Sarah Cannon, Dr. Johnson’s contributions to research have helped transform the treatment options available to patients facing lung cancer,” said David Spigel, MD, Chief Scientific Officer, Sarah Cannon. “As Program Director of Lung Cancer Research, Dr. Johnson will continue to help advance therapies for our patients today and in the future.”
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As the holidays get closer, healthcare professionals are choosing to decorate a little differently this year.
In fact, many are using PPE to dress up their Christmas trees as the U.S. continues to fight the coronavirus.
Many offices appear to be decorating their trees like the health professionals themselves, with face shields and masks at the top and blown-up latex gloves where hands would be.
Captains Way Dentistry West in Knoxville, Tennessee, posted a picture of its Christmas tree decorated like one of the staff including holding a toothbrush in one of its glove hands with the caption: “O PPE, O PPE, how germ-free are thy branches!”
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