Salute doctors who provide free services

In 1933, the wife of a Georgia physician, Mrs. Eudora Brown Almond, wanted to recognize the contributions physicians made to their patients and their communities. She selected March 30, the anniversary of the first use of ether anesthesia during a surgery, as Doctors’ Day in Winder, Ga. Some 85 years later, Doctors’ Day is celebrated around the world.

The ChattanoogaHamilton County Medical Society has worked handin-hand with our area physicians to improve the health and well-being of our community for 138 years.

The Medical Society and its charitable arm, the Medical Foundation of Chattanooga, formed Project Access to provide health care to lowincome, uninsured Southeast Tennessee residents. Over the past 19 years, Project Access has coordinated more than $219 million of donated health care with the help of over 1,000 physicians, who provide their care free of charge, local hospital systems, and nearly two dozen other partner organizations.

As we celebrate Doctors’ Day 2023, we would like to thank our community for allowing us to care for them.

Richard Moody

President, ChattanoogaHamilton County Medical Society

James Haynes

President, Medical Foundation of Chattanooga