NASHVILLE – Cookeville physician James Cates, MD, was selected as Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees by the Tennessee Medical Association during its recent Board of Trustees meeting. The entire slate of new officers for the 2020-2021 term is as follows:
Timothy Wilson, MD, of Knoxville, was elected Board of Trustees chair. Wilson is a plastic surgeon at East Tennessee Plastic Surgery, is president of the Knoxville Academy of Medicine, and serves as chief of staff at Parkwest Medical Center, a Covenant Health hospital, also in Knoxville.
James Cates, MD, of Cookeville, was selected as vice chair of the Board of Trustees. Cates is owner of Satellite Med in Cookeville. He specializes in Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine and remains on the courtesy staff at Cookeville Regional Medical Center.
John McCarley, MD, of Chattanooga, was reelected as Secretary Treasurer. McCarley is a nephrologist with Nephrology Associates in Chattanooga and is affiliated with numerous hospitals in the Chattanooga area including Parkridge Medical Center, CHI Memorial Hospital, Erlanger Medical Center and University of Tennessee Medical Center. He has served as TMA secretary treasurer for the last two years.
About the Tennessee Medical Association
TMA is the state’s largest professional association for physicians, serving more than 9,000 members. We improve the health of Tennessee by bringing all physicians together in efforts to continually improve effectiveness of physician care and ensure proper policy to serve the best interests of patients and the profession. Last year, an independent survey by Capitol Resources, LLC named TMA the most influential and trusted of all advocacy organizations in the state on Capitol Hill, not just in healthcare but across all industries. More information is available at www.tnmed.org.
