Vanderbilt Eye Institute Archive — Page 2 of 9

Group photo of Vanderbilt’s HOSA competition team and staff posing indoors at the leadership conference, with conference badges and lanyards visible.
July 7, 2022

HOSA competition

Nashville was the host city for the recent Health Occupations Students of America leadership conference and the Vanderbilt Eye Institute was invited to host a competition.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Dr. Sylvia Groth sits beside an ophthalmic slit-lamp examination instrument in an eye clinic, smiling at the camera.
May 16, 2022

Sylvia Groth once commuted to work on cross country skis to keep an appointment with her patient. As a native Minnesotan, a little snow couldn’t stop her.

Her dedication earned her a Patient and Family Choice Award.

By Nancy Humphrey
Officials with VUMC and Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce at the March 24 ribbon cutting for the new Vanderbilt Eye Institute location in Murfreesboro. (photo by Susan Urmy)
March 28, 2022

Vanderbilt Eye Institute debuts new Murfreesboro location

Vanderbilt Eye Institute (VEI) and local dignitaries came together last week for a ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening of VEI’s new location in Murfreesboro.

By Nancy Humphrey
Black-and-white stippled portrait illustration of Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado, PhD, smiling and facing slightly to the side.
March 17, 2022

Discovery Lecture featuring Sánchez Alvarado returns to in-person format

Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado, PhD, executive director and chief scientific officer of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City, Missouri, will discuss tissue regeneration at the next Discovery Lecture, in person on Thursday, March 24 in 208 Light Hall.

By Leigh MacMillan
Professional head-and-shoulders portrait of a smiling woman with long dark hair, wearing a dark top and layered gold necklaces against a neutral background.
February 28, 2022

New Clinician Spotlight: Avni Finn

Avni Finn, MD, MBA, a retina surgeon, has joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Vanderbilt Eye Institute as assistant professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Eight masked adults pose in two rows beneath a “Vanderbilt Eye Institute” sign in an indoor lobby.
February 17, 2022

Learning about PAVE

Brad Turner, Commissioner of the Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (back row, second from right), recently visited the Vanderbilt Eye Institute to learn about the PAVE (Providing Access to the Visual Environment) program.

By Vanderbilt Health News