Tennessee

Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance
Department of Commerce & Insurance
500 James Robertson Parkway
Davy Crockett Tower
Nashville, TN 37243-0565
Phone: 615-741-2241
www.state.tn.us/commerce/

Tennessee Medicaid Agency
Bureau of TennCare
310 Great Circle Rd.
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: 800-342-3145
www.state.tn.us/tenncare/

State Obesity and/or Health and Nutrition Programs
Tennessee Department of Health
425 Fifth Avenue, North
Cordell Hull Building, 3rd Floor
Nashville, TN  37247
Phone: 615-741-3111
TN.health@state.tn.us
www.tennessee.gov/health/itsabouttime/index.htm

State Vocational Rehabilitation Program
Tennessee Department of Human Services
400 Deaderick Street, 15th Floor
Nashville, TN 37248-0001
Phone: 615-313-4700
Fax: 615-741-4165
Human-Services.Webmaster@state.tn.us
www.state.tn.us/humanserv/

Greeneville Gastric Bypass Support Group
Everette & Carolyn Coolidge Conference Center Building on Takoma Hosp. Campus
401Takoma Ave.
Greeneville, TN 37743
Phone: 423-636-1393
Meeting times: 6:00 pm on 3rd Tuesday of each month
Contact: Tara Fortner

ParkridgeEast Hospital Weight Loss Surgery Support Group
ParkridgeEast Hospital
941 Spring Creek Road
Chattanooga, TN 37421
Phone: 423-499-2070
Meeting times: First Thursday of every month 6-7 pm
ParkridgeEastHospital.com
Contact Person: Tonya Sims, RN, Bariatric Coordinator

The Bandstanders
Baptist Metabolic Surgery Center
2011 Church Street, Suite 101
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: 615-284-2400
Meeting Times: 2nd Thursday of month 5:30-6:30 pm

The Grace Place Hermitage Church of God Classroom W-4
4316 Central Pike
Hermitage, TN
Phone: 615-804-1369
Meeting Times: 3rd Thursday of every month @ 6:30 PM
Contact Person: Joe & Jenny Estep

Franklin Public Library
1314 Columbia Avenue
Franklin, TN
Phone: 615-342-1231
Meeting Times: 1st Monday of every month @ 6 PM
Contact Person: Pamela Davis

Education Room #2
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Phone: 931-526-7144
Meeting Times: 2nd Wednesday of every month @ 5:30 PM
Contact Person: Jane Ellen

Columbia YMCA
1446 Oak Springs Road
Columbia, TN
Phone: (615) 419-9076
Meeting Times: Third Monday of every month 9 AM
Contact Person: Jamie Fratus
Redbutterfly63@yahoo.com

Cookeville Regional Medical Center Education Room #2
1 Medical Center Boulevard
Cookeville, TN 38501
Phone: (931) 252-5263
Meeting Times: Second Wednesday of every month at 5:30 PM
Contact Person: Jane Ellen

Cookeville Regional Medical Center Education Room # 2
1 Medical Center Boulevard
Cookeville, TN 38501
Phone: (931) 445-7301
Meeting Times: Fourth Thursday of every month at 5:30 PM
Contact Person: Kerri Bullock (931) 239-4635

Cumberland Medical Center- CMC Wellness Center - Conference Room
421 South Main Street
Crossville, TN 38555
Phone: (931) 210-8354
Meeting Times: Third Monday of every month at 6:00 PM
Contact Person: Darlene Murakami (formerly mitchfelder)

4th Avenue Church of Christ (Please enter the back door beside the playground)
117 Fourth Avenue North
Franklin, TN 37064
Phone: (615) 342-1231
Meeting Times: First Monday of every month (no meeting July, Sept.) at 6:00 PM
Contact person: Pamela Davis, RN

Hendersonville Hospital Community Room
Hendersonville (Sumner County), TN
Phone: (615) 533-6830
Meeting Times: Third Saturday of every month at 9:00 AM
Contact Person: Joe Vest

The Grace Place Hermitage Church of God Classroom W-4
4316 Central Pike
Hermitage, TN 37076
Phone: (615) 804-1369
Meeting Times: Third Thursday of every month at 6:30 PM
Contact Person: Joe Estep

Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute-Library
701 North Main Street
Jamestown, TN 38556
Phone: (931) 265-9091
Meeting Times: First Monday of every month at 6:00 PM
Contact Person: Allison Stucker

Crockett Hospital Women’s Center Meeting Room
1607 South Locust Avenue
Lawrenceburg, TN 38464-4011
Phone: (931) 629-4500
Meeting Times: Fourth Monday of every month at 6:00PM
Contact Person: Patti Lopp

