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Melynor (Noi) Fraker stands with her arms resting on rehabilitation exercise equipment in a hospital fitness area.
January 8, 2026

Melynor Fraker leads by helping her team members become the best versions of themselves, ever expanding what a regional hospital staff can do for its community

As the first recipient of the newly rechristened C. Wright Pinson Award, Fraker’s outstanding leadership reflects the award’s tradition of recognizing those who move VUMC forward.

By Evan Dorian
Greyson Hammons, RN, BSN, smiles while holding a framed Patient and Family Choice Award plaque in a decorated indoor setting. The plaque identifies Vanderbilt Behavioral Health and displays “2024–2025.”
December 31, 2025

From medical-surgical nursing to behavioral health, Greyson Hammons finds her calling in helping patients heal

Hammons, a 2025 Patient and Family Choice Award recipient, was honored for her compassion.

By Jessica Pasley
Two men sit at a draped table speaking to a group gathered in a classroom or meeting room; gift bags and refreshments are on the tables.
December 17, 2025

Life-changing tragedies bring burn team and patients together as ‘family’

The 25-bed Level 1 burn unit now averages over 600 admissions a year, and the adjacent burn clinic sees 3,000 outpatient visits a year.

By Craig Boerner
Portrait of Scott Smith wearing glasses and a white short-sleeved shirt against a dark textured backdrop.
December 12, 2025

How Scott Smith beat the odds to live a full life with hydrocephalus through over a dozen surgeries at Vanderbilt Health

The Tullahoma, Tennessee, native turned 60 this year — something that would’ve seemed like an impossibility when he was growing up with a neurological condition.

By Evan Dorian
Physician in a white coat holds a framed Patient and Family Choice Award plaque in a clinical examination room. The plaque names S. Bobo Tanner IV, MD.
December 11, 2025

Bobo Tanner is a standout in both name and personalized patient care

“Dr. Bobo Tanner is one of the most exemplary doctors that I’ve had the privilege to encounter during my lifetime.”

By Jill Clendening
Lacey Thomas, identified in the attachment caption, holds a DAISY Award presentation folder in a room decorated with white daisies. The folder reads “The DAISY Foundation” and “Honoring Nurses Internationally in Memory of J. Patrick Barnes”; a chalkboard behind her reads “DAISY Honoree Lacey.”
November 26, 2025

DAISY Award spotlight: ‘Lacey’s warm greeting and confident professionalism set the tone for our entire experience.’

Lacey Thomas, BSN, RN, works in the Progressive Care unit at Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital. She is one of the latest Vanderbilt Health DAISY Award winners.

By Kylie Avery