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NOV 27, 2023CHI Memorial Foundation is excited to announce HHM CPAs as the presenting sponsor for its annual Pink! gala on Saturday, January 27, 2024.
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CHI Memorial Medical Group is pleased to announce Charles Tapley, MD, has joined CHI Memorial Family Practice Associates - North River
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CHI Memorial Medical Group is pleased to announce Julie Munson-Jackson, MD, has joined CHI Memorial Internal Medicine Associates - Chattanooga.
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CHI Memorial Medical Group is pleased to announce Brent Meadows, DO, has joined CHI Memorial Internal Medicine Associates - Chattanooga.
READ MORE Additional information about Brent Meadows, DO, Joins CHI Memorial Internal Medicine AssociatesCHI Memorial Foundation is excited to announce HHM CPAs as the presenting sponsor for its annual Pink! gala on Saturday, January 27, 2024.
CHI Memorial Medical Group is pleased to announce Leslie Dye, FNP-C, has joined CHI Memorial Convenient Care – Cleveland.
The MaryEllen Locher Scholarship Fund (MELSF) at CHI Memorial Foundation is accepting applications for the 2024-2025 school year.
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga and Hospital Hixson both received an “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for fall 2023.
CHI Memorial will host a Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) Exam Review Dec. 9 - 10, 2023, in the CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Community Rooms.
Accreditation by the IAC means that Memorial Healthcare System Cardiac Imaging has undergone an intensive application and review process and is found to be compliance with the published Standards thus demonstrating a commitment to quality patient care in echocardiography.
CHI Memorial is excited to kick-off the public phase of its Care Closer to Home capital campaign to support the new hospital it will build in Ringgold.
CHI Memorial and CHI Memorial Medical Group are pleased to welcome Maegen Frizzell, PA-C, to CHI Memorial Neuroscience Institute’s Neurosurgery and Spine Center.
CHI Memorial Neuroscience Institute will present the 2023 Neuroscience Symposium on Saturday, November 4, 2023.
CHI Memorial has received accreditation under the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Commission on Cancer (CoC) Accreditation Program. The ACS CoC is a consortium of professional organizations dedicated to improving survival and quality of life for patients with cancer by setting and raising standards.
CHI Memorial is now offering high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), a cutting-edge treatment option for prostate cancer patients.
CHI Memorial is now offering neurologic music therapy (NMT) to people in the hospital to aid in the recovery process.
CHI Memorial’s Rees Skillern Cancer Institute will host its annual We Care Saturday on September 30, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Willow Tree Farms in Ringgold.
Shawn Hennessey, RN, with CHI Memorial, recently received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses.
CHI Memorial Medical Group is pleased to announce Amith Reddy, MD, vascular surgeon, has joined CHI Memorial Vascular Surgery Specialists.
Cardiothoracic surgeon Brett Melnikoff, MD, has joined The Chattanooga Heart Institute.
The MaryEllen Locher Breast Center at CHI Memorial has been designated a Comprehensive Breast Imaging Center by the American College of Radiology® (ACR®).
The MaryEllen Locher Breast Center at CHI Memorial has been designated a Comprehensive Breast Imaging Center by the American College of Radiology® (ACR®).
CHI Memorial Chest and Lung Cancer Center is rated in the top six percent of the country for lobectomy for lung cancer and in the top eight percent for esophagectomy surgeries.
CHI Memorial Medical Group is pleased to welcome Alex Shultz, FNP, to CHI Memorial Family Practice Associates - Spring City.
CHI Memorial Medical Group is pleased to announce Megan vonWerssowetz, FNP-C, has joined CHI Memorial Primary Care Associates - Atrium.
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga and Hospital Hixson have received the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Gold Plus Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke quality achievement award.
CHI Memorial is the first in the Chattanooga region to offer Aquablation therapy for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), or enlarged prostate.
CHI Memorial and CHI Memorial Medical Group are pleased to welcome Paul Hoffmann, MD, to the CHI Memorial Neuroscience Institute.
For the ninth straight year, CHI Memorial has once again been named a Best Regional Hospital by U.S. News and World Report.
CHI Memorial Medical Group is pleased to announce Jamie Bird, FNP-C, MSN, has joined CHI Memorial Family Practice Associates – Cleveland.
Brittany Kouzniaev, RN, recently received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses.
CHI Memorial Foundation is pleased to announce the 19th annual Pink! gala will be held Saturday, January 27, 2024, at the Chattanooga Convention Center.
Hollie Klug, CPhT-Adv, CSPT, BCNCPT, pharmacy technician at CHI Memorial, has been recognized by the Tennessee Pharmacists Association (TPA) as the 2023 Pharmacy Technician of the Year.
If you currently receive health insurance through TennCare, Tennessee’s CoverKids, Georgia Medicaid, Georgia’s PeachCare for Kids or Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), you must renew your benefits this year to maintain health insurance coverage.
