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Ian Shives named to head Collegedale Morning Pointe and more Chattanooga-area career moves

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Ian Shives named to head Collegedale Morning Pointe

Ian Shives has been named the executive director for Morning Pointe of Collegedale at Greenbriar Cove.

Shives brings nearly a decade of senior living experience and proven leadership skills to the Morning Pointe of Greenbriar Cove team.

“Morning Pointe prides itself on selecting the very best leaders to serve our seniors,” said Greg A. Vital, president of Morning Pointe Senior Living. “Ian understands what makes a senior living community effective, and I know he and his team will usher in a new tradition of excellence at Morning Pointe of Greenbriar Cove.”

Shives obtained his bachelor’s degree in social work from Southern Adventist University in 2010, and served as the director of social services for Life Care Centers of America and the director of operations for Heritage Healthcare Management Services.

“I am honored to be back in Collegedale directing an exemplary leadership team at Morning Pointe of Greenbriar Cove,” said Shives. “My love for ‘the greatest generation’ fuels my passion for enriching the lives of seniors who call Morning Pointe home.”

photo Staff photo by Tim Barber / Dr. Kelly Arnold in her Clinica Medicos office on East 23rd Street.

TAFP names Dr. Kelly Arnold top family physician

Dr. Kelly Arnold, a family medicine physician with Erlanger Primary Care’s UT Family Practice office, has been named the 2020 Family Physician of the Year by the Tennessee Academy of Family Physicians. The annual award is given to a family medicine physician who has made an outstanding contribution in the field, to the advancement of health, and advancement of medical education.

Arnold was nominated for her work founding and running the Clinica Medicos, a medical clinic modeled after global mission hospitals making quality healthcare accessible to Chattanooga’s underserved Latin community. The clinic provides a full spectrum of primary health care aiding in preventing usage of emergency rooms for primary care.

Arnold also developed an Advanced Obstetrics and Urban Mission Family Medicine fellowship program that allows family physicians to pursue additional training that makes them invaluable resources to marginalized populations in cities and rural areas across the globe.

“Dr. Arnold is a champion of identifying and solving problems related to health disparities in our community, while maintaining a clear focus on safe, efficient, equitable, patient-centered care simultaneously demonstrating that it is possible for facilities to be financially solvent and care for the underserved,” said Dr. James Haynes, chairman of Family Medicine at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Chattanooga.

Chase Shaw joins The Shaw Group

Chase Shaw recently joined The Shaw Group real estate team in their affiliation with Real Estate Partners Chattanooga LLC at the Shallowford location under broker Diane Burke.

Shaw was educated in Indianapolis followed by Chattanooga State and UTC. He is the son of McCallie School alumni Curtis Shaw, a longtime, top-ranked basketball referee who officiated many March Madness games. Following those footsteps, Shaw also is a referee in the NCAA Division 1.

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Jackson Carroll hired at Keller Williams

Jackson Carroll has joined the Chattanooga property team at Keller Williams Realty – Downtown.

Carroll earned a biology degree from Shorter University where he was a star basketball player. He was previously at the Dalton branch of Keller Williams, and is licensed in both Georgia and Tennessee.

photo Adria Sherrill

Adria Sherrill joins CHI Memorial Center for Healthy Aging

Adria Sherrill, FNP-C, has joined CHI Memorial Center for Healthy Aging.

Sherrill earned a bachelor’s in nursing and a master’s in nursing, family nurse practitioner, from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She is an advanced registered nurse practitioner and certified in family medicine by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

Sherrill joins Alycia Cleinman, MD, geriatric medicine specialist, Cassie Rodriguez, MSN, NP-C, and Einre Lopez, LCSW, at CHI Memorial Center for Healthy Aging. The practice focuses on adults aging into geriatrics and providing quality health care that helps individuals remain healthy and active throughout their lives.

– Compiled by Brandi Dixon

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