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NASHVILLE, Tenn. Medical Grand Rounds continues Wednesday, March 30, with Olabisi Akanbi, M.D., Chief Resident of the Department Internal Medicine at Meharry Medical College. Akanbi's lectured, titled "Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction – Where We Are in Solving This Mystery" begins at 12:10 p.m. in the S.S. Kresge Learning Resource Center's Lecture Hall 1.  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. On Wednesday, March 23, Medical Grand Rounds -- presented by the Department of Internal Medicine -- will resume at Meharry Medical College with "The Critical Need for Men's Health Initiatives: Engaging Men and the Community." Kenneth A. Mitchell, MPAS, PA-C will be the featured speaker. The lecture begins at 12:10 p.m. and will be held at the S. S. Kresge Learning Resource Center in Lecture Hall 1.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Last month, the Meharry-Vanderbilt Student Alliance volunteered with Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee and, with Vanderbilt VOISCE (Vanderbilt Organization for Interdisciplinary Student Community Engagement), hosted a Community Day at Divine Art Cafe & Toffee Art Cafe in East Nasvhille.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center (Matthew Walker) has served Middle Tennessee for nearly 50 years. It was established in 1968, and has since served as a private, non-profit healthcare agency for just under 18,000 patients every year.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. On Wednesday, March 16, the Department of Internal Medicine will continue its Medical Grand Rounds lectures with "Prescription for Success" at Meharry Medical College. Howard L. Burley, MD will be the featured speaker. The lecture begins at 12:10 p.m. at the S.S. Kresge Learning Resource Center's Lecture Hall 1.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. On Saturday, April 2, the Meharry Medical College/Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center/Tennessee State University Cancer Partnership will host its 15th Annual Cancer Retreat. Rhonda S. Henry-Tillman MD, FACS, a Professor of Surgery from University of Arkansas Medical Sciences in Little Rock, AR, is the featured speaker, and she will discuss "Reducing Cancer Disparities Through Community Engagement in  Policy Development."

Photo by Matt Schorr Tristan Call speaks on the behalf of Workers' Dignity, a nonprofit working for low-wage employees in Nashville.  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Medical Grand Rounds will continue on Wednesday, March 9, when the Department of Internal Medicine presents "Heart-Brain Cross Talk: Perioperative Neurological Complications of Cardiovascular Disease and Vice Versa. An Intensivist’s Perspective.” Avinash Bhargava Kumar, MD, FCCP, FCCM is the featured speaker. The lecture will be held at the Kresge Learning Resource Center in Lecture Hall 1 from 12:15 - 1:15 p.m.

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    NASHVILLE, Tenn. The Cayce community in Nashville is burdened with one of the highest asthma rates in Davidson County, Tennessee. Poor air quality is a potent asthma trigger.