Madelon Morgan, RN, recently received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses.
Taylor Temple, RN, recently received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses.
The MaryEllen Locher Scholarship Fund at CHI Memorial Foundation has awarded 29 college scholarships totaling $86,000 to Chattanooga area students for the 2023-24 academic year.
CHI Memorial Medical Group is pleased to welcome Andy Simpson, FNP-C, to CHI Memorial Family Practice Associates - Chickamauga.
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga and Hospital Hixson both received an “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for spring 2023. This national distinction recognizes CHI Memorial’s achievements in protecting patients from preventable harm and error in the hospital.
CHI Memorial has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry Gold Performance Achievement Award for 2023. CHI Memorial is one of only 56 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor.
CHI Memorial Medical Group is pleased to announce Kimberly Pickett, MD, has joined CHI Memorial Family Practice Associates - Northgate.
Briana Thompson, RN, recently received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses.
CHI Memorial Medical Group is pleased to announce Ryan Ambrosetti, DO, has joined CHI Memorial Primary Care Associates - Atrium.
Will Deloach, RN, and Cynthia Proctor, RN, recently received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses.
CHI Memorial has been named one of the nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals™ according to an independent quality analysis provided by PINC AI™ and reported by Fortune.
CHI Memorial Medical Group is pleased to welcome Jessica Banks, NP, to CHI Memorial Family Practice Associates - LaFayette.
CHI Memorial’s Stroke and Neuroscience Center participated in the national research study, BUBL, and was instrumental in developing novel technology that can better detect a specific cause of brain damage in some stroke victims.
CHI Memorial Medical Group is pleased to welcome Stephanie Johnson, NP, and Sherry Ray, NP, to CHI Memorial Family Practice Associates - Ringgold.
CHI Memorial Foundation’s 18th annual Pink! gala, chaired by Drs. Brooke and Davey Daniel and attorneys Gabby and Jimar Sanders, raised a net cash total of $433,000.
CHI Memorial and CHI Memorial Medical Group are pleased to welcome Mayshan Ghiassi, MD, FAANS, neurosurgeon, to the CHI Memorial Stroke and Neuroscience Center.
CHI Memorial Medical Group is pleased to announce Prabhu Vijayvargiya, MD, has joined the Buz Standefer Lung Center and CHI Memorial Lung Care Associates.
Kreya Patel, RN, recently received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses.
CHI Memorial Medical Group is pleased to announce David Winters, DO, Charity Clayton, FNP-C, and Sandra Huggins, FNP-BC, have joined CHI Memorial Primary Care Associates – Atrium.
Alicia Daniels, MD, FAAP, pediatrician with CHI Memorial Pediatric Diagnostic Associates, is one of the first six pediatricians in Georgia to be certified by the Georgia American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Georgia Breastfeeding Coalition as a Breastfeeding-Friendly Pediatrician.
CHI Memorial Medical Group is pleased to welcome Meagan Aiken, MD, to CHI Memorial Pediatric Diagnostic Associates.
Three nurses at CHI Memorial recently received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses.
After months of delay, CHI Memorial now has the certificate of need (CON) to build a new hospital in Ringgold, Ga.
Three nurses at CHI Memorial recently received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses.
CHI Memorial was named a Top General Hospital nationally by The Leapfrog Group.
CHI Memorial Medical Group is pleased to announce the opening of CHI Memorial Vascular Surgery Specialists, a practice that provides comprehensive care for diseases of the vascular system, including the arteries, veins, and lymphatic systems throughout the body.
The MaryEllen Locher Scholarship Fund at CHI Memorial Foundation is accepting applications for the 2023-24 school year, focusing on awarding college scholarships to the children of breast cancer patients.
CHI Memorial Medical Group is pleased to announce Erika Puzanov, AG-ACNP-FNP, has joined CHI Memorial Infectious Disease Associates.
CHI Memorial Medical Group is pleased to announce Leslie Casteel, FNP-C, has joined CHI Memorial Family Practice Associates – Cleveland.
Effective November 1, 2022, CHI Memorial Hospital Georgia will be in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee Blue Advantage (Medicare Advantage), Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee BlueCare (TennCare), and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee BlueCare Plus (Dual Special Needs Plan, Medicare Advantage + Medicaid) plans.
CHI Memorial Medical Group is pleased to announce Abbey Roe, family nurse practitioner board-certified, has joined CHI Memorial Family Practice Associates - Soddy-Daisy.
CHI Memorial Medical Group is pleased to announce a new multi-specialty clinic is now open in Ooltewah, providing area residents with access to specialists close to home.
CHI Memorial Medical Group is pleased to announce Alfredo Molina, MD, has joined CHI Memorial Family Practice Associates - Harrison.
