Elevate Team Award
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Protocol Team improves lives of hard-to-diagnose patients
By Jill Clendening
“The NPH Protocol exemplifies multiple disciplines working together to improve the lives of patients and their caregivers.”
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First person
Learning how to “Stop the Bleed” is something we all can do
By Jill Clendening
Stop the Bleed courses, like those taught at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, teach any of us – even those without medical training – how to save some of those lives.
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In memoriam
Debbie Kemp Kimbro remembered for her ability to build connections
By Jill Clendening
“She developed friends everywhere she went in her professional and personal life with her warm and engaging personality," said C. Wright Pinson of the EMS nurse, LifeFlight nurse, physician liaison and singer for the VUMC band Soul Incision.
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Five Pillar Leader Award
Lori Rolando sets an example of working hard but protecting work-life balance
By Jill Clendening
For her work, the Occupational Health Clinic Director was recognized with a Five Pillar Leader Award.
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Employee Spotlight
Lori Anne Parker-Danley used pandemic time to learn quilting and create her “pandemic quilt”
By Jill Clendening
Improv quilting stitched together her hours during the pandemic
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Patient and Family Choice Award
Thomas Akins recognized for his compassionate spirit in the Emergency Department
By Jill Clendening
Thomas Akins was named winner of the Patient and Family Choice Award.
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Employee Spotlight
Sister surgeons share a winding road that led to VUMC
By Jill Clendening
From Canada to Florida to VUMC, the "Gillaspie Girls" are building careers after "falling in love with surgery."
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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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Elevate Team Award
Uncharted days of the COVID-19 pandemic strengthen the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program team.
By Jill Clendening
“There’s something about having a band of brothers, where you’re all focused on the same thing, and your noses are all pointed in the same direction."
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