For more than 40 years he cared for countless patients and was also a mentor, counselor and guide to generations of new nurses coming to work at VUMC
“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.
The program features speakers from different hospital departments, staff testimonials of patients at the end of their lives, a reading of loved ones’ names and special music.
The two organ procurements were the first at VWCH in almost five years
The program features speakers from different hospital departments, staff testimonials of patients at the end of their lives, a reading of loved ones’ names and a montage set to John Prine's "I Remember Everything"
Coleen Leszczynski's family dedicated the bell, to be rung every time a transplant patient leaves the hospital
Mr. Fitzgerald, who retired in 2013 after more than 55 years, was a Commodore Award and Martin Luther King Jr. Award winner.
Vanderbilt staff pays tribute to his heroism with Honor Walk
The Traffic and Parking Services employee was killed on the way to work last week. His sister and father also work at VUMC.