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KNOX • ANDERSON • JEFFERSON • CAMPBELL • CUMBERLAND CLAIBORNE COCKE • GRAINGER • HAMBLEN • BLOUNT • LOUDON • MONROE • MORGAN • ROANE • SCOTT • SEVIER • UNION Ledger FORMERLY WESTVIEW SINCE 1978 Summitt’s legacy lives on with new clinic Alzheimer’s care, search for cure are facility’s twin goals Stories by Vicky Travis begin on page 2 Photographs of the interior of the new Pat Summitt Clinic by Adam Taylor Gash | The Ledger Community Calendar ............................6 More inside: Public Notices ........................7-14, 20–30 Find Public Notices Career Corner ..........................................3 Newsmakers ..........................................15 inside & online: News Briefs ..............................................4 Crossword...............................................19 www.TNLedger.com Guerrilla Marketing ...............................3 Behind the Wheel .................................31 Page 2 www.TNLedger.com/Knoxville JANUARY 27 – FEBRUARY 2, 2017 Bridging the gap between science, patient By Vicky Travis | Correspondent open house he name Pat Summitt connotes winning, always and forever. She The Pat Summitt Clinic invites the did that in life and now, less than public to an open house and tours Sun- day, Jan. 29, 2-4 p.m.. a year after her death, she’s won again.T The clinic is in Medical Building C of the Brain and Spine Institute of Univer- e Pat Summitt Clinic celebrated its sity of Tennessee Medical Center, 1924 opening recently with 250 friends that Alcoa Highway in Knoxville. included Summitt’s family and University For more information about The Pat of Tennessee Lady Vols’ family and Summitt Clinic or volunteer opportuni- supporters. ties at the clinic, visit www.utmedical- e newest member of the family, Dr. center.org/pat-summitt-clinic. Roberto Fernandez, o cially took the helm of the clinic that aims to give loving care to some 3,000 Alzheimer’s patients Costa Rica, the son of one of the rst and families, educate and above all, win, neurologists in the country. His mother in the ght against an American epidemic. performed EEGs in his o ce. “When she was rst diagnosed (in “I grew up listening to neurotalk,” 2011), she told me, ‘I want to win. I want he says. His parents, now in their 80s, to beat this,’” Summitt’s son, Tyler, said most likely fed his interest to become a at the grand opening. physician and neurologist. en, with a slight crack in his voice, He received his medical degree at Tyler added: “My mom has won.” the Universidad Autónoma de Centro “I truly cherish the memory of your America in 1997. He and his wife, a mom,” Fernandez said, as he stood at the pediatric neurologist, moved to the doors to the new 7,500-square-foot clinic. U.S. in 2000, and he went on to earn a “She gave us a clear light to guide our master’s of public health at the University path moving forward.” of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, “We’ve had some real icons here at New York. UT,” added Jim Haslam, chairman of the “I had always been fascinated with Pat Summitt Foundation Advisory Board, the complexity of the human brain. at the opening. “ ere was Gen. Neyland, Neurology was always the eld I wanted Peyton Manning … but no one was ever to specialize in,” he explains. like this lady. Let’s face facts.” Adam Taylor Gash | The Ledger But once Fernandez was exposed to the “When she realized what she had, Photographs of Pat Summitt through the years adorn one wall of the clinic. The late University of research side of neurology, he also became she got us together,” Haslam explained Tennessee coach won eight national championships and 1,098 total games in 38 years at UT. fascinated with digging into the details. about the beginnings of the Pat Summitt Fernandez would stay in Rochester cause, cure or meaningful drug treatment. Fernandez and team don’t to earn a doctorate in neurobiology Foundation. “She wanted to help Experts say Tennessee has the fth underestimate the opponent, but nd eradicate it and help make lives easier.” and anatomy. He then completed a highest Alzheimer’s death rate in the hope and push on. residency in neurology and a fellowship in ‘It’s daunting’ nation with a 138 percent increase in “It’s daunting, but it opens behavioral neurology. e University of Tennessee Medical deaths between 2000 and 2010, according opportunities to serve, care, learn, and “My original one-year plan turned into Center has been ghting Alzheimer’s for to Dougherty. By the year 2025, more mostly, to nd a cure, which is the main 12,” he says, with a laugh. “I enjoy both more than three decades, led by visionaries than 160,000 Tennesseans are expected to reason we’re here,” Fernandez adds. the clinical and the research.” such as Dr. John Dougherty, medical have Alzheimer’s disease. “ e Pat Summitt Clinic is in a unique “We looked at human change in director of UTMC’s Cole Neuroscience Additionally, Dougherty explains position to bridge the gap between science early stages of Alzheimer’s,” Fernandez Center. that nationally, there are an estimated and patient.” adds, about his turn toward Alzheimer’s “ ey truly laid the foundation for 5 million cases of Alzheimer’s and that The journey research. what we do here,” Fernandez says. number is expected to triple by the year Roberto Fernandez, 46, grew up in e insidious disease has no known 2050. CLINIC >> PAGE 16 Summitt Clinic designed for patient comfort, safety By Vicky Travis | Correspondent crowded. So, the waiting room is peaceful Soft colors of turquoise, copper and in the way we distribute seats and put in beige mix in the clinic’s Peyton and an aquarium. And, no TV.” Ashley Manning Lobby that’s made A clinical team worked with designers complete with a large aquarium. Small on the details of the 7,500-square-foot groupings of couches and comfortable clinic. chairs are cordoned o with etched glass e oor plan is simple with straight dividers. hallways lined with handrails to exam “ e clinic is built with the patient suites. and families in mind,” says Dr. Roberto “Many dementia patients develop issues Fernandez, Alzheimer’s expert and with balance and walking, so the handrails medical director of the newly opened can provide them with extra assistance, Pat Summitt Clinic at the University of if needed,” says Heather Je ers-King, Tennessee Medical Center. project manager and Tennessee registered “It’s a soothing place, but also has a interior designer. remarkable human factor with expertise.” “ e ooring materials and color are “In general, facing this diagnosis is simple and contiguous. is is done so shocking and really a struggle to come to not to create any visual confusion between terms with,” he says. “ is is a welcoming oor changes.” Inspiring photos of Pat Summitt’s life environment. For dementia patients in Adam Taylor Gash | The Ledger general, you don’t want it too bright, too Since many dementia patients often become confused and have balance problems, the Pat Summitt FACILITY >> PAGE 16 Clinic is designed with an easy-to-navigate layout that includes contiguous oors of the same color. JANUARY 27 – FEBRUARY 2, 2017 www.TNLedger.com/Knoxville Page 3 No lectures, please First, be honest Haslam facing tough Overcoming past sell on tax hikes, cuts legal issues while An interesting thing percent of backlogged projects starting happened just a couple construction within six years. looking for a job of hours before Gov. Unfortunately for Haslam, his problem Questions around past legal trouble Bill Haslam unveiled isn’t making the press listen. 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