ABOUT US

We are here to serve Nashville’s uninsured, underserved, and culturally marginalized. Our patients and clients come from over 80 homelands and speak more than 50 languages.

Siloam Health’s mission is to share the love of Christ by serving those in need through health care.

OUR VISION

Siloam Health’s vision is that our neighbors from all nations are empowered to lead physically, emotionally, and spiritually healthy lives and to feel at home in our community.

Our Values

Our core values reflect who we are today and who we want to be as we grow in the Nashville community.


We make time and space to foster genuine, healing relationships in all that we do, so that others feel safe, valued, and refreshed in body, mind, and spirit.


We commit to listen, learn, and forge an affordable path forward that addresses the social and cultural context of each patient, no matter what it takes.


We strive to exceed expectations in quality, whole-person care, and community engagement, encouraging our patients, teammates, and partners to do the same.


Rooted in Christ, we serve and honor people of all faiths and walks of life as made in God’s image, welcoming difference as an opportunity for learning, growth, and joy.


We embrace our role as catalysts, investing in others so that health care transformed by love will ripple far beyond Siloam.

Our DEI Commitment

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are vital to Siloam Health as we share the love of Jesus Christ. We promote a safe atmosphere that encourages curiosity, learning, and growth. Our goal is to create a greater sense of authenticity, justice, and belonging within and beyond our organization.

A HISTORY OF HEALING

1988

IT BEGINS WITH A DREAM
While he admittedly should've been listening to the sermon, Dr. David Gregory passes a note during church. The note reflects his dream for a faith-based, volunteer-supported clinic that would provide affordable, high-quality health care to Nashville's most medically vulnerable. Belmont Mission Pastor and physician assistant Mick Antanaitis shares in this dream.

1989

THE ORIGIN OF A NAME
Siloam gets our name from the Biblical story in John 9, where Jesus heals a man born blind by telling him to "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam."

On July 11, Mick Antanaitis signs the Charter for Siloam Family Health Center.

1991

SILOAM OPENS ITS DOORS
Councilman Douglas Mansfield helps secure a zoning variance to combine two small apartments in the Edgehill neighborhood off 12th Avenue South into a 1,000 sq.-ft. clinic. With seed money from Belmont Church, Siloam begins seeing patients once a week, asking each patient to contribute $2 per visit.

1992-1995

INCREASING DIVERSITY & CARE FOR IMMIGRANTS
From our earliest days, Siloam becomes a medical refuge for native Nashvillians and the growing immigrant community alike. The Vietnamese and Kurdish communities become one of our main patient populations and as demand in the international community increases, Siloam adds language interpreters to our volunteer base.

1996

OUR FIRST CEO
Siloam hires our first full-time employee, Nancy West. Nancy will go on to become our first President and CEO, faithfully serving in this position for nearly 20 years.

1997-2000

STEADY GROWTH & EXPANDED CARE
Under West's leadership, Siloam experiences steady growth in our first decade. We expand our hours of operation to 32 hours per week, allowing a full load of patients to be seen by more than 20 medical and non-medical volunteers. Medical students from Vanderbilt University begin serving as volunteers for elective credits and an additional apartment is added to the clinic to meet the growing need. In 2000, Siloam is featured on the front page of The Tennessean as one of Nashville’s best-kept secrets.

2001

REFUGEE MEDICAL SCREENINGS
Siloam begins a formal partnership to administer refugee medical screenings for every refugee resettled in Davidson County.

2005

A NEW HOME
Thanks in large part to a $1.5 million donation from HCA Healthcare, Siloam opens the doors of a brand-new clinic located on Gale Lane, moving into our new home completely debt-free.

2012

STUDENT EDUCATION
Siloam formalizes student education programs to train the next generation of health professionals in the art of whole-person care. We will go on to formally partner with Vanderbilt, Belmont, Lipscomb, and Trevecca Universities and train more than 50 students each year.

2013

A NEW CEO
After nearly 20 years of service, Nancy West retires. She passes the reins to Dr. Morgan Wills, who has served as a medical provider at Siloam for the past 13 years.

2014

COMMUNITY HEALTH
Siloam launches community health initiatives to address the social determinants of health that affect our immigrant patients in their own communities. Community health efforts target four language groups - Arabic, Burmese, Nepali, and Spanish.

2020

SILOAM HEALTH ANTIOCH
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Siloam opens Siloam Health Antioch and provides ongoing public health services to the immigrant community.

TODAY

HEALTH CARE TRANSFORMED BY LOVE
Today, Siloam is known as a comprehensive, whole-person health care organization that combines medical care, community health, and student education to serve thousands of uninsured, underserved, and culturally marginalized individuals from all over the world.