Governor Phil Bredesen

Governor Phil Bredesen Phil Bredesen has combined both private and public health care experience and expertise in an unusual and highly-effective way. He began in the private sector, where he is best known as an entrepreneur who started an HMO company—HealthAmerica—in...

Kathryn M. Edwards, M.D.

Kathryn M. Edwards, M.D. Kathryn M. Edwards, M.D. earned her medical degree from the University of Iowa Medical School in 1973. After completing her residency and fellowships, she began her faculty tenure at Vanderbilt University joining one other pediatric infectious...

Donald S. MacNaughton

Donald S. MacNaughton Donald S. MacNaughton earned his bachelor’s degree in 1939 and his law degree in 1948, both from Syracuse University. During WWII, MacNaughton served as a 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps in the South Pacific. After working with...

G. Scott Morris, M.D.

G. Scott Morris, M.D. G. Scott Morris earned his B.A. from the University of Virginia, his Master’s in Divinity from Yale University, and his M.D. from Emory University. In 1987, he founded the Church Health Center of Memphis, where he has served as CEO to this day....

Thomas F. Frist, Sr., M.D.

Thomas F. Frist, Sr., M.D. A native of Meridian, Mississippi, Dr. Thomas F. Frist, Sr. attended the University of Mississippi, where he started a transportation company that eventually employed 17 other students, the first evidence of his entrepreneurial spirit. But...