G. Scott Morris, MD, MDiv
Chief Executive Officer, Church HealthDr. G. Scott Morris, M.D., M.Div, is founder and CEO of Church Health, which opened in 1987 to provide quality, affordable health care for working, uninsured or underserved people and their families. In FY2021, Church Health had over 61,300 patient visits. Dr. Morris has an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia, a Master of Divinity degree from Yale University, and M.D. from Emory University. He is a board-certified family practice physician and an ordained United Methodist minister.
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Compassion is an intense desire to embrace people in a way that is not the norm in our world today.
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In 1979, yellow ribbons were tied to trees all over the country and hoped that the American hostages held in Iran would return.
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In Greek mythology, Chiron was a centaur, half human and half horse.
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This coming Sunday is Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year for Jews, a day the rest of us ignore, which I believe is a mistake.
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In the Southern African country of Lesotho, their language has a word that reflects the wholeness of life, bophelo, whose root means alive.
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The patient in front of me looked like she was in her 40s, but the chart said she was 66. Just to be sure, I ask her age.
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For those of us who call Memphis home, the waters of the Mississippi River as they flow by approach being sacred.
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An older patient came in with high blood pressure and diabetes, but we got them under control.
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I've reached an age where I regularly read the obituary page.