Meharry Medical College
Programs
Budget
$85,000.00
Description
Meharry's School of Dentistry has opened a clinic in Shelbyville, Tennessee, about an hour outside of Nashville, to assist with the large number of patients left without access to care following the COVID-19 shut down of clinical operations at Meharry. In many of the rural communities, there is already limited access to care and Shelbyville happens to be one such area. We started taking our mobile dentistry unit to Shelbyville in September of 2021 with two dentists and roughly 3 to 4 students on weekly rotations. Meharry eventually opened a new dental clinic with four operatories in Shelbyville. However, many of the senior patients are unable to afford the cost of the care, so we must rely on donations to be able to continue seeing underserved patients in middle Tennessee and beyond.
Program Successes
500 visits over the last 12 months.
Beneficiaries
Seniors
Adolescents
Adults
Long-term Success
Restoring ones oral health to normal form and function. Making people employable and giving them confidence to enter the workplace again. Rehabilitating smiles.
Short-term Success
Relieve pain caused by poor oral health and gum disease. Performing urgent extractions. .
Program Success Monitored By
The clinic could provide more services to people living in this area if it had additional funding. Additional funding would also allow for the clinic to be open longer.
Program Areas Served
Shelbyville, Tennessee
$85,000.00
Description
Meharry's School of Dentistry has opened a clinic in Shelbyville, Tennessee, about an hour outside of Nashville, to assist with the large number of patients left without access to care following the COVID-19 shut down of clinical operations at Meharry. In many of the rural communities, there is already limited access to care and Shelbyville happens to be one such area. We started taking our mobile dentistry unit to Shelbyville in September of 2021 with two dentists and roughly 3 to 4 students on weekly rotations. Meharry eventually opened a new dental clinic with four operatories in Shelbyville. However, many of the senior patients are unable to afford the cost of the care, so we must rely on donations to be able to continue seeing underserved patients in middle Tennessee and beyond.
Program Successes
500 visits over the last 12 months.
Beneficiaries
Seniors
Adolescents
Adults
Long-term Success
Restoring ones oral health to normal form and function. Making people employable and giving them confidence to enter the workplace again. Rehabilitating smiles.
Short-term Success
Relieve pain caused by poor oral health and gum disease. Performing urgent extractions. .
Program Success Monitored By
The clinic could provide more services to people living in this area if it had additional funding. Additional funding would also allow for the clinic to be open longer.
Program Areas Served
Shelbyville, Tennessee
Budget
$10,000,000.00
Description
Established in 1971, the Lloyd C. Elam Mental Health Center provides mental health and substance use disorder services including initial assessments, ongoing residential, and outpatient care. The center's providers include board-certified psychiatrists available to meet your needs. The Lloyd C. Elam Mental Health Center is staffed by a diverse team of psychiatrists, registered nurses, licensed alcohol and drug addiction counselors, master social workers, case managers and other professionals who work to tailor evidence-based and culturally sensitive treatment programs to meet the individual needs of each patient. Of particular note is the specialized Rainbow Program is designed to meet the needs of substance-using pregnant and post-partum women.
Services/ programs offered: Medical detoxification, residential treatment for co-occurring disorders, residential for pregnant women with substance use disorders, Adolescent Day Treatment, Intensive Outpatient Services, Mental Health Clinic.
Beneficiaries
People with substance use disorder
Adults
At-Risk Populations
Program Areas Served
Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, Montgomery, Sumner, Robertson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson Counties
$10,000,000.00
Description
Established in 1971, the Lloyd C. Elam Mental Health Center provides mental health and substance use disorder services including initial assessments, ongoing residential, and outpatient care. The center's providers include board-certified psychiatrists available to meet your needs. The Lloyd C. Elam Mental Health Center is staffed by a diverse team of psychiatrists, registered nurses, licensed alcohol and drug addiction counselors, master social workers, case managers and other professionals who work to tailor evidence-based and culturally sensitive treatment programs to meet the individual needs of each patient. Of particular note is the specialized Rainbow Program is designed to meet the needs of substance-using pregnant and post-partum women.
Services/ programs offered: Medical detoxification, residential treatment for co-occurring disorders, residential for pregnant women with substance use disorders, Adolescent Day Treatment, Intensive Outpatient Services, Mental Health Clinic.
