Wayne Wood

December 23, 2021

The most popular VUMC Voice stories of 2021

Love stories, an honor walk, a heroic rescue — and plumbing

By Wayne Wood
December 16, 2021

Caroling students bring cheer to VUH Plaza

A Vanderbilt holiday tradition continues — with modifications

By Wayne Wood
November 19, 2021

A death or serious injury of a parent can mean a scared and bewildered child. Arielle Silverman helps children understand and cope.

She has worked with children varying in age from under 2 years old to teenagers as old as 18.

By Wayne Wood
September 30, 2021

Noted clinician, educator Lefkowitz mourned

Lewis Lefkowitz, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, emeritus, whose dedication to health equity and underserved communities helped thousands of patients and influenced generations of Vanderbilt medical students, died Sept. 26. He was 90.

By Wayne Wood
August 30, 2021

VUMC nurse Shakeya Bean featured in national public service announcement about COVID vaccines

She sees patients who are struggling after a COVID infection. “It doesn’t have to be this way,” she said.

By Wayne Wood
August 4, 2021

More than 10,000 ice cream treats served during 2021 VUMC Chill Out

I scream, you scream, etc.

By Wayne Wood
July 9, 2021

The nurse was afraid her patient would die. She wrote her experience in a story that was shared by NPR.

Sue Perron, a Vanderbilt intensive care nurse, told the story of the patient with COVID she called the Butterfly Man
By Wayne Wood
June 30, 2021

Vanderbilt mourns former Emergency Medicine leader Auerbach

Paul Auerbach, MD, former chief of the Division of Emergency Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, died June 23 in Los Altos, California.
By Wayne Wood
May 19, 2021

New policy outlines how patients’ belongings, valuables are handled

VUMC is in the process of implementing a new policy governing how the institution handles patients’ belongings and valuables.
By Wayne Wood
May 10, 2021

Brad Paisley stars in new VUMC public service announcement urging people to “take the shot”

A simple message that can save lives and help life get back to normal
By Wayne Wood
April 23, 2021

Melvin Fitzgerald, longtime Biochemistry employee, dies at 84

Mr. Fitzgerald, who retired in 2013 after more than 55 years, was a Commodore Award and Martin Luther King Jr. Award winner.
By Wayne Wood
April 15, 2021

Afternoon with a big leaguer

In 1985, former Negro leagues pitcher Frank McAllister was a patient at Vanderbilt Hospital and spent some time talking baseball with VUMC fans. Now the official records acknowledge what has been true all along: he was a big leaguer.
By Wayne Wood
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