Tennessee
Celebrating 37 Award-Winning Tennessee Hospitals
Every patient deserves access to high-quality heart and stroke care, regardless of where they live. Each year, the American Heart Association recognizes hospitals across the country – from rural areas to the most populated cities – for consistently following up-to-date, research-based treatment guidelines for cardiovascular disease.
Manage Stress. Manage Your Health
Stress happens, especially these days. While you may feel too busy to de-stress – you can decide to take back your “me time,” one moment at a time. Reduce stress for a healthier version of you.
Spinach Salad with Orange Vinaigrette
Indulge in this delightful spinach salad featuring zesty orange vinaigrette—it's a deliciously nutritious way to elevate your taste buds and embrace vibrant flavors!
Kids Cook with Heart
Twenty kids in Knoxville are now junior chefs after finishing the Kids Cook with Heart Program. They spent 5 weeks learning cooking basics and heart-healthy recipes, and even went home with a bag full of utensils and their very own slow cookers. This pilot program is helping build healthy eating habits.
Healthy Hearts, Healthy Pantries
We are so thankful for our partnership with the Chattanooga Area Food Bank and Helping Hands Ending Hunger! Together, we are improving the health of North Georgia communities through our Healthy Hearts, Healthy Pantries initiative. With the help of these community partners, monthly produce drop offs, pantry equipment upgrades and nutrition education for staff and families is available to schools in North Georgia.
Memphis Health Center Inc Evidence-Based Practices and Policies!
These policies include the calibration of semi-automated blood pressure devices and requiring accurate measurement training for all clinical team members every 12 months and annual skills testing to include blood pressure measurement. The health center has a total population of 23,331, including 4,623 hypertensive patients across its 3 sites.
RENEW YOUR SUPPORT OF HEALTHY HEARTS
Events in Your Area
2024 Greater Knoxville Heart Walk
Location: Zoo Knoxville
Date: Saturday, August 17, 2024 - 08:30 AM
RegisterMid-South Go Red for Women Luncheon
Location: Hilton Memphis
Date: Friday, September 13, 2024 - 10:00 AM
Greater Nashville Heart Walk
Location: Geodis Park
Date: Saturday, September 21, 2024 - 08:00 AM
Register NowIn Your Community
The Tennessee American Heart Association is committed to driving equitable health impact in the community through four priority areas: Hypertension, Tobacco & Vaping, Nutrition Security, and CPR and AED Awareness
Problem: Hypertension: Nearly 40% of of adults in Tennessee have high blood pressure
- Solution: The association is working with free clinics and community-based organizations throughout the Region to Establish blood pressure cuff loaner programs, and education and clinical referrals to at-risk populations.
Problem: Nutrition Insecurity: 1 in 9 people in Tennessee County live in a food desert. 800,970 people are facing hunger - and of them 197,490 are children.
- Solution: AHA has strategically placed cold storage units at local food pantries and youth-based organizations across the region allowing more As a people to access nutritious fruits and vegetables each month.
Problem: CPR/AED Awareness: Counties located in the south with higher proportions of rural areas, Black and Hispanic residents, and those with lower median household incomes all have lower rates of CPR training than other communities.
- Solution: AHA is actively addressing this issue by offering Hands-Only CPR demonstrations to residents across Tennessee and donating CPR anytime Kits to schools, hospitals, and businesses in the region. Through these efforts, more individuals can join the Nation of Lifesavers, bridging the gap in CPR/AED awareness and improving community resilience.
Problem: Tobacco and Vaping: Tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of death and disease in the United States.
- Solution: we are working within schools and communities to teach our next generation about the dangers of smoking and vaping. We are also providing support for those who choose to quit.
AHA Advocates helped secure Tobacco 21 policy ensuring longer, quality lives for all Tennesseans.
We are fighting for longer lives in Tennessee by making the places where we live, learn, work, play, pray, and heal as healthy as they can be. It's no secret that under-resourced communities face great adversity and barriers that impact their heart health and overall well-being.
With your support, we can expand our nutrition security, blood pressure management, and anti-smoking/vaping efforts so that more of our neighbors have access to fresh fruits and vegetables, health education, and medical care. Together we will tackle these issues head on, creating a healthier Tennessee for all.