Beneficiaries
People with substance use disorder
Adults
At-Risk Populations
Program Areas Served
Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, Montgomery, Sumner, Robertson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson Counties
Budget
$40,000.00
Description
This program offers oral health care to underserved Metro Nashville residents, 55 years of age and older, including senior citizens who live in nursing and retirement residences. Patients are paired with dental students overseen by licensed dentists in Meharry's dental residency program. This unique program of pairing "the youth with seniors" provides both needed oral health services for this aging population, and an opportunity for social interaction with dental students, and dental residents. Through the course of the year-long program, dental students and residents provide appropriate services to alleviate the unmet oral health needs of their "adopted grandparent." The program provides basic dental restored care including free dentures. Free services provided to seniors include examinations, radiographs, dietary counseling, cleanings, scaling and root planning, fillings, removable partial dentures and complete dentures and recall care.
Beneficiaries
Seniors
Adults
At-Risk Populations
Program Areas Served
Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson Country, Surrounding Counties
$40,000.00
Description
This program offers oral health care to underserved Metro Nashville residents, 55 years of age and older, including senior citizens who live in nursing and retirement residences. Patients are paired with dental students overseen by licensed dentists in Meharry's dental residency program. This unique program of pairing "the youth with seniors" provides both needed oral health services for this aging population, and an opportunity for social interaction with dental students, and dental residents. Through the course of the year-long program, dental students and residents provide appropriate services to alleviate the unmet oral health needs of their "adopted grandparent." The program provides basic dental restored care including free dentures. Free services provided to seniors include examinations, radiographs, dietary counseling, cleanings, scaling and root planning, fillings, removable partial dentures and complete dentures and recall care.
Beneficiaries
Seniors
Adults
At-Risk Populations
Program Areas Served
Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson Country, Surrounding Counties
Budget
$2,700,000.00
Description
Unrestricted gifts are directed to our annual giving program known as The Vision Fund. Sixty percent (60%) of all unrestricted funds directly impact students in their academic journey. The Vision Fund is an essential source of annual external funding for the College. The fund helps to close the gap between tuition and the actual costs of a health professions education; thereby it is a significant expression of donor support for the Meharry mission. The money given to The Vision Fund, by both alumni and friends, is considered unrestricted and free of limitations on how it is to be spent. The fund is critical to targeting special needs and unforeseen opportunities and expenses. The flexibility of these donations provides support for a variety of college needs including academic initiatives, equipment and technological advancements and the maintenance of campus operations. Contributors of $1,000 or more deserve to be recognized as Circle of Friends Members.
Beneficiaries
Black/African American
Adults
At-Risk Populations
Program Areas Served
Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, United States
$2,700,000.00
Description
Unrestricted gifts are directed to our annual giving program known as The Vision Fund. Sixty percent (60%) of all unrestricted funds directly impact students in their academic journey. The Vision Fund is an essential source of annual external funding for the College. The fund helps to close the gap between tuition and the actual costs of a health professions education; thereby it is a significant expression of donor support for the Meharry mission. The money given to The Vision Fund, by both alumni and friends, is considered unrestricted and free of limitations on how it is to be spent. The fund is critical to targeting special needs and unforeseen opportunities and expenses. The flexibility of these donations provides support for a variety of college needs including academic initiatives, equipment and technological advancements and the maintenance of campus operations. Contributors of $1,000 or more deserve to be recognized as Circle of Friends Members.
Beneficiaries
Black/African American
Adults
At-Risk Populations
Program Areas Served
Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, United States
Budget
$2,000,000.00
Description
Many Meharry Medical College students come from the same communities that many go on to serve; most of their families lack the resources to help pay for college or graduate school; and as a result they also carry debt from their undergraduate years. This means that Meharry students graduate with one of the highest total debt burdens in the nation. The average loan indebtedness for medical students is $285,000 and for dental students, $315,000. Yet driven by a passion to serve the neediest populations, they largely enter primary care practices that normally pay only a third as much as sub-specialty care disciplines. High debt obligations may cause many students to gravitate away from primary care specialties in which incomes are considerably less than other interventional specialties. However, one of Meharry's proudest legacies in spite of these factors, is the large number of its M.D. and D.D.S. graduates who provide healthcare to underserved communities.
Beneficiaries
Black/African American
Adults
Minorities
Program Areas Served
United States
$2,000,000.00
Description
Many Meharry Medical College students come from the same communities that many go on to serve; most of their families lack the resources to help pay for college or graduate school; and as a result they also carry debt from their undergraduate years. This means that Meharry students graduate with one of the highest total debt burdens in the nation. The average loan indebtedness for medical students is $285,000 and for dental students, $315,000. Yet driven by a passion to serve the neediest populations, they largely enter primary care practices that normally pay only a third as much as sub-specialty care disciplines. High debt obligations may cause many students to gravitate away from primary care specialties in which incomes are considerably less than other interventional specialties. However, one of Meharry's proudest legacies in spite of these factors, is the large number of its M.D. and D.D.S. graduates who provide healthcare to underserved communities.
