Degrees

B.S., Middle Tennessee State University

M.S., University of Tennessee

Ed.D., University of Tennessee
Office Location: 300 20^th Avenue North, Suite 301, Nashville, TN 37203                            
Office Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Phone: 615.514.6902
E-mail: jfarris@tnonc.com
 

Dr. James Farris is an adjunct faculty member at Cumberland University, one of the distinguished institutions of higher learning in the south. Dr. Farris obtained his terminal degree from The University of Tennessee Knoxville in 1982. Dr. Farris commands extensive experience in many facets of the healthcare industry. He has held positions with some of Tennessee's most prominent educational and private healthcare institutions. His expertise includes healthcare operations and management as well as developing, marketing and promoting services that have raised the level of Tennessee's health standards and services.  In addition to his healthcare experience, Dr. Farris has served as a consultant with 2^nd Generation Capital to research and develop a business plan for a de novo business, Compass Oncology, a disease management company launched in 2006. He has also served as adjunct professor at the University of Tennessee Colleges of Education and Human Ecology. He presently resides in Brentwood, Tennessee.

 

Current Employment Position

Dr. Farris currently serves as Chief Development Officer at Tennessee, in Nashville, Tennessee.

 

Scholarship, Research, & Publications

Co-author of Confirmatory Analysis: Finding Winning Stocks

Private Research done for Healthcare Companies

Quality of Life of Liver Transplant Recipients; 1990, Dr. James Farris, Dr. John Peters, Dr. Jefferson Pennington

Two Year Patient Outcomes Comparing Percutaneous Discectomy, Laminectomy and Physical Therapy; 1988, Dr. John Peters, Dr. James Farris, Dr. William Davis

 

Teaching Responsibilities

MSP 5000 Human Development

 

State license(s) held

State of Tennessee Teaching License

State of Tennessee Life, Health, Liability License (retired)

Professional & Community Associations

Tennessee Oncology Practice Society

Previous Served on the Following Boards

Arthritis Foundation

The EAR Foundation

Lupus Society

League of Hearing and Deaf