Our Board
MERI’s Board of Directors is comprised of four members each from our Charitable Members Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Corporation and Semmes-Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute.
Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation:
Jim Ainsworth
Vice President Market Leader
Scott Fountain
Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer
Don Pounds
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
William A. Tuttle
Vice President Planning
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Corporation:
David Cunningham, MD
Regional Director Gamma Knife Center
Stephen T. Miller, MD
Senior Vice President of Medical Education & Research
Larry Spratlin
Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer
Delores Marshall
Chief Nursing Officer Methodist University Hospital
Semmes-Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute:
Kevin T. Foley, MD
MERI Medical Director/Chairman
Jon H. Robertson, MD
Professor & Chairman at University of Tennessee Neurosurgery Department
MERI Vice Chairman
Maurice Smith, MD
Assistant Professor at University of Tennessee
Complex Spine Specialist
Clarence Watridge, MD
Chairman, Semmes-Murphey Neurologic & Spine Institute
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
MERI Secretary