Patient Spotlight
“Old fashioned texting”: patient and her caregivers chat via signs in windows
By Jessica Pasley
The clinic building faces the hospital building, and when Katy Rose was in the hospital, she began posting signs for her clinic nurse to see. It kind of grew from there.
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Employee Spotlight
As a medical student, Joseph Fusco was diagnosed with cancer. That experience influences the way he treats his young patients every day.
By Jessica Pasley
He gave up baseball to become a surgeon. That decision may have saved his life.
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Patient Spotlight
Multiple sclerosis, lung cancer, and 50 marathons: Aaron Hawkins about to reach amazing milestone
By Jill Clendening
"He has been a blessing and role model for so many," his doctor Jonathan Nesbitt says.
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VUMC in the Community
The inside story behind the Hillsboro Village “Hope” mural: a brother’s love and a message for Children’s Hospital
By Christina Echegaray
Lance Gregory wanted the message to be visible from the windows of Children's Hospital — in memory of his brother Cory
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VUMC in the Community
Philadelphia Eagles pick VUMC resident to sing national anthem before game
By Wayne Wood
The lifelong Eagles fan closed "The Star-Spangled Banner” with a big smile and the exhortation “Go, Birds!”
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Patient Spotlight
Two brushes with death. Two life-saving Vanderbilt physicians. Then, two children.
By Matt Batcheldor
"Vanderbilt will always be a place that we hold dear for everything they have done for us,” says Mary Beth Ballard Murray.
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Health, yes
Protecting the skin from damaging sun rays is as easy as “slip, slop, slap, slide and shade”
By Jessica Pasley
It’s never too early to start using sun safety tips, especially when it means preventing…
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Employee Spotlight
Every child who finishes chemo gets a rousing serenade. The woman behind Children’s Hospital’s “Last Chemo” song.
By Jessica Pasley
Warning: you will be humming "The Macarena" for the rest of the day.
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Employee Spotlight
From Child Life patient to Child Life specialist
By Christina Echegaray
Camille Fraser was a teenager with a cancer diagnosis when she was helped by a Vanderbilt Child Life specialist and immediately knew she had seen her future career. That was 13 years ago and Fraser is now a Vanderbilt Child Life specialist herself.
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