Medical Care
Comprehensive medical care is the cornerstone of Siloam Health. We incorporate our unique, whole-person approach to provide health care for the uninsured, underserved, and culturally marginalized in Middle Tennessee.
Medical Care
Siloam’s approach to medical care provides a unique, interdisciplinary model of whole-person health care that addresses the physical, social, emotional, and spiritual determinants of health.
Our staff is anchored by a multicultural team of nurses and board-certified physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants who serve alongside roughly 300 volunteer interpreters, doctors, nurses, and other licensed medical specialists each year.
Behavioral health consultants, social workers, pharmacists, and spiritual care staff as well as volunteers provide vital wraparound services to address needs and connect patients to resources in the community.
Together, this team provides comprehensive whole-person health care for Nashville’s most vulnerable neighbors.
Our two clinics in Melrose and Antioch provide care for all uninsured individuals regardless of their ability to pay.
Siloam Health Melrose operates like a typical primary care doctor’s office. Because it is not a walk-in clinic, prospective new patients are screened for eligibility weekly and contribute toward the cost of their care based on their ability to pay after enrollment.
Siloam Health Antioch is strategically located within one of Nashville’s vibrant immigrant communities and provides walk-in acute care for patients on a ‘first-come, first-serve’ basis. Patients pay a flat, affordable fee to receive care.
Through our network of generous volunteers and partners, Siloam also provides onsite and offsite diagnostics as well as specialty care for a variety of conditions.
In 2022, the Siloam Health clinics served more than 6,500 individual patients and conducted more than 20,000 patient encounters.
“God puts the right people in the right place to help every time.”
– Beatriz, Siloam Patient
Whole-Person Care in Action: Beatriz’s Story
Beatriz left Mexico more than 20 years ago in search of a safer home and made her way to Nashville.
Once in Nashville, Siloam Health Nurse Practitioner, Emilie, helped Beatriz manage her diabetes and they built a trusting relationship. When Beatriz was diagnosed with a serious liver condition, she had a lot of questions and fear, but recalls Emilie telling her, “This is not going to be easy – but we’re going to be with you, and God is going to be with us.” Since then, Emilie and Beatriz have sought solutions together, cried together, and prayed together. Because of their close relationship and Siloam’s collaborative interdisciplinary model, Emilie was also able to refer Beatriz to a qualified counselor to provide additional support – ensuring she was cared for physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
At Siloam, Beatriz has found sanctuary: a place of comfort and safety during uncertain times. The whole-person care she received here has given her strength to stay strong, keep hope, and get healthy for her daughters. Her faith is also stronger because of Siloam, and she notes that “God puts the right people in the right place to help every time.”
Refugee Medical Screening
In partnership with the Tennessee Office of Refugees and resettlement agencies like Catholic Charities and the Nashville International Center for Empowerment (NICE), Siloam welcomes and provides comprehensive health screenings for all newly arriving refugees, asylees, and parolees settling in Middle Tennessee to help meet the requirements that are part of their entry into the United States.
Siloam was approached by the Health Department in 2000 to oversee the federally funded Refugee Medical Screening program for the state of Tennessee. In 2022, Siloam welcomed more than 850 refugees through this program.
In prior years the number has been as high as 1,500.