HealthTalk

Join us on April 2 for Methodist Medical Center Foundation’s third annual HealthTalk luncheon benefiting the patients and families served by Methodist Medical Center.

This event will be an opportunity for business and community leaders to come together in support of the hospital while learning more about the future of the healthcare industry and how it may affect them, their employees and their families. Our vision is to offer an insider view of the global healthcare industry as well as what is happening in East Tennessee for our event sponsors and attendees. Sponsorship packages, including event tickets, range from $500 – $5,000.

Event Information

Wednesday, April 2, 2025
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Oak Ridge Conference Center

Featured Speaker

Our featured speaker for 2025 is James Schindler, MD, MPH, who serves as the
program director for the Methodist Family Medicine Residency program in Oak Ridge,
Tennessee. He has served patients as a primary care physician in East Tennessee for
more than 20 years.
Dr. Schindler grew up in a small North Dakota town and attended the University of North Dakota School of Medicine for basic sciences, earning his medical degree and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. After a residency in northern California, he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, receiving his Masters of Public Health in maternal and child health.
Dr. Schindler served as the medical director for Robert Wood Johnson Healthcare for the Homeless program in Denver and the Puyallup Tribe in Tacoma, Washington before returning to Houston to direct the Division of Urban Family Medicine for UT-Houston School of Medicine. He championed efforts to plant family practice residents and faculty throughout underserved communities in Houston and directed an interdisciplinary Primary Care fellowship for the UT Health Sciences Center. Dr. Schindler then returned to Baylor as Vice Chairman of Clinical Affairs for the Department of Family and Community Medicine, replicating the UT-Houston program. He served as Chief of Service for the Ben Taub Hospital and interim residency director during that time. He moved to East Tennessee to raise children and practice primary care in Morristown before being named founding program director for the Methodist Family Medicine Residency.

Learn more about the MMC Family Residency Program.

Questions

If you have questions about the event, please contact:

Jen Sheehan, Development Manager
Methodist Medical Center Foundation
Office: 865-531-5208 | Email: [email protected]

About the Methodist Medical Center Foundation

The Foundation was established in 1990 for charitable giving at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, and funds advance the highest quality of healthcare services at the hospital. The Foundation’s mission is to assist Methodist Medical Center with extending the gift of life to all those in need, regardless of their ability to pay.