C. Wright Pinson Archive — Page 4 of 7

Three adults stand indoors holding a framed illustration of a brick building and trees.
April 28, 2016

New award honors contributions of administrative staff

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) this week unveiled a new award to recognize and celebrate the invaluable contributions that administrative professionals make toward furthering VUMC’s missions.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Entrance sign for Natchez Trace Parkway, showing silhouettes of a rider on horseback and trees, set on a brick base beside a grassy roadside.
March 16, 2016

‘That national park in our backyard’ topic of Williamson Library talk

A Vanderbilt alumnus who has provided strong leadership for the support and protection of the Natchez Trace Parkway will speak at the Williamson County Public Library March 22.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Five adults pose together at a Vanderbilt liver transplant program anniversary celebration: an older man and woman, a man in a dark suit and red tie, a woman in an orange dress, and a bearded man in a tan jacket; part of another person is visible at the right edge.
March 3, 2016

Happy anniversary

A special event was held last week celebrating the 25th anniversary of Vanderbilt’s liver transplant program.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Jeff Balser speaks onstage in a suit and patterned tie, holding a presentation remote and gesturing with one hand.
February 18, 2016

Compassion key to VUMC’s strategic mission: Balser

“Service through compassion” was the theme of the Winter 2016 Clinical Enterprise Leadership Assembly at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC).

By Paul Govern
In 1991, Julie Damon became the first person to receive a liver transplant at VUMC.
February 18, 2016

Liver transplant program celebrates 25 years of care

Twenty-five years ago, Julie Damon’s family was preparing to say their goodbyes. Comatose and on life support at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) with liver failure, the options for the 45-year-old wife and mother of two were slipping away.

By Jessica Pasley
Jeff Balser speaks onstage in a suit and patterned tie, gesturing toward the audience in a dark auditorium lit with blue stage lights; several stools and a multicolored screen are behind him.
November 19, 2015

Growth, collaboration key to VUMC’s future: Balser

Discovery, education and clinical care will continue to be the core of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s (VUMC) mission as the date of the legal separation for Vanderbilt University and VUMC nears, Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., vice chancellor for Health Affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, said to a capacity crowd at last week’s Fall Clinical Enterprise Leadership Assembly.

By Nancy Humphrey