Music City Health Professions Program Expo

Health Care Meets Higher Ed in Nashville

Our second annual MC HPPE will be held on October 6, 2026 at Belmont University! Registration will open in summer, 2026. If you would like to be notified when registration opens, please complete this interest form. You will be the first to know the details of our event!

2026 MC HPPE Interest Form (for programs & students)

At the MC HPPE, universities in the Health Care Capitol of the U.S. welcome professional graduate programs to meet our students through the Music City Health Professions Program Expo! This Expo was developed by a consortia of Nashville-area Pre-Health programs, encompasing thousands of pre-health students across nearly 10 Colleges & Universities. Students will have the opportunity to network with professional healthcare school admissions and connect with other pre-health students.

Participating Local Universities:

• Belmont University
• Fisk University
• Lipscomb University
• Middle Tennessee State University
• Tennessee State University
• Tennessee Tech University
• Trevecca Nazarene University
• Vanderbilt University 

For its innaugural year in 2025, over 65 graduate programs were represented at the MC HPPE, including 21 MD, 7 DO, 6 Dental, 6 PA, 10 PT, 6 OT, 10 Pharmacy, 3 Vet, 3 Optometry, 3 Podiatry, 2 Chiropractic, 7 Master's programs, and more! We had hundreds of students across our programs attend.

Student & Transportation Information

Discover Your Path at the Expo!

The Music City Health Professions Program Expo is an annual event opportunity to build relationships, ask questions to professional school admissions representatives and more. Explore new programs or possibly connect with your dream school! Plus, pre-health student attendees can look forward to prize giveaways, but you must be present to win!

• 2026 Student Attendee Registration will open in fall
• The Expo will be from 3:00-6:00, and you can pop in anytime.
• The suggested dress is business casual.
• Some local universities are organizing special transportation to the Expo. Please check in with your Pre-Health Advisor for group instructions. 
• Location & Directions 

  • The Music City Health Professions Program Expo will take place in the Janet Ayers Academic Center (#8) on the campus map in the 4th-floor conference rooms C&D.

  • Directions to campus:  https://www.belmont.edu/about/visit/directions.html

  • Directions for parking and finding Janet Ayers Academic Center (JAAC) Conference Rooms: 

    • From Wedgewood Avenue, turn South onto 15^th Avenue South.

    • At the roundabout, turn right, past the Janet Ayers Academic Center.

    • At the next roundabout, turn right to go toward the Ayers Garage.

    • Turn right to enter the Ayers Garage.

    • Park in a visitor spot or any available parking spot*.

    • Take the Ayers North elevators to the fourth floor.

    • When exiting the elevator, conference rooms C & D will be to your left and straight ahead.Student Transportation from specific Universities is coming soon! General driving and parking directions at Belmont is below.

  • Visitor Parking:
    • Visitors must register at belmont.aimsparking.com. Registration is free of charge. Once registered, there is no need to print or display any permits on your dash as your visitor parking pass is virtual. If the Ayers Garage is full, please park in any of the other garages or surface lots on campus. Do not park on the streets in the neighborhood.
  • For Uber or Lyft, provide this address:  1501 Wedgewood Ave, Nashville, TN 37212

Health Professions Program Information

The Music City Health Professions Program Expo is a collaboration among Nashville area Universities, including Belmont University, Fisk University, Lipscomb University, Middle Tennessee State University, Tennessee State University, Tennessee Tech University, Trevecca Nazarene University, and Vanderbilt University. This includes around 2000 pre-health students.

Please email Gary Boling (gary.boling@belmont.edu) for registration information.

Schedule for the day TBD

If you plan to ship materials, please mail them to the address below. Shipping to get to our office can take some time, so please ship far in advance of the event.

c/o Beth Bowman
Your School Name
4024 Janet Ayers Academic Center
1900 Belmont Blvd, Nashville, TN 37212