Ep. 41: He Steered the City Through COVID, Now, He's Reimagining Nashville

Ep. 41: He Steered the City Through COVID, Now, He's Reimagining Nashville

Author: Angie Lawless and Brandon Miller November 14, 2024 Duration: 1:07:41

When Nashville identified its first case of coronavirus in March 2020, the city was between Public Health Department directors and as unprepared as the rest of the world for what was to come. 

Dr. Alex Jahangir, a trauma surgeon acting at that time as chair of the Metro Nashville Board of Health, unexpectedly found himself head of the city's COVID-19 Task Force and responsible for leading it through uncharted waters.

Now, he's reimagining a new Nashville. Jahangir is the co-chair of Imagine
Nashville, a citywide study that explores the needs of Nashville's residents and imagines goals to address them.

 


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