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First-year School of Medicine student Aamina Dandy puts on her white coat at last week’s ceremony as Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, and Amy Fleming, MD, look on.
July 28, 2022

White Coat Ceremony marks start of medical school journey

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine welcomed 96 first-year students on Friday, July 22, during its annual White Coat Ceremony.

By Kathy Whitney
VUSM resident Carolina Gomez Grimaldo, MD, demonstrates how to suture for Metro Nashville Public Schools students during a recent event where residents, fellows and medical students talked about why and how they chose to become physicians.
April 28, 2022

Event for MNPS students shares reasons to pursue medicine

More than 200 high school students at four Metro Nashville Public Schools recently participated in hands-on activities and listened to a diverse group of Vanderbilt residents, fellows and medical students talk about why and how they chose to become physicians.

By Nancy Humphrey
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine student Meredith Huszagh works with study participant Brij Desai in a diabetes prevention program at the Shade Tree Clinic.
April 21, 2022

Diabetes prevention program run by students shows success

Seventy-five percent of participants in a diabetes prevention program run by medical students lost at least 5% of their body weight, and many participants also reported less pain and an overall improved quality of life.

By Jill Clendening
April 14, 2022

Students tap Splittgerber to receive Shovel Award for outstanding teaching

Ryan Splittgerber, PhD, received the Shovel Award at this year’s Cadaver Ball for his impact on the medical education of the fourth-year students.

By Kathy Whitney
November 18, 2021

Program extends palliative care knowledge to improve patient care

A new resource at Vanderbilt is helping medical students, residents and even long-standing medical faculty to enhance their palliative care skills.

By Jill Clendening
Rondi Kauffmann, MD, MPH, seated, reviews a patient’s medical history with Vanderbilt University School of Medicine students Natasha Hughes, far left, and Candace Grisham, during a recent surgical clinic.
October 7, 2021

Pandemic spurs expansion of surgical care for underserved

When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down international travel necessary for overseas medical initiatives, Vanderbilt’s Rondi Kauffmann, MD, MPH, began brainstorming ways to extend surgical care to those in need much closer to home.

By Jill Clendening
September 30, 2021

Noted clinician, educator Lefkowitz mourned

Lewis Lefkowitz, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, emeritus, whose dedication to health equity and underserved communities helped thousands of patients and influenced generations of Vanderbilt medical students, died Sept. 26. He was 90.
By Wayne Wood
September 9, 2021

Law receives award for ophthalmology education excellence

Vanderbilt’s Janice Law, MD, has been named to receive the Award for Excellence in Medical Student Education from the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology (AUPO)/American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO).
By Nancy Humphrey
July 28, 2021

Educational journey begins for incoming VUSM students

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine officially welcomed 96 first-year students to its ranks with its annual White Coat ceremony, held July 23.
By Kathy Whitney
April 1, 2021

Dixie Place renamed in honor of Vanderbilt surgical pioneer Vivien Thomas

Through a Vanderbilt University School of Medicine student-led effort, Dixie Place, the city street that runs between the Medical Center’s Central Garage and the Oxford House building on 21st Avenue South, is being renamed Vivien Thomas Way.
By Kathy Whitney
March 22, 2021

Match Day reveals medical students’ residency locations

Match Day — and Vanderbilt’s longstanding tradition of gathering fourth-year medical students, their families, friends and faculty together to celebrate — was revamped again this year to implement social distancing measures due to COVID-19. Unlike last year, however, the students had the option to reveal their residency matches either in person or virtually via livestream.
By Kathy Whitney
February 11, 2021

VUSM students helping vaccinate patients against COVID-19

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine students will be rolling up their sleeves and pitching in to vaccinate patients against COVID-19.
By Kathy Whitney
August 12, 2020

Ceremony launches medical students’ education journey

In keeping with tradition, the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine first-year class held its White Coat Ceremony on Aug. 5. Despite a few aspects of the ceremony being altered due to physical distancing measures put in place with COVID-19, the students enjoyed the right of passage marking the beginning of their medical education journey.
By Kathy Whitney
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