Beneficiaries
Black/African American
Adults
Minorities
Program Areas Served
United States
Budget
$112,000,000.00
Description
The principal charge of the Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research (CAHDR) at Meharry Medical College is to conduct hypothesis driven research and other scholarly activities designed to identify, understand and eliminate factors responsible for the profoundly disproportionate burden of AIDS and HIV infection among minority populations in the United States. The CAHDR takes a multi-discipline approach toward the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS, using biology, behavior and community outreach. Through a combination of research and community partnerships, the CAHDR aims to dramatically reduce the burden of AIDS in minority communities. Discoveries made, and models developed by the CAHDR, will have a permanent national and global impact. The CAHDR was created in 2005 and funded by the National Institutes of Health. The Founding Director of the Center was Dr. James E.K. Hildreth, a world renowned expert in HIV/AIDS.
Category
Diseases, Disorders & Medical Disciplines - HIV/AIDS
Beneficiaries
People with HIV/AIDS
Adults
At-Risk Populations
Program Areas Served
United States
$112,000,000.00
Description
The principal charge of the Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research (CAHDR) at Meharry Medical College is to conduct hypothesis driven research and other scholarly activities designed to identify, understand and eliminate factors responsible for the profoundly disproportionate burden of AIDS and HIV infection among minority populations in the United States. The CAHDR takes a multi-discipline approach toward the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS, using biology, behavior and community outreach. Through a combination of research and community partnerships, the CAHDR aims to dramatically reduce the burden of AIDS in minority communities. Discoveries made, and models developed by the CAHDR, will have a permanent national and global impact. The CAHDR was created in 2005 and funded by the National Institutes of Health. The Founding Director of the Center was Dr. James E.K. Hildreth, a world renowned expert in HIV/AIDS.
Category
Diseases, Disorders & Medical Disciplines - HIV/AIDS
Beneficiaries
People with HIV/AIDS
Adults
At-Risk Populations
Program Areas Served
United States
Budget
$45,000.00
Description
The Salt Wagon student-run free community clinic is staffed by volunteer Meharry Medical, Dental, and Graduate students with the assistance of volunteer Medical and Dental Faculty Advisors. The Clinic provides dental and healthcare services to Nashville's uninsured and underinsured population. The program seeks to eliminate health disparities through education, research and patient care. The Clinic was founded on the belief that access to healthcare is a fundamental human right, not a commodity. It offers free, comprehensive family healthcare for all ages, with all possible patient assistance given for pharmacy, flu shots, transportation, diagnostic testing, social work, and specialist referral, as determined by patient need and available resources. The Salt Wagon Clinic serves the community as an after-hours clinic, seeing patients on appointment and on a walk-in basis.
Beneficiaries
Black/African American
Adults
At-Risk Populations
Long-term Success
Expected long term impacts are accessible, affordable (free) health care resulting in decreased emergency room utilization, successful chronic disease management, decrease healthcare costs by creating a healthier Nashville community, and increased patient and community quality of life.
Short-term Success
Expected outcomes include number of patients served, volume of services offered, and number of students trained.
Program Success Monitored By
Our evaluation process is based upon existing quality assurance and Improvement measures and methods in place within the MMC Family Medicine Clinics.
Program Areas Served
Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, Sumner, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson Counties
$45,000.00
Description
The Salt Wagon student-run free community clinic is staffed by volunteer Meharry Medical, Dental, and Graduate students with the assistance of volunteer Medical and Dental Faculty Advisors. The Clinic provides dental and healthcare services to Nashville's uninsured and underinsured population. The program seeks to eliminate health disparities through education, research and patient care. The Clinic was founded on the belief that access to healthcare is a fundamental human right, not a commodity. It offers free, comprehensive family healthcare for all ages, with all possible patient assistance given for pharmacy, flu shots, transportation, diagnostic testing, social work, and specialist referral, as determined by patient need and available resources. The Salt Wagon Clinic serves the community as an after-hours clinic, seeing patients on appointment and on a walk-in basis.
Beneficiaries
Black/African American
Adults
At-Risk Populations
Long-term Success
Expected long term impacts are accessible, affordable (free) health care resulting in decreased emergency room utilization, successful chronic disease management, decrease healthcare costs by creating a healthier Nashville community, and increased patient and community quality of life.
Short-term Success
Expected outcomes include number of patients served, volume of services offered, and number of students trained.
Program Success Monitored By
Our evaluation process is based upon existing quality assurance and Improvement measures and methods in place within the MMC Family Medicine Clinics.
Program Areas Served
Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, Sumner, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson Counties
