(photo by Dana P. Thomas)
Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, left, toured the Shade Tree Family Clinic on Tuesday. Run by Vanderbilt University School of Medicine students, the free clinic provides care to the uninsured and underserved population in the East Nashville area near Dickerson Pike. With Dean are, from left, Alon Peltz, Shannon Jordan, Meredith Albin and Robert Miller, M.D., the clinic’s medical director.