business briefs
• Covenant Health and Covenant Medical Group welcome Aaron G. Margulies, MD, to Fort Loudoun Breast and General Surgery, a newly opened breast care and surgery center.
Margulies is board-certified in general surgery. He also holds diplomate certifications from the American Board of Surgery and the National Board of Medical Examiners.
Margulies attended medical school at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. He completed his residency in general surgery at University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, and his fellowship in breast cancer surgery was at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute in Little Rock. He is accepting new patients.
• Tennessee Society of CPAs recently announced the election of its 2024-25 Knoxville Chapter officers: Lindsey N. Franks, CPA, of Crowe LLP, president; Jennifer M. Blackwood, CPA, of PYA, P.C., president-elect; Daria Cooper, CPA, of KPMG, LLP, vice president of education; Janna M. Lowther, CPA, of LBMC, assistant vice president of education; Grant Daugherty, CPA, of Pugh CPAs, vice president of membership; and Aaron O’Dell, CPA, of Kruggel Lawton CPAs, secretary/treasurer.