Sideline Physical Therapy and Fitness Center
104 Oxford Street
Martin, TN  38237
Phone: (731) 588-3961
Meeting Times: Each Tuesday evening, 6:15 – 7:45
Contact Person: Brenda Campbell

Bodywise Nutrition
810 NorthWest Broad, Suite 234
Murfreesboro, TN
Meeting times: Please contact moderator
Contact person: Susan Seal

Centennial Center for the Treatment of Obesity (BAND patients)
2200 Murphy Avenue, Tace Classroom
Nashville, TN
Phone: (615) 342-1231
Meeting times: first Tuesday of every month at 5:30 PM
Contact Person: Kathy Hungerford, RN

Centennial Center for the Treatment of Obesity (Primary Group)
2200 Murphy Avenue Tace Classroom
Nashville, TN
Phone: (615) 342-1231
Meeting Times: Second Tuesday of every month at 6:00 PM
Contact Person: Kathy Hungerford, RN

Centennial Medical Center Corporate Campus (CMC Employees)
Contact Lesa Franklin for security clearance to the building)
Nashville, TN
Meeting Times: Please contact Moderator
Contact Person: Lesa Franklin

State of TN Employees
312 Rosa Parks Blvd. N. Conference Center –3rd floor TN Tower
Nashville, TN
Contact person: Linda Deason

Nashville Supply Chain Services
Supply Chain CSC - Conference Room A
245 B Great Circle Road
Phone: (615) 342-1231
Meeting Times: second Friday of every month at 11:00 AM
Contact Person: Pam Davis, RN

Pulaski NHC Health Care Community Room
933 E. College St.
Pulaski, TN
Phone: (931) 363-3657
Meeting Times: Last Tuesday of every month at 6:00 PM
Contact Person: Jane McClure

Hillcrest Church of Christ
3726 Old Green Briar Pike
Springfield, TN (Robertson County)
Phone: 615-476-1994
Meeting Times: Second Tuesday of every month 6:00 – 7:30
Contact person: Cyndi Blackburn

Heritage Hospital Classroom A
2835 Highway 231
Shelbyville, TN
Phone: (931) 224-2423
Meeting Times: First Tuesday & Third Monday of every month at 7:00 PM
Contact person: Tammy Parker

Stone Crest Medical Center Hospital Classroom
200 Stonecrest Blvd
Smyrna, TN (Rutherford County)
Meeting Times: Fourth Saturday of every month at 10:00 AM
Contact person: Diane Woodard (diane.richard@tds.net) John Harrington

South Elementary School
2005 U.S. 431
Beechmont, KY (Muhlenburg Co.)
Phone: (270) 543-1917
Meeting Times: Fourth Thursday of every month at 6:00 PM
Contact person: Melody McCoy

Health and Wellness Center (in front of the Greenwood Mall)
Bowling Green, KY
Phone: (270) 535-2966
Meeting Times: First Wednesday and third Thursday of every month at 5:30 PM
Contact person: Michael Large

Western Baptist Hospital Heart Center Conference room
2501 Kentucky Avenue
Paducah, KY
Phone: (618) 841-8806
Meeting Times: Second Tuesday of every month at 6:30 PM
Contact Person: Jennifer Vinyard

Allen County Library
106 West Public Square
Scottsville, KY
Phone: (270) 606-2021
Meeting Times: Second Thursday of every month at 5:30 PM
Contact Person: Karen Keen

St. Mary’s Medical Center – Basement Conference Room #3 Main Entrance
3700 Washington Ave.
Evansville, IN
Phone: (812) 598-8332
Meeting Times: Fourth Monday of odd months at 6:30 PM
Contact person: Colleen Martin

Deaconess Health Science Building
Evansville, IN
Phone: (812) 598-8332
Meeting Times: Third Wednesday of even months at 6:30 PM
Contact Person: Colleen Martin

Centennial Center for the Treatment of Obesity (For Men Only)
2200 Murphy Avenue Tace Classroom
Nashville, TN
Meeting Times: First Saturday of every month at 10:00 AM
Contact person: Dr. Charles Ihrig

Centennial Center for the Treatment of Obesity
2200 Murphy Avenue Tace Classroom
Nashville, TN
Meeting Times: Second, third & fourth Monday of every month at 6:00 PM
Contact person: Dr. Janice Livengood

Centennial Center for the Treatment of Obesity
2200 Murphy Avenue Tace Classroom
Nashville, TN
Meeting Times: Tuesdays and Thursdays at noon
Contact person: Dr. Charles Ihrig

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