Patient and Family Choice Award
Donna Butler-Rawson always greets patients with a smile and reassurance — especially important in her role in the electroconvulsive therapy program
By Emily Stembridge
Butler-Rawson earns inaugural Patient and Family Choice Award for Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital
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In memoriam
Honor walk video from Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital honors two organ donors and their families
By Emily Stembridge
The two organ procurements were the first at VWCH in almost five years
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Five Pillar Leader Award
Lou Kaelin never asks her team to do a job she has not done herself.
By Emily Stembridge
“Her dedication and service to VUMC, her staff and her patients cannot be measured. I feel honored to have worked with her.”
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Employee Spotlight
Music therapy comes to Palliative Care Unit
By Emily Stembridge
“Music opens many new perspectives and pathways that patients otherwise would not have."
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Employee Spotlight
Not taking her medications could have cost a patient her life. A new Transplant Pharmacy program found her in the nick of time.
By Emily Stembridge
Transplant Pharmacy uses a new computer program to find patients who need medication reminders
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Patient Spotlight
Marching in the Tournament of Roses Parade after knee surgery? Check. Carrying a 30-lb. drum set? That, too.
By Emily Stembridge
It was a long journey for Jill Griffin to that iconic New Year’s Day parade, and her surgeon Rick Wright made it possible
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Credo Award Winner
Annette Goad follows the ‘golden rule’ of patient care – care for patients the way she would want to be cared for.
By Emily Stembridge
“I have to set that bar high because that’s the way I want other providers to treat my family, friends and co-workers who I love dearly. It’s just the right thing to do.”
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Employee Spotlight
The Yazdani sisters are triplets by birth, proud VUMC nurses by choice
By Emily Stembridge
Sousan, Sohayla and Setareh Yazdani are 22-year-old triplets who all work as nurses at VUMC. They agree that they always wanted to pursue their careers at Vanderbilt.
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Patient Spotlight
Lydia Gross is 100. She just piloted a plane for the first time — and she heard every sound because of her cochlear implants.
By Emily Stembridge
Performing an elective procedure on an older patient initially raised concerns for her doctor, David Haynes — but the results have been a resounding success
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