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Brain Injury Support Groups: Tennessee

Chattanooga Area

Contact: Danielle Hooper   Phone: (423) 634-1572   E-mail: ChattanoogaBrainInjury@gmail.com

Support Group	Location	Date	Time
Chattanooga Evening group	Siskin Rehab Hospital	4th Monday	6:00 – 7:30
Chattanooga Veterans with Brain Injury	Siskin Rehab Hospital (only for military veterans)	4th Monday	6:00 – 7:30
Chattanooga Young adult	Siskin Rehab Hospital (or announced location)	3rd Tuesday	6:00 – 7:30
Cleveland	Wesley United Methodist Church	3rd Monday	6:00 – 7:30
Fort Oglethorpe, GA	Fort Oglethorpe Methodist Church	2nd Tuesday	6:00 – 7:30

Cookeville Area

Contact: Rick Hall                   Phone: (931) 372-8900           E-mail: Harlanhall@yahoo.com

Support Group	Location	Date	Time
Cookeville	Cookeville Regional Medical Center Education Center	4th Thursday	6:30

Jackson Area

Contact: Laura Mills                Phone: (731) 541-4941           E-mail: Laura.Mills@wth.org

Support Group	Location	Date	Time
Jackson	Jackson Madison County, General Hospital	2nd Tuesday	6:30

Johnson City Area

Contact: Fredda Roberts         Phone: (423) 257-3644           E-mail: Fredda@Crumleyhouse.com

Support Group	Location	Date	Time
Johnson City	James Quillen Rehab	2nd Thursday	6:30

Knoxville Area

Contact: Patty Cruze               Phone: (865) 541-1499           E-mail: PCruze@CovHlth.com

Support Group	Location	Date	Time
Knoxville	Patricia Neal Rehab Center	1st Monday	7:00

Lewisburg Area

Contact: Brent Lokey              Phone: (931) 684-5222           E-mail: Firstmost@bellsouth.net

Support Group	Location	Date	Time
Decherd	The Rehab Center - 100 Bible Crossing Rd	1st Tuesday	6:00 - 7:30

Memphis Area

Contact: Carolyn Chambers    Phone: (901) 545-8487           E-mail: CChambers@the-med.org

Support Group	Location	Date	Time
Memphis Community	Benjamin Hooks Central Library	4th Tuesday	6:00-7:30
Memphis Trauma	Regional Medical Center	Monday	a.m.
Memphis Trauma	Regional Medical Center	Wednesday	a.m.
Memphis Pediatric	Varied (Le Bonheur and other sites)	Varied	a.m.
Memphis College & Career	Varied (meets at Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library and local universities)	Varied	Evenings
Memphis Military	Children of Survivors Baptist Rehab Germantown	4th Tuesday	2:00 - 3:30

Murfreesboro Area

Contact: Brent Lokey              Phone: (931) 684-5222           E-mail: blokey@epilepsytn.org

Support Group	Location	Date	Time
Murfreesboro	NHC Murfreesboro	4th Thursday	6:00 - 7:30

Nashville Area

Contact: Lisa Howser      Phone: (615) 248-2541     E-mail: Coordinator@BrainInjuryTN.org

Support Group	Location	Date	Time
Madison	Skyline Madison Campus	3rd Monday	6:00-7:30
Nashville	Vanderbilt Stallwork Rehalilitaion Hospital	1st Tuesday	6:00-7:30

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