Advocacy

Convergent Knoxville as a company, as well as individual staff members, support a community-based approach to medicine and are actively involved in promoting access to wellness programs and early detection of disease.

EDUCATION. SUPPORT. ACCESS.

  • KDL Pathology Healthcare practitioner continuing medical education programs

  • Sun safety patient education activities

    • School health fairs

    • County health department fairs

  • Skin cancer awareness patient education activities

  • Cancer Support Community of East Tennessee

  • Tennessee Cancer Coalition

  • Knoxville Area Project Access (KAPA), an initiative led by the physicians of the Knoxville Academy of Medicine to provide access to healthcare for low-income, uninsured residents of Knox County, TN

  • Together!HealthyKnox, a health improvement initiative by the Knox County Health Department (KCHD), emphasizing a community approach to better health