Organ & Blood Donation

May 26, 2022

Honor walk video from Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital honors two organ donors and their families

The two organ procurements were the first at VWCH in almost five years

By Emily Stembridge
May 6, 2022

Janet Darnell received a lifesaving lung transplant. Five months later she received lifesaving surgery for colon cancer. She calls herself a “walking miracle.”

Without the lung transplant, the cancer may never have been detected.

By Matt Batcheldor
May 4, 2022

Pies in the face mark the end of the first round of blood donation challenge. Your donation may determine who gets the next pie.

Shon Dwyer smooshed a pie into the face of Tom Nantais. Mary Pawlikowski smooshed a pie into the face of Meg Rush. Who’s next?

By Wayne Wood
September 25, 2020

In memory of Kyle

Last year, an honor walk for paramedic Kyle Fisher went viral. Now, his mother, a nurse at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital, is promoting organ donation in his memory.

By Matt Batcheldor
July 8, 2019

As a nurse, she supported organ donation. As a mother, Kim Cantu never expected the donor to be her son.

Sky Cantu donated his heart, liver and both kidneys, saving four lives in the process.

By Matt Batcheldor
March 1, 2019

Kevin Hartley was an organ donor, and his mother had one wish: to hear her son’s heartbeat one more time

Thanks to his heart recipient, Rhonda Lucas, she got the chance.

By Holly Fletcher
February 18, 2019

As a paramedic, Kyle Fisher saved many lives. As an organ donor, he saved six more.

Vanderbilt staff pays tribute to his heroism with Honor Walk
By Matt Batcheldor
August 20, 2018

Andie Perona, part of the VUMC transplant team, receives double organ transplant

The transplant team surgical technician found herself on the other side of the table as a kidney and pancreas transplant recipient. It transformed her life.
By Tavia Smith