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Cornerstone                                  CHI Memorial, based in              C                                    C
                                                                                      Medical Center, the                          Chattanooga, brings another comprehensive
                                                                                      county’s local hospital, provides            array of health care choices to the citizens
                                                                                      a range of services for patients and         of Catoosa County. Along with its flagship
                                                                                                                                   and satellite campuses in Chattanooga, CHI
                                                                                      has become a substantial contributor
   HEALTH CARE                                                                        to the care of citizens since the            Memorial has been a presence in North
                                                                                                                                   Georgia for years.
                                                                                      purchase of the former Hutcheson
                                                                                      Medical Center in December 2015 by
                                                                                                                                   “CHI Memorial Family Practice Associates
                                                                                      its parent organization, Atlanta-based
                                                                   Apollo has
                                                                                                                                   physicians and two nurse practitioners
                                                                   partnered with     Apollo MD. Apollo has since                  in Ringgold has seven board certified
                                                                                      partnered with CHI Memorial to               who provide primary care to residents,”
                                                                   CHI Memorial       manage daily hospital operations.            commented Director of Operations Ray
                                                                   to manage          “We’re focusing on finding a fit for         Figueroa. “The practice has extended
                                                                   daily hospital     Cornerstone into the overall health          hours with some walk-in appointments   Catoosa County. “CHI Memorial Family   CHI Memorial is the region’s only four-star
                                                                   operations at                                                                                       Practice also hosts quarterly Freedom   hospital system, and area residents also
                                                                                      care services in this community,”            available on weeknights and Saturdays.
                                                                   Cornerstone.                                                                                        From Smoking sessions, a free eight week   have access to the Buz Standefer Lung
                                                                                      Cornerstone CEO Jessica Long told            CHI Memorial Family Practice Associates    smoking cessation course from the Amer-  Center  and the Rees Skillern Cancer
                                                                                      local media representatives during a         has a long history in this community.   ican Lung Association. The Mary Ellen   Institute, both leaders in their specialties.
                                                                                      facility tour.  “Apollo MD has been          The late Ralph Greene, M.D., began this   Locher Breast Center’s mobile coach visits   The health system also received funds
                                                                                      really good about efficiently operating      practice about 40 years ago.  Since then,   Catoosa County providing mammograms   from the Hutcheson Foundation that are
                                                                                      as a hospital and serving our doctors        the practice has expanded to include the   and cervical screenings. The Chattanooga    designated to provide outreach education
                                                                                      as well as our patients.  Everything         current nine practitioners.”        Heart Institute also has an office in    and funding for lung screenings and
                                                                                      we do is meant to make it easier for         Figueroa says that CHI Memorial is regularly    Catoosa County, giving residents access    mammograms for the uninsured in
                                                                                      everyone in the community to get             evaluating its services and seeking ways to   to cardiologists from the region’s leader    Catoosa County and two other North
                                                                                      what they need.”                             continue serving the growing population of  in cardiac care,” he said.   Georgia counties.



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