UTC chancellor joins Erlanger hospital board
Steven R. Angle, chancellor of the University of Tennessee Chattanooga, has been appointed to serve on the Chattanooga Hamilton County Hospital Authority Board which governs Erlanger Health System.
Dr. Angle was appointed to Erlanger’s board by Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger and is the newest trustee on the 11-member hospital board. His term began in April and will run through October 2021. Angle will replace Jennifer Stanley who served two four year terms on the Board.
“There is nothing more important than the wellbeing of our community, and Erlanger plays a key role by providing broad access to quality health care,” Angle said.
Prior to joining UTC, Angle served as provost and professor of chemistry at Wright State in Dayton, Ohio and as dean of the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and Director of Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of California, Riverside.
He earned a B.A. degree in Chemistry from the University of California, Irvine and a M.S. degree in Organic Chemistry from the University of California, Los Angeles, before returning to UC Irvine for his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry.
Osborne, Munford join Erlanger hospital Spiritual Care program
Erlanger Health System’s Spiritual Care program has expanded with the addition of Nancy Osborne as director of Erlanger’s Spiritual Care and Chaplaincy Services and Keith Munford as program director of Clinical Pastoral Education.
Prior to taking her role at Erlanger, Osborne served as clinical chaplain and Certified Educator at W.G. Hefner Veterans Administration Medical Center in Salisbury, N.C. Previously, she was director of chaplaincy and clinical pastoral education at Good Samaritan Society, University Specialty Center in Minneapolis, Minn. Osborne attended Wake Forest University for her undergraduate degree and received her Masters of Divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Munford is also a certified educator and previously served as a chaplain and clinical pastoral education supervisor at Hospice of Chattanooga, as well as director of clinical services at Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation. He received his undergraduate degree from Lee University, a Master of Arts from Church of God School of Theology and a Master of Divinity from Emory University.
Erlanger has the only Clinical Pastoral Care education program in Chattanooga, offering meditation, cancer support services and bereavement services.
Siskin Children’s Institute adds six new board members
Siskin Children’s Institute has added six new board members, each of whom will serve a three-year term. Paul Loftin is the current board chair, and Dr. Mary Tanner is the immediate past chair. The new board members include:
Alan Cates, attorney, is a member of Husch Blackwell’s Financial Services and Capital Markets team. Cates is a member of the Tennessee Probate Study Committee and has served on the faculty of the National Planned Giving Institute of the College of William and Mary for more than 25 years.
Dr. Andrea Goins, pediatrician, graduated from the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine was a resident at the UT College of Medicine. She is affiliated with Children’s Hospital at Erlanger, Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital, Erlanger East Hospital, and Erlanger North Hospital. Dr. Goins heads the NICU follow up clinic.
Stacy Lightfoot is vice president of the College & Career Success, Public Education Foundation, who coordinates the PEF’s Camp College program, an intensive college planning weekend retreat for first-generation and low-income students. Additionally, Ms. Lightfoot manages the Passport Scholars program, providing young women of promise with residential summer enrichment experiences across the country.
Stephen Ratterman, Jr. is a senior vice president with Pinnacle Financial Partners. Ratterman earned a B.B.A. in Managerial Finance and Investment Analysis from the University of Mississippi and is a graduate of the Southeastern School of Banking conducted at the Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University
Matt Rivers is the principal product manager at BlueCross Blue Shield of Tennessee. Rivers received his B.A. from the University of the South and earned a Master of Public Administration from The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a concentration in Nonprofit Management. Currently, he is participating in the 2017 UTC Executive Education Leadership Program.
Eddie Russell, president of SecureAmerica, has been involved in facility services for 20 years. Russell serves as a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), Building Services Contractor Association International (BSCAI) and Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce.
Dr. Jim Shire is a physician specializing in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery and owner of Shire Facial Plastic Surgery. A graduate of Ohio State University and the Medical College of Ohio, Dr. Shire completed a medical residency at the University of Cincinnati and a fellowship at Tulane University. He practices at Erlanger and Memorial hospitals, and his research is published regularly in medical journals.
Founded in 1950, Siskin Children’s Institute provides early childhood education where children with and without disabilities learn together; family support and professional development programs; developmental pediatric health care; and home and community-based early intervention.
McIntyre joins ML Healthcare
Alexie McIntyre has been joined ML Healthcare as the regional director of client development covering the Southeast region.
ML Healthcare is a medical funding company that addresses the critical gap that occurs when an injury victim does not have sufficient access to healthcare. ML Healthcare gives injured clients access to a network of skilled, carefully screened healthcare providers so they can receive treatment right away instead of waiting on their settlements. Likewise, ML Healthcare makes it possible for these healthcare providers to treat more patients that ordinarily could not afford their medical services.
“We are increasingly focused on expanding to several territories in the Southeast region,” says Trey Carnes, vice president and in-house counsel at ML Healthcare. “With the region’s strong healthcare and legal communities, along with Alexie’s understanding and experience in collaborating with them, we’re excited to expand our resources as we continue to provide quality care for our patients.”
Prior to joining ML Healthcare, Ms. McIntyre worked for Southside Creative as a project manager for the agency’s portfolio of clients. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Management from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Ms. McIntyre also serves on the board for several nonprofits in the Chattanooga area.
Dr. Taylor joins Parkridge Medical
Parkridge Medical Center has added pulmonologist Susan Taylor, MD, to its Parkridge Medical Group – Diagnostic Center at 2205 McCallie Ave.
Taylor earned her medical degree from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, where she also served an internship in family medicine. She completed a residency in family medicine at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, where she gained experience in caring for patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Dr. Taylor further cultivated her ICU training while serving a fellowship in pulmonary disease at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, where she spent two years rotating through ICUs at various medical centers in Memphis.
To treat the spectrum of pulmonary illness, Dr. Taylor uses a full complement of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, including arterial and central venous line placement, guiding ventilator management, percutaneous tracheostomy, pulmonary artery catheter placement, thoracentesis and tube thoracostomy, and tracheal intubation.
“Dr. Taylor brings a skillset to Parkridge Health that will undoubtedly enhance the level of pulmonary care we offer the tristate area,” said Tom Ozburn, president and CEO of Parkridge Health System.
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