Michael Renfrow named Acting Executive Director at VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System
PRESS RELEASE
September 20, 2023
Nashville , TN — Michael Renfrow will serve as the Acting Executive Director at VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) starting Sunday, Sept. 24 for 120 days while Daniel Dücker steps in to serve as the Atlanta VA Medical Center Acting Executive Director.
Renfrow was appointed as the TVHS Deputy Executive Director in September 2021.
In this role, Renfrow led the operations and strategy for a large, complex 1A health care system with two medical centers and nineteen outpatient clinics, serving 140,000 Veterans in Tennessee, southern Kentucky, and northern Georgia. TVHS employs more than 5,000 employees with an annual operating budget of over $1.8 billion.
Renfrow served in various roles at VA since 2006, to include serving as the Deputy Director, VA Patient Experience Program; Acting Deputy Vice Chairman, VA Board of Veterans’ Appeals; Chief Consultant, VA Patient Experience; Senior Advisor for Safety, Security, and Preparedness Modernization to the VA Assistant Secretary for Operations, Security, and Preparedness; and Deputy Director for Plans, VA Office of Emergency Management.
Renfrow is an Air Force Veteran, serving on active duty from 2002-2006 and in the Maryland Air National Guard from 2006-2011.
VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System is an integrated tertiary health care system comprised of two hospitals, the Alvin C. York campus in Murfreesboro and the Nashville campus, as well as 19 community-based outpatient clinics located in Tennessee and Kentucky. TVHS provides ambulatory care, primary care, and secondary care in acute medicine and surgery, specialized tertiary care, transplant services, spinal cord injury outpatient care, and a full range of extended care and mental health services.
