Former Shade Tree Clinic patient Mark Patterson at home with his dog, Fin. (photo by Donn Jones)
Made in the Shade … Tree Clinic. Medical student-run clinic celebrates two decades of transforming lives
The clinic has provided comprehensive medical care and bridged gaps to vital resources to improve the health outcomes for, to date, more than 4,000 uninsured individuals.
By Jill Clendening
Around the Medical Center and Research Highlights
Read about exciting research, innovations and initiatives at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the anchor of one of the largest and most prominent academic medical systems in the Southeast.
The cranial muscles of a zebrafish glow in this image from the Knapik Laboratory.
How zebrafish — and many hands — solve the ‘jigsaw puzzles’ of human disease
Ela Knapik, MD, professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has devoted her career to collaborating with others to solve the “jigsaw puzzles” of disease. Her lab is known internationally for its use of modern genome-editing techniques in a powerful animal model — zebrafish.
By Bill Snyder
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Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is among an elite group of pediatric hospitals offering heart, liver, kidney, pancreas, lung and dual organ transplants. The pediatric solid organ program is a part of the Vanderbilt Transplant Center (VTC) one of the nation’s busiest transplant centers.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s graduate medical education program has grown from an inaugural dozen to include more than 1,200 individuals, with more than 170 highly competitive residency and fellowship programs.
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Class Notes
Read about alumni achievements and accolades listed by class, as well as deaths noted since the previous issue of Vanderbilt Medicine.
News for Vanderbilt Medicine readers
Beginning with the Fall 2025 issue, we’ll be alternating between dynamic online-only editions and combined print/online issues. This new format will allow us to share the latest developments from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Vanderbilt University Medical Center in a timely, accessible way — while maintaining the high standards and engaging content you’ve come to expect.