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Tales of VUMC Past

When ABC’s “World News Tonight” was broadcast live from VUMC

By Wayne Wood

A specially built platform outside the hospital allowed anchor Peter Jennings to deliver the news with a VUMC backdrop

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Tales of VUMC Past

The story behind the law that saved thousands of children

By Wayne Wood

Robert Sanders, MD, and his wife Patricia were tireless advocates for a child safety-seat law that saved thousands of children and was a model for the nation.

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Tales of VUMC Past

When VUMC was a movie set

By Wayne Wood

Lauren Hutton! William H. Macy! James Farentino! Medical Center North?

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Tales of VUMC Past

From the circus to the School of Medicine

By Wayne Wood

James Tayloe Gwathmey, M.D., was a circus performer and Vanderbilt doctor who wrote popular books on both anesthesia and circus acrobatics

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Tales of VUMC Past

Hidden Figure

By Wayne Wood

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.

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Tales of VUMC Past

The day Johnny Cash came to VUMC

By Wayne Wood

Memories from the day when Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash came to open a new unit at VUMC.

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