ChetMGentryMDFAAFP, FAAHPM

Family Medicine • Cookeville, TN

Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Innovative Family Care/ Clinical Transformation Committee of Cumberland Center for Healthcare Innovation

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Office
3300 Williams Enterprise Drive
Suite #1
Cookeville, TN 38506
Phone+1 931-528-9222

Fax+1 931-854-0907

Education & Training

Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of MedicineResidency, Family Medicine, 1989 - 1992
University of Virginia Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1988 - 1989
Michigan State University College of Human MedicineClass of 1988
Wayne State University, Institute of GerontologySpecialist Certificate in Aging Medicine, 1983 - 1986
Wayne State UniversityB.S., Biology, Human Growth and Development/Gerontology Track., Graduate with Distinction, 1979 - 1984
Macomb County Community CollegeEmergency Medical Technician, 1980

Certifications & Licensure

TN State Medical License 1992 - 2025
MI State Medical License 1991 - 1993
American Board of Family Medicine Family Medicine
American Board of Family Medicine Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Awarded Degree of Fellow American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Care, 2016
Rural Practitioner of the Year Tennessee Rural Health Association, 1998
Awarded Degree of Fellow American Academy of Family Physicians, 1997
Outstanding Young Men of America. 1982
Full Merit Scholarship Wayne State University, 1979
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Publications & Presentations

Lectures

Diabetes: “Knowing your Numbers”
Presentation on Management of a Chronic Disease, Diabetes, Community of White County - 3/1/2005
Activating Patients to Improve Diabetes Care
Presentation to Rural Health Association of Tennessee Attendees , Gatlinburg, TN - 11/1/2004
“Managing Diabetes, A Chronic Disease” PPRNet Study Participant
Presentation at Physician Microsystems Annual Conference, Seattle, WA - 7/1/2003
1991 The Theory of Family Medicine
A lecture presented to the Family Medicine Program - 1/1/1991
The Art of Family Medicine
A workshop designed to assist family medicine residents in the conscious development of skills in th - 1/1/1990
Malignant Skin Tumors
1990 Family Practice Conference - 1/1/1990
The Nurse Aide as a Psychosocial Therapist: An Untapped Resource in Institutions for the Aged
Presented to Dr. Lewis Lipsitz, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for the Aged, Boston, MA - 1/1/1987
Osteoporosis. A comprehensive paper for a directed study project.
1/1/1984
The Family Practice Geriatric Center: A Theoretical Model. Presented at the Senior Seminar for Human Development.
Presented at the Senior Seminar for Human Development. Wayne State University. - 1/1/1984
The Church of Christ Care Center: A Comprehensive Analysis of a Long Term Care Facility and its Residents.
A senior research project presented to the faculty of the Institute of Gerontology at Wayne State U - 1/1/1984
Geriatrics in the United States.
Presented to the Wayne County Medical Society, Committee on Aging. - 1/1/1983
The Nurse Aide as a Psychosocial Therapist: An Untapped Resource in Institutions for the Aged.
Presented to Dr. Eva Kahana, Wayne State University, and to the Church of Christ Care Center, Mt. C - 1/1/1983
Assisting Parents in Chronic Illness: Stresses and Adaptation in an Increasingly Important Role.
Presented to Dr. Mary Jane VanMeter. Wayne State Univ. - 1/1/1983
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