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Patient Spotlight

Two miracles, four years apart

By Matt Batcheldor

Kelly Harden’s life was saved by a lung transplant. Exactly four years later, she was saved again with a kidney transplant.

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Contest

Pets of VUMC 2023 — Collection #3: Duos, part 1

By Wayne Wood

Sonny & Cher. Sam & Dave. Simon & Garfunkel. Great duos! But don't forget Milly & Tilly, Snoopy & RuRu, and Rowdy & Lulu.

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Elevate Team Award

The MyHealth Bundles Team transforms and innovates health care to create a better patient experience.

By Diana Duren

“Now I can do everything. I can truly enjoy my grandchildren and go to all their sports activities without fearing walking up and down bleachers...I feel like my life is back.”

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Credo Award Winner

Flavia Atkins brings caring and leadership to the patients she guides as a health care navigator

By Leigh MacMillan

She takes pride not only in guiding patients on their health care journeys but also in serving as a resource who is always available to her fellow navigators

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Five Pillar Leader Award

Five Pillar Award recipient Gaye Smith on meetings, respect and one of her proudest accomplishments in 19 years at VUMC

By Danny Bonvissuto

“Respecting every human is essential to being a good human and a good manager."

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Patient Spotlight

Holding hands one more time: Compassion and collaboration allow couple to spend the most precious time together

By Jill Clendening

Virginia and Tommy Stevens, both 91, have been married 69 years and this was the time they needed each other the most. Compassionate problem-solving by the Palliative Care Unit and the Trauma Intensive Care Unit teams brought the loving couple together one more time.

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Credo Award Winner

For VUMC materials management supervisor Kelvin Devane, surgical patients’ needs are top of mind

By Nancy Humphrey

"I don’t know these people on the table having surgery, but it’s somebody’s dad, somebody’s mom, somebody’s child. I just want to help take care of them.”

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Contest

Pets of VUMC 2023 — Collection #2: Pets and their people, part 2

By Wayne Wood

Your heart is true, you're a pal and a confidant

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Credo Award Winner

Employing her background in counseling, Shannon Ontiveros brings compassion, advocacy and confidence to the Office of Faculty Affairs

By Bill Snyder

Shannon Ontiveros, director of the Office of Faculty Affairs and director of the Faculty Training…

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VUMC in the Community

Grad student Creea Shannon seeks to inspire young people to pursue careers in science

By Cherie Saffold

She doesn’t want students thinking about careers to be as unaware of STEM fields as she was as a girl

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