Tennessee Lobby Day
On March 6th, advocates, legislators, and families affected by sudden cardiac arrest unite to rally support for Cardiac Emergency Response Plans in our schools. Tennessee Senator Joey Hensley and Representative Scott Cepicky lead the charge for the Smart Heart Act, urging colleagues to prioritize our children's health. Thanks to their efforts, the bill passed unanimously by the General Assembly, ensuring that every school campus across Tennessee has a cardiac emergency response plan in place to act swiftly when minutes matter most.
President
Dr. Alison L. Bailey
Centennial Heart at Parkridge
Chair
Renee Ford
Elliott Davis
Chair Elect, Leadership Development Chair
Chris Hopkins
Apogee Wealth Partners
Members
Gregg T. Gentry
Erlanger Health System
Corinne Henderson
Henderson + Gardner, PLLC
Dr. Shewanee Howard-Baptiste
AHA Leadership Development Chair,
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Dr. Quincy Jenkins
Chattanooga State Community College
Dr. Mary Lambert
City of Chattanooga
Twila Layne
We R CPR
Dr. Chris LeSar
AHA Immediate Past President,
Vascular Institute of Chattanooga
Dr. Harish Manyam
Erlanger Health System
Pastor Ernest Reid
Second Missionary Baptist Church
Scott Rowe, PT
Encompass Health
Dr. Vimal Ramjee
President
Dr. Sumeet Sharma
East Tennessee Children’s Hospital
Chairperson
Tony Benton
Tennova Healthcare
Members
Andy Beam
Pinnacle Financial Partners
Brett Foster
Knox County Schools
Eddie Jett
MBI Companies
Luke Johnson
Covenant Health
Charles F. Lomax, Jr.
Knoxville Area Urban League
Ken Parent, Past Chairperson
Pilot Company
Dr. Ayaz Rahman
Covenant Health
Cheryl Smith
CPR Choice
Marsha Spence, PhD, MPH, RDN, LDN
The University of Tennessee
Dr. Brian Wiseman, Past President
The University of Tennessee Medical Center
President
Herman Williams, MD
HW Consulting
Immediate Past President
Daniel Muñoz, MD, MPA
Vanderbilt Heart & Vascular Institute
Chair
Michael Wiechart
TeamHealth
Leadership Development Chair
Fahad Tahir, MAS, MBA, FACHE
Ascension Saint Thomas
Members
Gregory J. Allen
Greg Allen LLC
Katina Beard, MSPH
Matthew Walker Clinic
Eric Evans
Surgery Partners
Lynn Friedrichs
Deloitte
William Haugh, FACHE
LifePoint
Penny Houchens
Gresham Smith
Dr. Veronica Mallett, M.D., MMM
Common Spirit
Ken Misch
MEDHOST
Pal Narayanan
GEODIS
Tom Ozburn, DSc., FACHE, CMPE
TriStar Centennial
Evelio Rodriguez, MD
Ascension Saint Thomas
Margaret Rush, MD
Monroe Carrell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
Joseph Webb, D.Sc, MSHA, FACHE
Nashville Healthcare Center
Stephanie Wise
TriStar Division
Mark Yancy, MPH
Nashville Health
President
Dr. John Jefferies
UT Methodist
Chair
Doug McGowen
Memphis Light Gas & Water
Dr. Andrei Alexandrov
UTHSC
Jenny Bartlett-Prescott
Church Health
Valerie Bearup
Morris Marketing Group
Andy Davis
Turner Construction Company
Dr. Cassandra Howard
Methodist Germantown Hospital
Dr. Asish Joshi
University of Memphis
Paaj Kurapati
University of Memphis
Roxanne McGonigal
Caesars Entertainment Corporation
Angela Moss
First Horizon Bank
Robyn Sharp
International Paper
Jim Sweeney
Path AI Diagnositics
Dr. Michelle Taylor
Shelby Co Health Dept
Manoucheka Thermitus
Regional One Health
Dr. Benjamin “Rush” Waller
UTHSC/Le Bonheur
Brian Yoakum
Evans Petree PC
Marques Young
Edward Jones
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Chattanooga, TN 37403
Knoxville
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Knoxville, TN 37909
Memphis
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4728 Spottswood Avenue #214
Memphis, TN 38117
Nashville
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Nashville, TN 37203