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Debbie Ralston, director of CHI Memorial Ooltewah Imaging Center, recently received the ‘Patriotic Employer’ award from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR).

CHI Memorial Medical Group is pleased to welcome Aubry Knight, FNP-BC, and Diana Morrison, NP, to CHI Memorial Convenient Care – LaFayette.

CHI Memorial is pleased to introduce Anthony A. Houston as its new chief operating officer (COO). He succeeds Janelle Reilly, who was recently promoted to market chief executive officer (CEO) of CHI Memorial.

CHI Memorial Foundation’s 14th annual Pink! gala, chaired by Dr. Lee and Sharron Jackson, and Dan and Amber Norton, raised a net total of $471,000, a record high for the event. All proceeds stay in our local community benefitting the MaryEllen Locher Breast Center at CHI Memorial.

CHI Memorial Center for Healthy Aging is expanding, opening a second location. The new office will be at the Chattanooga Housing Authority’s Boynton Terrace Apartments in the Westside. Alycia Cleinman, M.D., board-certified geriatric and internal medicine physician, is the medical director of CHI Memorial Center for Healthy Aging.

Jaime Ponce, M.D. and CHI Memorial Metabolic and Bariatric Care will host free seminars in February on surgical weight loss options. The seminars will be held at CHI Memorial Metabolic and Bariatric Care at 7405 Shallowford Road, Suite 160, Chattanooga, TN 37421.

As the Tennessee Valley braces for a blast of Arctic air, it’s important to remember the extreme cold temperatures can lead to health emergencies, including frost bite and hypothermia. People who work and play outdoors, and those who don’t have heat or proper insulation, are at risk for developing these weather-related conditions.

Giving up smoking is a common New Year’s resolution and CHI Memorial wants to help you reach your goal to be tobacco free in 2019. CHI Memorial offers a free seven-week Freedom From Smoking ® program which helps participants learn how to beat tobacco addiction, lifestyle changes that make quitting easier, stress management, how to avoid weight ga

CHI Memorial Center for Healthy Aging will host the fourth session of its Matters of the Mind: A Series on Memory Loss. It will be held Thursday, January 31, 2019, from 6 – 7 p.m. at CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson’s Professional Office Building, 2051 Hamill Road, third floor conference room, Hixson, TN 37343.

CHI Memorial will celebrate the 27th Annual Peace, Love and Unity Service on the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, Monday, January 21, 2019 at 11 a.m. in the community rooms at CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga.