March 31, 2016

Cadaver Ball 2016

Students, faculty and administrators of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine took over Marathon Music Works in downtown Nashville recently for the annual Cadaver Ball.

Students, faculty and administrators of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine took over Marathon Music Works in downtown Nashville recently for the annual Cadaver Ball. The event celebrates first-year medical students completing gross anatomy and is put on by the graduating fourth-year class each year. “Vandy Night Live” was the theme of this year’s event.

Members of the VMS Dance group, made up of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine students from all four classes, put on a show at the March 19 Cadaver Ball.

Photos by Anne Rayner

Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., right, presented this year’s Shovel Award for Teaching to Cathy Pettepher, Ph.D., prior to the show.