Mission of Caring Archive — Page 1 of 8

October 6, 2026

Ukrainian health care teams visit to learn best practices and take their knowledge home

Ten Ukrainian health care professionals visited the Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and the Department of Biomedical Informatics

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October 1, 2026

Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer’s Center launches this year’s Tennessee Dementia ECHO program connecting health care professionals with dementia care experts

Since its launch in 2024, the program has expanded to serve clinicians across West, Middle and East Tennessee through regional partnerships with the University of Memphis and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

September 22, 2026

Vanderbilt Health surgeons and staff provide free surgical care at Orthopaedics Outreach Day

For 10th year, qualifying uninsured and underinsured Middle Tennesseans receive the surgeries they need

Lauren Michelle Wells Fierro, LCSW, with several of the works created by patients with heart conditions. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
September 16, 2026

‘Heart Art’ helps patients with heart conditions heal

Patients create art in their own homes in their spare time, share it virtually as it is created, then send the art for display at the Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute.

The Innovation Clinic entrance on the first floor of the Medical Arts Building. (photo by Susan Urmy)
September 10, 2026

Innovation Clinic doubles as a working clinic and a proving ground

“The most innovative thing about this clinic is that it exists in the first place. … Now we have a dedicated pilot site for every new thing we want to test.”

September 7, 2026

Gibson Gives strikes the right chord with Vanderbilt Health for healing

Donated guitars help artists recover and return to making music.