This summer, a Middle Tennessee couple Russ and Allison Burns provided a generous gift to the community in honor of Russ’s late parents, James and Allison Burns. “I wanted to give back to the community that raised me,” said Russ. This $100,000 gift through the Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation will support the mission of…
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford is pleased to announce that Kristin Demos, longtime Vice President of Brand and Retail for Demos Brands, has joined the hospital’s board of directors. The Middle Tennessee State University graduate is a past president of the Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation Board and has a rich history of giving back to…
The late Dr. George Smith made history as one of Nashville’s first prominent African-American physicians. Now his legacy has inspired an anonymous donor to invest locally in the education of doctors-in-training. With a $100,000 gift, the donor has established the Dr. George W. Smith Family Medicine Residency Memorial Endowment through the Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford…
The Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation is pleased to announce that Nick Person will join the foundation’s board of directors. Nick resides in Nashville and is a staff member at New Vision Church, just outside of Nashville. He recently completed his master’s degree from Richmont Graduate University and, this fall, will be starting his Doctoral…
Ascension Saint Thomas hosted the first community paramedicine class in Middle Tennessee approved by the Tennessee Department EMS Board. The three-month program prepared paramedics to provide holistic and competent at-home care to members of the community, thus reducing ER visits and hospital admissions while improving access to care. “When Ascension Saint Thomas was approved by…
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford is hosting a “topping out” ceremony tomorrow to celebrate as the final steel beam is raised to the top of Tennessee’s first neighborhood hospital. Located on Veterans Parkway off Interstate 840 in Nashville’s Westlawn community, Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Westlawn Hospital is expected to open in early 2023. This highly anticipated…
Ascension Saint Thomas leadership and Nashville community members were in attendance at Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation’s annual golf tournament held on May 16, 2022, at the Stones River Country Club. The tournament began with breakfast and an opening ceremony featuring Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford postpartum nurse Kara Forge, alongside her husband, Heath, and their…
This past Saturday, 50 Ascension Saint Thomas associates joined together to help continue flood recovery in Waverly, Tennessee. The group of associates split into teams to focus on several parts of Waverly, stretching from east to west where the historic August 2021 floor primarily hit. They worked on mountainous piles of debris in neighborhoods, installed…
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation is pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation Golf Tournament. The event will take place on Monday, May 16, at the Stones River Country Club to benefit the Dr. Jim Boerner Nursery- Pediatric Fund. The Nursery-Pediatric Fund was established in 1984 and serves Labor and Delivery,…
Ascension Saint Thomas is excited to participate in Stop Food Waste Day, an international campaign seeking to combat food waste with an annual flagship awareness day happening today and diverse year-round initiatives. The event comes as Ascension Saint Thomas increases its comprehensive efforts to reduce food waste with an investment in digester machines (pictured below)…