Summit Medical Group donated $100,000 to Roane State Foundation in support of the fundraising campaign for a new state-of-the-art healthcare training facility, the Knox Regional
Health Science Education Center. The contribution aligns with the organizations’ shared mission to foster education and training for the next generation of healthcare workers.
The new facility is expected to educate more than 8,000 students each year in a myriad of healthcare roles. Officials from Roane State Community College and the Tennessee College of
Applied Technology (TCAT) Knoxville celebrated the facility’s groundbreaking on Aug. 1. The 130,000-square-foot facility will be located on the newly named Covenant Health Campus at
9575 Sherrill Boulevard in Knoxville, replacing Roane State’s existing Knox County Center for Health Sciences on Hayfield Road. The land for the new center was donated by Covenant Health
in January.
Reflecting on the critical healthcare gaps that the new center aims to fill, Summit Medical Group CEO Ed Curtis said, “This new facility is poised to become a hub for training a diverse
range of healthcare professionals—everything from nurses to technologists, roles that are understaffed in our community and across the nation. Sharing our support was a logical step for
us as an investment in the future workforce that we, and the healthcare system at large, will rely upon.”
The project’s preliminary timeline has the Knox Regional Health Science Education Center set to open for students in the fall of 2025.
