Apparatus Shop Archive — Page 1 of 1

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March 26, 2021

Total skin electron therapy offered in Spring Hill

A radiation therapy device for the treatment of a rare cancer has been designed, custom built and installed at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center at Maury Regional Spring Hill, offering patients from Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and southern Tennessee more convenient care.

By Tom Wilemon
Joey Johnson, an instrument maker, smiles while holding a handheld measuring instrument in an Apparatus Shop workshop.
May 10, 2018

Tow motors keep supplies moving at VUMC. This tool keeps the tow motors moving.

Joey Johnson, an instrument maker in VUMC’s Apparatus Shop, says the programmer-controller for tow motors is a vital tool for his job.