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Source: Nashville Business Journal
Author: Nikki Ross
Date: July 19, 2024
The Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame is growing by four members, one of which is a former leader of HCA Healthcare Inc.
Belmont University announced the 2024 inductee class on Thursday. The class will be honored at a ceremony at Belmont’s Fisher Center for the Performing Arts on Oct. 15, according to a news release.
This is the 10th class of the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame, which was founded by Belmont, the McWhorter Society and the Nashville Health Care Council. Since its founding, the Hall of Fame has inducted over 50 health care leaders.
"The 2024 inductees to the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame represent the best of our state's rich health care legacy," Belmont President Greg Jones said in the release. "From pioneering medical research and innovative health care delivery to transformative leadership and humanitarian efforts, these individuals have made profound impacts on health care and the wellbeing of countless people and communities.”
Nashville's health care industry generates $67.91 billion annually, according to an economic impact study by the Nashville Health Care Council and Middle Tennessee State University. The health care industry is the city's No.1 employer with one in every 12 occupations in Nashville being in the health care sector, according to the report.
Here is this year’s list of honorees:
Stan Edmunde Broch: Founder and president of Remote Area Medical, headquartered in Rockford, Tennessee
Dr. Walter Hughes: Former member and founding chair of the Department of Infectious Diseases at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Milton Johnson: Former CEO and chairman of HCA Healthcare (NYSE: HCA)
Dr. C. Wright Pinson: Deputy CEO and chief health system officer for Vanderbilt University Medical Center and senior associate dean for clinical affairs at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine