General Surgery Archive — Page 1 of 1

Six smiling young adults pose together indoors; two wear glasses, and one person has eyeglasses resting on their head.
June 14, 2022

Kathleen Gallagher is a surgical resident and former combat medic. She traveled to Ukraine to help train emergency response teams.

“With my background in combat medicine, it felt like there was something I could actually do to help.”

By Nancy Humphrey
Two masked surgeons in blue scrubs and colorful surgical caps pose with arms crossed in an operating room beneath surgical lights.
June 2, 2022

Sister surgeons share a winding road that led to VUMC

From Canada to Florida to VUMC, the “Gillaspie Girls” are building careers after “falling in love with surgery.”

By Jill Clendening
Shown here, from left, are Jasmine Walker, MD; Gretchen Edwards, MD; Rondi Kauffmann, MD, MPH; Ooro; Diane Haddad, MD; and School of Medicine student Catherine Zivanov.
May 9, 2019

Distinguished visitor

Beryl Akinyi Ooro, MBChB, a general surgeon from AIC Kijabe Hospital in Kijabe, Kenya, visited VUMC recently to meet with surgical faculty, residents and medical students, and to observe both in the operating room and at a clinical practice.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Smiling healthcare worker in black scrubs with a stethoscope and identification badges, standing in a hospital hallway.
January 12, 2018

Tonya Remington, LPN, excels in all five General Surgery clinics

“We provide excellence in healthcare, research and education. We treat others as we wish to be treated. We continuously evaluate and improve our performance.”

By Christina Echegaray
Two women stand at a Vanderbilt reception as one presents the other with a framed plaque and award; several attendees watch in the background.
July 26, 2016

Tarpley may be retiring, but he isn’t slowing down

On June 30, John Tarpley, M.D., retired after 23 years of service at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and the Nashville VA Medical Center. The next day, he packed a suitcase, and on July 2 he boarded a Kenya-bound plane, a move that was absolutely no surprise to all who know him.

By Jill Clendening
Three women sit outside a simple earthen-and-metal structure; the woman in front holds papers and a pen, while the woman behind her writes on a clipboard.
January 8, 2015

Vanderbilt trainee on the front line of Ebola outbreak

Rachel Idowu, M.D., MPH, spent five weeks in Africa last summer assisting the Ebola outbreak response in Monrovia, Liberia’s capital and most populous city.

By Paul Govern