"With my background in combat medicine, it felt like there was something I could actually do to help.”
From Canada to Florida to VUMC, the "Gillaspie Girls" are building careers after "falling in love with surgery."
Who is the serious little boy in the 1932 picture, and why is he dressed like a miniature doctor?
The pioneering physician recalls the summer of 1964, the support of his colleagues and the challenges he faced
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“She was really sweet and 34 years later, she’s still just as sweet,” Bill says. “It was meant to be,” Genie adds.
“We are humbled by the heartfelt love we received from the entire Vanderbilt community"
"I’m filled with pride. My sister and mother and I don’t need a medal to tell us Dad’s a genius. We’re just very proud that he’s being honored the way we always knew he deserved to be."
In 1964, with little fanfare, Harold Jordan, MD, became the first African-American resident physician at Vanderbilt. Looking back to that time, he recalls the support of his colleagues and the challenges he faced.
If you are enrolled in the VUMC health plan, you can pay little to zero out-of-pocket costs for pre- and post-natal care, certain spinal and joint surgeries, weight loss surgery and medication, kidney stone treatment, substance use disorder treatment, treatment for cardiac arrhythmia and cochlear implants through the MyHealth Bundles program. Visit the MyHealth Bundles website for more information.
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