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Photo Feature

Scottish artist’s innovative works move from Cheekwood to VUMC

By Wayne Wood

Craig Black’s paintings, in both 2-D and 3-D, are now on display in TVC

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Employee Spotlight

Radiology’s Brent Savoie turns radiological imagery into lavish dreamscapes

By Derek Scancarelli

A world that blends the intricacies of marine life and human form: neuroanatomy that looks like coral, the body reimagined as a jellyfish, or an “X-ray aquarium.”

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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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Photo Feature

In delicate three-day operation, two-ton bronze sculpture removed from VUH lobby, packed for shipping to Chicago

By Wayne Wood

Cylinder in a Prism by Italian-born artist Virginio Ferrari was handled with care by expert crew

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Employee Spotlight

A young doctor wrote of a life-or-death moment caring for a patient. The New England Journal of Medicine published it as a graphic novel.

By Emily Stembridge

A terrifying tale from her first weekend on call.

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VUMC in the Community

The inside story behind the Hillsboro Village “Hope” mural: a brother’s love and a message for Children’s Hospital

By Christina Echegaray

Lance Gregory wanted the message to be visible from the windows of Children's Hospital — in memory of his brother Cory

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Employee Spotlight

VUMC has 2,500 pieces of art. Jenny Lewis knows them all.

By Kelsey Herbers

Portraits, landscapes, sculptures — health care art is an art in itself

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Employee Spotlight

Nurse creates artwork inspired by Vanderbilt’s orthopaedic patients

By Kelsey Herbers

Recycled paper and expired test tubes find new life in colorful greetings for patients

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Employee Spotlight

A Children’s Hospital parking valet taught himself origami art so he could share it with children. For one little boy, that simple gesture means everything.

By Nancy Humphrey

Coming in for treatment is hard for 5-year-old Ollie Faircloth, but seeing valet Mohamed Elshami brings a smile every time. Ollie calls Mohamed his friend. Mohamed calls Ollie his hero.

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