Adult Ambulatory Operations

March 29, 2023

Tom Nantais to retire from Adult Ambulatory leadership role

After leading Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s (VUMC) Adult Ambulatory Division for five years, Thomas Nantais, MBA, Executive Vice-President for Ambulatory Operations, will retire May 1.

By VUMC News and Communications
September 26, 2022

Wilde named Vice President and Divisional Chief Financial Officer

Chris Wilde, MBA, CPA, executive vice president and enterprise chief financial officer for Atrium Navicent Health in Macon, Georgia, has been named to the newly expanded role of Vice President & Divisional Chief Financial Officer (DCFO) for Vanderbilt University Hospital (VUH) and Adult Ambulatory Operations.

By John Howser
January 3, 2022

DeBruler named Vice-President of Patient Access Services, Adult Ambulatory Operations

Jennifer DeBruler, MD, has been named Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s new Vice-President, Patient Access Services, Adult Ambulatory Operations.

By Nancy Humphrey
March 11, 2020

VUMC rolls out new standard attire program for patient service specialists

Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently launched a new standard attire program for patient service specialists (PSS), the staff who work in outpatient check-in and checkout areas.

By Jill Clendening
Thomas Nantais, MBA, and Lisa Griffin, MBA, CCCM, lead the Patient Access Services team as improvements are made in how both patient and referring provider calls are handled.
February 7, 2019

Team seeks to reduce access barriers for patients and clinicians

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has stellar health care providers, but if patients can’t get appointments to see those providers in a timely manner, that doesn’t mean much. Fortunately, a Patient Access Services (PAS) team has been working behind the scenes throughout 2018 to knock down barriers to accessing care.

By Jill Clendening
VUMC leaders and clinic representatives cut the ribbon at the new location of the Hillsboro Medical Group. Those participating were, from left, James Powers, MD, Tom Elasy, MD, MPH, Craig Sussman, MD, C. Wright Pinson, MBA, MD, Robert Miller, MD, Marilyn Dubree, MSN, RN, Paul Barnett, MD, clinic founding partner, Irma Kaplan, wife of clinic founding partner Herman Kaplan, MD, Nancy Brown, MD, and Tom Nantais, MBA.
January 24, 2019

Hillsboro Medical Group opens at Village at Vanderbilt

A ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house was held last week for the new Hillsboro Medical Group location at the Village at Vanderbilt.

By Jill Clendening
September 20, 2018

Thomas Nantais named executive vice president for Adult Ambulatory Operations

Thomas Nantais, MBA, has been named Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s executive vice president for Adult Ambulatory Operations and will join the Medical Center’s senior leadership team on Sept. 21.
By Jill Clendening