CHI Memorial has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Hospital Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards.
CHI Memorial is excited to announce its Registered Nurse Critical Care Fellowship Program is accredited as a Practice Transition Program by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission (ANCC) on Accreditation in Practice Transition Programs.
CHI Memorial Medical Group is pleased to announce Hannah Edwards, MD, has joined CHI Memorial Chattanooga Internal Medicine Group.
Chattanooga natives Jeremy Hogstrom, DO, and Jermaine Hogstrom, DO, are returning to their hometown to join CHI Memorial Internal Medicine Associates - Chattanooga, Hixson Pike.
Ashley Dean, RN, and Teneisha Parker, RN, recently received the Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses.
CHI Memorial has been named to the 2022 Fortune/Merative 15 Top Health Systems list.ac surgery.
CHI Memorial Medical Group is pleased to announce S. Clark Kennedy, MD, has joined CHI Memorial Surgical Associates.
Cardiothoracic surgeon John Craig, MD, FACS, has joined The Chattanooga Heart Institute. He specializes in all aspects of cardiac surgery. Dr. Craig has more than a decade of experience as a cardiothoracic surgeon.
The CHI Memorial Hospital Pharmacy Residency Program in Chattanooga, Tennessee, under the leadership of Residency Program Director, Karen Babb, PharmD, was recently recognized by the Tennessee Pharmacists Association (TPA) as the 2022 Tennessee Health-System Pharmacy Residency Program of the Year.
CHI Memorial has received the American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) Chest Pain - MI Registry Silver Performance Achievement Award for 2022.
CHI Memorial Foundation is pleased to announce Karen Sloan, annual fund coordinator, has been named a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) by CFRE International.
CHI Memorial is pleased to welcome Christie Kizer Burbank as the market director senior legal counsel.
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga and Hospital Hixson both received an “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for spring 2022. This national distinction recognizes CHI Memorial’s achievements in protecting patients from preventable harm and error in the hospital.
Julie Andrews, RN, recently received the Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses.
On Friday, April 29, 2022, the Georgia Department of Community Health announced its approval of CHI Memorial’s certificate of need (CON) application to build a new hospital in Ringgold, GA.
CHI Memorial is pleased to announce its new licensed practice nurse (LPN) residency program will begin in July 2022.
CHI Memorial is excited to welcome student volunteers to the hospitals for the Summer 2022 term.
The MaryEllen Locher Breast Center at CHI Memorial is giving away free t-shirts to all women who have a screening mammogram during the month of April. The offer is good at all four MaryEllen Locher Breast Center locations and the mobile coaches.
CHI Memorial is pleased to announce its has received accreditation as a Comprehensive Center in Bariatric Surgery with Obesity Medicine Qualifications by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP®), a joint Quality Program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Society for Metabol
Board-certified imaging and general cardiologist Henry Cheng, MD, has joined The Chattanooga Heart Institute.
Kellie Shelton, RN, and CJ Jenkins, RN, recently received the Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses.
CHI Memorial Medical Group is pleased to announce Amanda Smith, FNP, has joined CHI Memorial Family Practice Associates – Trenton.
The American College of Cardiology has recognized CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga and Hospital Hixson for their demonstrated expertise and commitment in treating patients with chest pain.
Jordan Howard, Vanessa Todd, Teresa Shirley, Kelly Gildernew, Ed Tempel, Kristi Edington, and Grace Greene, all nurses at CHI Memorial, recently received the Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses.
Jaime Ponce, MD, bariatric surgeon and medical director of CHI Memorial Metabolic and Bariatric Care, has been certified by the American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM) as an ABOM diplomate.
CHI Memorial Medical Group is pleased to announce Erin Miller Simpson, FNP-C, has joined CHI Memorial Family Practice Associates – Ringgold.
CHI Memorial Medical Group is pleased to announce the opening of CHI Memorial Endocrinology Associates, a practice that provides comprehensive medical management and care for conditions like type 1 and 2 diabetes, thyroid disease, thyroid cancer, and a range of metabolic, pituitary, and adrenal disorders.
Cardiothoracic surgeon Matthew Richey, MD, has joined The Chattanooga Heart Institute.
CHI Memorial received an “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for fall 2021. This national distinction recognizes CHI Memorial’s achievements in protecting patients from harm and error in the hospital.
The MaryEllen Locher Scholarship Fund at CHI Memorial Foundation is accepting applications for the 2022-2023 school year, focusing on awarding college scholarships to the children of breast cancer patients.
CHI Memorial Foundation and The MaryEllen Locher Scholarship Foundation are pleased to announce they have joined together. The CHI Memorial Foundation will take over all daily operations of the Scholarship Foundation, including, but not limited to, the application process, fundraising efforts, receiving donations, and disbursement of scholarship