Shade Tree Clinic

April 12, 2023

Shade Tree Trot 2023

Last Saturday’s dreary weather didn’t keep runners and walkers away from the annual Shade Tree Trot, held this year at Percy Warner Park.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 23, 2023

Shade Tree Trot fundraising event set for April 8

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s annual Shade Tree Trot 5K, a long-standing fund-raising tradition, is set for Saturday, April 8.

By Kathy Whitney
March 16, 2023

Sheryl Crow concert raises more than $125,000 for Shade Tree Clinic

By VUMC News and Communications
From left, Shade Tree Clinic volunteers and medical students Jessica Hanks and Alex Landry; medical director Maya Neeley, MD; co-director of the pediatric clinic, Simone Herzberg; medical student Nada Elyssad; co-director of the pediatric clinic, Shauna McLaughlin; and medical director Cooper Lloyd, MD, at the opening of the Shade Tree pediatric clinic.
February 2, 2023

Shade Tree Clinic adds monthly pediatric clinic

Vanderbilt’s Shade Tree Clinic, which since 2005 has provided primary care to underserved and uninsured adults in Nashville, recently opened a pediatric clinic.

By Kathy Whitney
January 12, 2023

Crow to headline Shade Tree Clinic benefit concert

Sheryl Crow will headline a benefit concert for the Shade Tree Clinic on Feb. 15 in Langford Auditorium.

By Kathy Whitney
December 19, 2022

Scenes from 2022 holiday season at VUMC

Silent nights don’t happen here; there’s too much work to be done caring for our patients and our community. But Medical Center employees still create a festive atmosphere and reach out to others in this season of giving and celebration.

By VUMC News and Communications
December 15, 2022

Shade Tree donations

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine students recently set up a donation station on the VUMC Plaza for the medical school’s annual donation drive for the Shade Tree Clinic
By VUMC News and Communications
August 31, 2022

More than 60 VUMC volunteers came together to offer surgical treatment on Orthopaedic Outreach Day

The annual event provides necessary surgery to uninsured patients
By Nancy Humphrey
August 18, 2022

Volunteers step up to help after Kentucky floods

Volunteers from Vanderbilt's Shade Tree Clinic and the REMEDY organization stepped up to help residents in Kentucky following the devastating floods there.
By Kathy Whitney
August 8, 2022

After devastating floods hit eastern Kentucky, Vanderbilt volunteers stepped up to help

It started with a phone call from a VUMC employee to a VUSM medical student with the simple question: can you help?
By Kathy Whitney
April 21, 2022

Diabetes prevention program run by students shows success

Seventy-five percent of participants in a diabetes prevention program run by medical students lost at least 5% of their body weight, and many participants also reported less pain and an overall improved quality of life.
By Jill Clendening
February 21, 2022

VUMC mourns loss of dedicated clinician, teacher Fowler

Vanderbilt's Michael Fowler, MD, associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, a celebrated Master Clinical Teacher, and co-medical director of the Shade Tree Clinic, died Feb. 20. He was 49.
By Kathy Whitney
February 3, 2022

Events scheduled to raise funds for the Shade Tree Clinic

Several upcoming events are set to benefit the Shade Tree Clinic, which provides health care to Nashville’s uninsured community and is run by Vanderbilt medical and nursing students.
By VUMC News and Communications
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