{"id":4579,"date":"2018-01-18T14:47:53","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T20:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/?p=4579"},"modified":"2018-01-18T14:47:53","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T20:47:53","slug":"tennessee-health-care-hall-of-fame-opens-nominations-for-2018-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/2018\/01\/18\/tennessee-health-care-hall-of-fame-opens-nominations-for-2018-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame Opens Nominations for 2018 Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-thumbnail\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.belmont.edu\/tennessee-health-care-hall-of-fame-inducts-inaugural-members\/health-care-hall-of-fame-2015-205-x3\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"health care hall of fame 2015-205-X3\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/news.belmont.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/health-care-hall-of-fame-2015-205-X3.jpg?resize=650%2C276\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>With a mission to honor men and women who have made significant and lasting contributions to the health and health care industry, The Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame seeks to recognize and honor the pioneers and current leaders who have formed Tennessee\u2019s health and health care community and encourage future generations of health care professionals. Created by Belmont University and the McWhorter Society, The Hall of Fame is supported by the Nashville Health Care Council, a Hall of Fame Founding Partner.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s nomination process opened after the 2017 class was inducted at a ceremony held on Belmont University\u2019s campus in October. The nominations process will remain open until February 15 and can be accessed at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tnhealthcarehall.com\">www.tnhealthcarehall.com<\/a>. The 2018 inductee class will be announced at the McWhorter Society\u2019s May luncheon.<\/p>\n<p>Nominees\u00a0can be practitioners, executives, entrepreneurs, mentors, teachers, scientists, researchers, innovators or any person with a connection to the health or health care field. Potential inductees must have:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Been born, lived or have worked in Tennessee<\/li>\n<li>Made a significant impact and lasting contribution to health care at the local, state, national or international level<\/li>\n<li>Exhibit the highest ethical and professional character<\/li>\n<li>Serve as an outstanding role model in their community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To date, the Hall of Fame\u2019s three inductee classes have included health care leaders from across the state including Jack Bovender, Dr. Dorothy Lavinia Brown, Dr. Stanley Cohen, Dr. Colleen Conway-Welch, Dr. Thomas Frist, Jr., Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr., Dr. William H. Frist, Dr. Henry Foster, Dr. Ernest Goodpasture, Joel Gordon, Dr. Frank Groner, Dr. Harry Jacobson, Jack C. Massey, R. Clayton McWhorter, Dr. Stanford Moore, Dr. Donald Pinkel, Dr. David Satcher, Dr. Mildred Stahlman, Dr. Paul Stanton and Danny Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>A Selection Committee, comprised of health and health care leaders from across the state, will evaluate nominees for The Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a mission to honor men and women who have made significant and lasting contributions to the health and health care industry, The Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame seeks to recognize and honor the pioneers and current leaders who &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/2018\/01\/18\/tennessee-health-care-hall-of-fame-opens-nominations-for-2018-class\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10,22,7,8,4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pharmacy","category-chs","category-public-health","category-nursing","category-occupational-therapy","category-physical-therapy","category-social-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4580,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4579\/revisions\/4580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}