The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Medical Society, Medical Foundation of Chattanooga and Project Access are recognizing local physicians by inviting community members to nominate outstanding physicians for Doctor’s Day Recognition in March.
All nominated physicians will be honored at a special Doctor’s Day reception on Thursday, March 30, at Mac Avenue Event Space.
Local residents can nominate physicians by sharing what makes them special. Submissions can be submitted at wdef.com/doctorsday or emailed to kevin@chattmd.org. The deadline for submissions is Friday, March 17.
Nominations should include the physician’s name and the reasons you feel he or she should be recognized. Reasons may include a commitment to his profession, dedication to his patients, staff and family and/or involvement in the community.
Be sure to include what makes this individual worthy of this recognition, and please feel free to share brief personal stories about the doctor you are nominating," officials said.
National Doctors’ Day provides a time for people to show appreciation to the doctors who care for them or their loved ones. The first Doctors’ Day observance was March 30, 1933, in Winder, Ga., on the anniversary of the first use of general anesthetic in surgery. The U.S. House of Representatives adopted a resolution commemorating Doctors’ Day on March 30, 1958. In 1990, Congress established May 30 each year as the National Doctors Day.
This year’s observance also salutes the over 1,150 physicians who have volunteered to care for low-income uninsured residents of our community through Southeast Tennessee Project Access.
Doctor’s Day is sponsored by WDEF News 12.