obituary Archive — Page 1 of 7

An older optometrist in a white coat examines a patient’s eye with a handheld instrument in a clinical room.

March 13, 2024

Robert C. Bone, VUSM graduate and founder of Lebanon hospital, dies at 87

By Wayne Wood

Formal portrait of a bespectacled man with gray hair wearing a patterned suit jacket, white shirt, and dark patterned tie against a plain brown background.

March 12, 2024

VUMC mourns loss of former Dermatology leader George Stricklin

By Paul Govern

Portrait of an older man with gray hair wearing a white shirt and patterned tie, smiling in an office setting.

February 22, 2024

VUMC mourns loss of renowned pulmonary medicine physician-scientist John H. Newman

John H. Newman, MD, an acclaimed physician-scientist in Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine who made numerous contributions to the knowledge of pulmonary vascular disease, died on Tuesday, Feb. 20, after a several-month illness. He was 78.

By Nancy Humphrey

Portrait of a smiling woman with short light-brown hair, wearing pearl earrings and a pearl necklace against a neutral background.

February 22, 2024

Memorial service held for longtime transplant nurse practitioner Karen Starr

By Wayne Wood

Head-and-shoulders portrait of a gray-haired man with glasses and a beard, wearing a dark suit, light blue shirt, and patterned tie against a brown background.

January 18, 2024

Beloved VUMC colleague and acclaimed scientist David Robertson mourned

David Robertson, MD, a beloved leader and mentor, and a pioneer in the clinical research of blood pressure disorders at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, died Jan. 12 at his home in Nashville. He was 76.

By Bill Snyder and Nancy Humphrey

December 21, 2023

Noted hematologist, teacher Stanley Graber dies at 85

Stanley E. Graber, MD, a retired professor and hematologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, died Dec. 3 in Nashville.

By Bill Snyder

July 25, 2023
Vanderbilt mourns loss of pediatric informatician Stuart Weinberg

Stuart T. Weinberg, MD, an innovator and advocate in the field of pediatric informatics with expertise in clinical reminders, web services, personal health records, immunization registries and clinical decision support at the provider, institutional and national levels, died on July 18 in Franklin, Tennessee.
By Mia Garchitorena-Scancarelli
July 6, 2023
Vanderbilt mourns loss of pulmonary medicine visionary James Snell Jr.

James D. Snell Jr., MD, who helped transform the field of pulmonary and critical care medicine during his 45-year career at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, died July 3 in Nashville.
By Bill Snyder
June 28, 2023
Vanderbilt mourns loss of former ‘godfather of grants’ John Hoover Hash

John Hoover Hash, PhD, who as associate dean for Biomedical Sciences and director of Sponsored Research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center oversaw the computerization of VUMC’s grant recording system in the 1980s, died in Nashville on June 20. He was 94.
By Bill Snyder
June 5, 2023
Vanderbilt mourns loss of renowned clinical pharmacologist Jackson Roberts II, MD

Jackson Roberts II, MD, an internationally known clinical pharmacologist in the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine who helped define the role of lipid peroxidation and oxidative stress in human disease, died May 31 in Nashville. He was 79.
By Bill Snyder
May 3, 2023
Vanderbilt mourns loss of former Gastroenterology director Burk

Raymond Burk Jr., MD, former director of the Vanderbilt's Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, died May 1 in Nashville. He was 80.
By Bill Snyder
March 16, 2023
Cardiovascular research pioneer Inagami mourned

Tadashi Inagami, PhD, DSc, Vanderbilt University Professor of Biochemistry, emeritus, who helped characterize the biochemical basis for hypertension, heart failure and vascular disease, died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 13 after a brief illness. He was 92.
By Bill Snyder
February 23, 2023
Vanderbilt mourns loss of former Nuclear Medicine director Brill

Aaron Bertrand (Randy) Brill, MD, PhD, former director of Nuclear Medicine and Biophysics at VUMC, died Feb. 13. He was 94.
By Leigh MacMillan

obituary Archive — Page 1 of 7

Robert C. Bone, VUSM graduate and founder of Lebanon hospital, dies at 87

VUMC mourns loss of former Dermatology leader George Stricklin

VUMC mourns loss of renowned pulmonary medicine physician-scientist John H. Newman

Memorial service held for longtime transplant nurse practitioner Karen Starr

Beloved VUMC colleague and acclaimed scientist David Robertson mourned

Noted hematologist, teacher Stanley Graber dies at 85

Vanderbilt mourns loss of pediatric informatician Stuart Weinberg

Vanderbilt mourns loss of pulmonary medicine visionary James Snell Jr.

Vanderbilt mourns loss of former ‘godfather of grants’ John Hoover Hash

Vanderbilt mourns loss of renowned clinical pharmacologist Jackson Roberts II, MD

Vanderbilt mourns loss of former Gastroenterology director Burk

Cardiovascular research pioneer Inagami mourned

Vanderbilt mourns loss of former Nuclear Medicine director Brill