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The Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame will soon have five new members.
Belmont University announced the 2023 inductee class on Wednesday. The class will be honored at a ceremony at Belmont University’s Fisher Center for the Performing Arts on Oct. 17, according to a news release.
This is the ninth class of the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame, which was founded by Belmont, the McWhorter Society and the Nashville Health Care Council.
“As we move closer to opening our Frist College of Medicine and continue training providers in our esteemed Colleges of Nursing and Pharmacy & Health Sciences, we draw great inspiration from the profound impact these five individuals have had on health care,” Belmont President Greg Jones said in the release. “Each inductee has championed health and well-being for Tennesseans and beyond, and I look forward to formally celebrating their contributions in October.”
Health care is Nashville’s largest industry, with more than 500 companies generating more than $92 billion in revenue and employing more than 570,000 people, according to the Health Care Council.
Check out the complete list of honorees below.
2023 Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame inductees:
- Wilsie Bishop: Retired professor and vice president for health affairs at East Tennessee State University
- Dr. Andre Churchwell: Outgoing vice chancellor for outreach, inclusion and belonging for Vanderbilt University; professor of medicine (cardiology), radiology and radiology sciences, and biomedical engineering at Vanderbilt. Churchwell will assume the role of senior advisor to the chancellor on inclusion and community outreach at Vanderbilt on July 1.
- Vicky Gregg: Founding partner of Guidon Partners; former CEO of BlueCross BlueShied of Tennessee
- Stephen Reynolds: Senior consultant and former president at Baptist Memorial Health Care
- Dr. Philip Wenk: Longtime CEO of Delta Dental of Tennessee
