U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) will join U.S. Senate candidate Manny Sethi for a Town Hall Meeting at Volunteer International, 626 Airways Blvd., from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Monday.

Cruz has endorsed Sethi, whose primary competition for the Senate seat in the August 6 Republican primary is Bill Hagerty.

The Senate seat is held by Lamar Alexander (R-TN), who is retiring.

About Dr. Manny: Dr. Manny Sethi is an orthopedic trauma surgeon and the founder of Healthy Tennessee, a nonprofit organization designed to promote preventative health care across the state. This organization has cared for thousands of patients in almost every county in Tennessee.

Raised in Coffee County, Dr. Manny received his undergraduate degree from Brown University. He then went on to receive his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. After college, as a Fulbright Scholar he worked in Tunisia with children suffering from muscular dystrophy. Dr. Manny returned home to Tennessee to impact change in healthcare and education.

He is the co-editor of An Introduction to Health Policy with Senator William Frist, MD, and author of The American Dream in Tennessee: Stories of Faith, Struggle, and Survival, a book about the power of faith, family, and community in the treatment of near-life-ending trauma.

He is married to Maya, and they have two children. They attend McKendree United Methodist Church in Nashville.