Wayne Wood

February 22, 2021

Winter storm brings snowy vistas to VUMC

Photographs by Donn Jones

By Wayne Wood
February 15, 2021

Patients’ stories motivate Lizzie Simonds, the only paramedic working in VUMC’s COVID unit

She remembers one man who was scared and couldn’t rest: “I spent 45 minutes…sitting next to him, holding his hand so he felt safe enough to try to sleep for a little bit.”

By Wayne Wood
January 8, 2021

It’s a terrible idea to flush “flushable” wipes

Throw them in the trash. Your plumbing will thank you. So will the Medical Center’s.

By Wayne Wood
December 28, 2020

The young woman was on the parking lot pavement without a pulse. A Vanderbilt nurse saved her life.

Keith Caldwell, a nurse at the Vanderbilt Health Clinic at Walgreens, called on years of experience to perform CPR until an ambulance arrived

By Wayne Wood
December 21, 2020

Images of hope: A look at the arrival of the first COVID-19 vaccines at VUMC

Photographs by Donn Jones, Erin O. Smith and Susan Urmy

By Wayne Wood
December 11, 2020

Students were not able to sing carols in person this year at the hospital. So they brought holiday music via video.

“It’s a tradition for us as well as for the Medical Center. We wanted to bring that same holiday cheer this year.”

By Wayne Wood
November 23, 2020

Is it true that work on a COVID-19 vaccine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center was funded by Dolly Parton?

Funds from her gift have supported important advancements in VUMC’s war on COVID
November 17, 2020

On the front lines of COVID with a word and a prayer

Sherry Perry knows what it's like to have COVID, and she brings her experience to patients and families as chaplain on VUMC's COVID unit
By Wayne Wood
November 11, 2020

Video: How to safely gather at the holidays — advice from Vanderbilt experts

Are there safe ways to see our family and friends during this COVID holiday season? Some advice on how to celebrate with care.
By Wayne Wood
November 10, 2020

Clothes Closet needs coats, jackets, other clothes for patients

Volunteer project helps people by providing clothes and a warm coat
By Wayne Wood
October 26, 2020

Philadelphia Eagles pick VUMC resident to sing national anthem before game

The lifelong Eagles fan closed "The Star-Spangled Banner” with a big smile and the exhortation “Go, Birds!”
By Wayne Wood
October 22, 2020

Variety of influences helped shape Birch’s medical career

Andrea Birch was 9 years old and on top of the world. Her visiting cousin had challenged her to a tree-climbing contest, and, as a competitive kid always up for a challenge, she had outclimbed him. She was looking down at him from her lofty perch and, as she recalls, “goading him from the top.
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