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Training Future Black Physicians At CHI Memorial

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Robert Wingfield & Tammy Samuels, Morehouse School of Medicine; Nicolai Samuels & Sami Hudaib, students at Morehouse; Marquita Parham, Dr. Lee Jackson, Nicole Brown & Ray Smith - all with CHI Memorial.
Robert Wingfield & Tammy Samuels, Morehouse School of Medicine; Nicolai Samuels & Sami Hudaib, students at Morehouse; Marquita Parham, Dr. Lee Jackson, Nicole Brown & Ray Smith - all with CHI Memorial.

This fall, students from Morehouse School of Medicine based in Atlanta began learning here in Chattanooga at CHI Memorial.

It’s the first hospital in a ten-year, 100-million-dollar partnership between Morehouse and Common Spirit Health - CHI Memorial’s parent company - to develop and train Black physicians and advanced practice providers across more than twenty states.

Ray Smith and Dr. Lee Jackson are with CHI Memorial.

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