Matt Batcheldor

Recovery team members included, from left, Will Tucker, MD, Stephen DeVries, DMSc, PA-C, and Christopher Schwartz, RN.
May 17, 2024

VUMC team travels to Alaska to recover a donor heart

The 5,704 nautical-mile trip is the farthest VUMC has traveled for an organ. The remarkable journey illustrates how new technologies make it possible to preserve organs longer, allowing Vanderbilt to look farther for a match.

By Matt Batcheldor
May 13, 2024

DAISY Award spotlight: “Nurse Rhonda went out of her way to make my husband feel at ease”

Rhonda Bryant, LPN, works in in the inpatient unit at Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital. She is one of the latest group of DAISY Award winners at VUMC.

By Matt Batcheldor
May 10, 2024

Audrey Kuntz won an award. Her colleagues gifted her a tool belt.

For her ability to problem solve and advocate for patients and staff, Kuntz was a named a Credo Award winner.

By Matt Batcheldor
May 9, 2024

Inaugural Nursing Grand Rounds kicks off Nurses Week celebrations 

The presentation focused on the essential value of fundamental nursing care, connecting and being present with patients, and attending to their basic care needs, such as nutrition, mobility and oral health.

By Matt Batcheldor
May 7, 2024

A team approach to care 

LSU baseball fan sporting a new set of lungs after VUMC transplant

By Matt Batcheldor
May 1, 2024

DAISY Award spotlight: “Maddy was so compassionate and caring the entire time.”

Maddy Barber, BSN, RN, works in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. She is one of the latest group of DAISY Award winners at VUMC.

By Matt Batcheldor
April 24, 2024

The stars look very different today: Eiman Jahangir to realize lifelong dream to fly to space

"It's been a goal and a dream for a long time," he said. "I'm grateful for the opportunity.”
By Matt Batcheldor
April 23, 2024

DAISY Award spotlight: “God’s gift to the nursing profession.”

Angela Adetunji, RN, works in the Medical Center East Recovery area, part of Vanderbilt University Hospital, and she is one of the latest group of DAISY Award winners at VUMC.
By Matt Batcheldor
April 23, 2024

Events honor those involved in organ donation

Sixty-nine individuals donated their organs at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2023, and they and their families were saluted on April 17 at the annual Donate Life Ceremony.
By Matt Batcheldor
April 16, 2024

Peter Reese named to lead newly created Vanderbilt Center for Transplant Science

Peter Reese, MD, PhD, has been named the inaugural director of the Vanderbilt Center for Transplant Science.
By Matt Batcheldor
April 8, 2024

Lung transplant patient, family glad they came to a place where ‘every single person cared’

Mike Boston was turned down by eight hospitals for a double lung transplant, which would be his second, because none believed he would survive the surgery. Finally, doctors at one medical center — VUMC — thought he might.
By Matt Batcheldor
April 2, 2024

Rachel Senefeld Kromer elected to Association for Nursing Professional Development board of directors

Rachel Senefeld Kromer, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, NEA-BC, director of Clinical Education and Professional Development for Vanderbilt University Hospital, has been elected to the board of directors of the Association for Nursing Professional Development.
By Matt Batcheldor