STOCKBRIDGE — Piedmont Henry Hospital CEO David Kent knows first hand the importance of athletic trainers.
Growing up in Indiana, his dream was to play basketball. In high school, that dream was shattered — not on the basketball court but on the football field when he suffered a knee injury.
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