Women in Business
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Women in Business
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Tuesday, September 16
11:30 am - 1 pm
Speaker: Dr. Rhea Seddon, Physician and Former Astronaut
A veteran of three Space Shuttle flights, Dr. Rhea Seddon spent 19 years with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In 1978 she was selected as one of the first six women to enter the Astronaut Program. She flew aboard her first Shuttle flight in 1985, deployed two satellites, operated the Remote Manipulator Arm, and performed the first echocardiography in space. In 1991 she was selected to serve as a Mission Specialist on the first Shuttle flight dedicated entirely to the life sciences research, Spacelab Life Sciences 1, and in 1993 she was the Payload Commander in charge of all science activities on Spacelab Life Sciences 2. This brought her total time in space to 30 days.
After leaving NASA, Dr. Seddon served as the Assistant Chief Medical Officer of the Vanderbilt Medical Group in Nashville, Tennessee and as Assistant Professor of Medical Administration and Education at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine for 11 years. There she led an initiative aimed at improving patient safety, quality of care, and team effectiveness by the use of an aviation-based model of Crew Resource Management. Now with LifeWings Partners, LLC she teaches this concept to healthcare institutions across the United States. A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley with a degree in physiology, Dr. Seddon received her MD degree from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis, where she completed her residency in General Surgery.
Rhea Seddon lives in Murfreesboro, Tennessee with her husband and fellow astronaut Captain Robert "Hoot" Gibson and their children.
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Date and Time
Tuesday Sep 16, 2014
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM CDT
Tuesday, September 16
11:30 am - 1 pm
Location
Brentwood United Methodist Church
309 Franklin Road
Brentwood, TN 37027
Fees/Admission
Chamber Members: $20
Guests: $25
$5 late fee added beginning at noon on Sept. 12
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