The Tennessee Veterinary Medical Association recently presented Dr. John Mullins, owner of Animal Care Center of Ooltewah, with the Dr. Walter R. Clark Distinguished Service award.
Mullins has been a veterinarian for almost 40 years. He served in the African bush, where he worked on the oxen, horses, sheep, goats and poultry of subsistence farmers, and then returned to his native Tennessee and began private practice.
For the past 19 years, Mullins has served as a member of National Veterinary Response Team-3, part of the National Disaster Medical System in the Department of Health and Human Services, which responds to national disasters involving animals.
The TVMA nominated Mullins for his help with local disaster relief and animal neglect cases.
Surgeon McLean joins Parkridge
Centennial Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at Parkridge recently welcomed Dr. Michael McLean, a board-certified and fellowship-trained cardiothoracic surgeon with 24 years of experience. The Chattanooga native specializes in complex surgery of the lungs, esophagus, heart and other parts of the chest.
McLean previously served as a cardiothoracic surgeon at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Grand Junction, Colorado and a cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon in Los Angeles, California.
He grew up in Chattanooga and earned his medical degree from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in North Carolina. He completed his residency in general surgery at SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and his fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Southern California.
McLean will see patients in the Centennial Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at Parkridge offices, which are located in the Center for Heart, Lung and Vascular Health at 2339 McCallie Avenue. Learn more at CentennialHeart.com/Parkridge.
Croy engineering VP receives leadership award
The Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers presented Russell D. Moorehead, a vice president with Croy Engineering and head of the firm’s Chattanooga office, with the Jack W. Anderson Engineering Leadership Award during the Chattanooga Engineers Week Awards Banquet.
The TSPE presents the award to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the engineering profession and has demonstrated leadership within their company and professional societies and enduring service to the community at large.
Moorehead joined Croy in 2019 to lead the expansion of Croy’s efforts into the Tennessee market. Since then, he’s helped the firm deliver infrastructure improvements across the state, such as the 2,000-acre McDonald Farm site planning and development project in Hamilton County.
Over the span of his nearly four-decade career, Moorehead has also worked on several notable projects in the greater Chattanooga area, including a site improvement plan for Nokian Tyres, civil site improvements for the Amazon Distribution Facility and construction plans for the La-Z-Boy Manufacturing Facility.
Throughout his career, Moorehead has been involved in several professional societies, including the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Council of Engineering Companies of Tennessee, ACEC Southeast Tennessee and the American Society of Highway Engineers.
He served as the ASCE Tennessee Section Chattanooga Branch president and later served as the ASCE Tennessee Section president. He’s currently serving as the vice president of the board of directors for ACEC Tennessee.
Moorehead is also a 2014 graduate of Leadership Chattanooga.
In his community, Moorehead serves as treasurer of the Suck Creek Mountain Volunteer Fire Department.