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Employee Spotlight

PACU team celebrates team member Jessica Crowell on World Down Syndrome Day with special T-shirt

By Jessica Pasley

“She is such a wonderful human being, and everyone can see that.”

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VUMC in the Community

How a little girl, her mom, police officers, firefighters, an animal-removal service, and quite a few passers-by pulled off Operation Kitten Rescue

By Nancy Humphrey

Cat on a cold wet roof

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DAISY Award

“I will always remember her. I can’t imagine a more compassionate individual,” and other DAISY Award-winning examples of extraordinary nurses

By Matt Batcheldor

DAISY Awards are given to great nurses all over the United States and in many other countries. Here are VUMC's latest winners.

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Credo Award Winner

Credo Awards hit 15-year milestone

By Wayne Wood

168 winners (so far) of the honor for exemplary employees

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Contest

VUMC Pets of the Day: Bruce Wayne and Jake

By Wayne Wood

Today’s Cat of the Day is Bruce Wayne, submitted by Tanya L. Fugate of Vanderbilt…

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Contest

Pets of VUMC Collection #6: Great outdoors

By Wayne Wood

Pets of the wide open spaces -- with green grass, high tides, amber waves of grain and the occasional flotation device.

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VUMC Pets of the Day: Mia and Zoe

By Wayne Wood

Today’s Cat of the Day is Mia, submitted by David Holly of Pathology, Microbiology and…

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VUMC Pets of the Day: Lyla and Phatfat

By Wayne Wood

 Today’s Dog of the Day is Lyla, submitted by Meredith Bordelon of the Vanderbilt Heart…

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Employee Spotlight

Following the clues through time: Old mummies, old bones and old teeth lead to new insight into disease for Katherine Van Schaik

By Bill Snyder

Radiology fellow moves from present-day patients to historical artifacts to understand health and illness

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Contest

VUMC Pets of the Day: Mac and Bailey

By Wayne Wood

Today’s Cat of the Day is Mac, submitted by Stephen Clapper of the Center for…

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