U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-TN), who has dealt with the issue of health insurance as a businessman, as mayor of Chattanooga and as Tennessee's Commissioner of Finance and Administration, held a roundtable on health care at Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center in Memphis on Thursday, May 29 to hear from those who are on the frontlines of the issue as he works in the Senate to reform the country's health care system.

Panel members included:

• Moderator: Cato Johnson, SVP, Corporate Affairs, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
• Gary Shorb - CEO, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
• Meri Armour - CEO, Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center
• Dr. Barry Gilmore - Medical Director, Le Bonheur Emergency Services
• William Jackson - CEO, Memphis Health Center
• Mark Barnes - Executive VP, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
• David Archer - CEO, Saint Francis Hospital
• Dr. Mike Caudle - Vice Chancellor of Health Affairs, UT Health Science Center
• Dr. Cyril Chang - University of Memphis, expert in health care economics
• Dr. Joanne Bassett - Provost, Southwest Tennessee Community College

Senator Corker also visited with Le Bonheur patients, physicians and Associates while at Le Bonheur. He made a special appearance on Le Bonheur’s in-house television network, Studio 8. Le Bonheur Teen Advisory Council member Caitlin Fisher interviewed Senator Corker on camera.