Employee Spotlight
“Pin” Schnabel began her career as a surgeon, and went back to school to become a nurse practitioner. Her tiny patients benefit from her experience every day.
By Jessica Pasley
What would make a physician go back to school to become a nurse practitioner?
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Patient Spotlight
Meredith Watson is pursuing a career as a “professional nose.” Surgery at VUMC sharpened her sense of smell.
By Jill Clendening
"I literally could feel air in parts of my nose where I’d never felt it before.”
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Credo Award Winner
Lisa Bond, master surgery scheduler, helps thousands of people achieve better hearing each year
By Nancy Humphrey
Surgery scheduling is not as simple as looking at one calendar and picking a day. But Bond makes it her mission to ensure everyone is happy.
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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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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
At home with children? Have fun and get creative with this music toolkit.
By Kelsey Herbers
“Musical activities can also support one of the most critical social relationships: that between a parent and child.”
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