Employee Spotlight Archive — Page 10 of 14

Stephanie Hays’ own body destroyed her kidneys. Luckily, her daughter had a spare.

The operation was a success; Roni’s kidney began functioning in her mom right away. “Now she’s stuck with me forever,” Roni joked.

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

Fourteen nurses, two doctors and a social worker walk into an Emergency Department. They’re all pregnant.

“Olaf,” a 13-year-old American Saddlebred, changes lives one simple gesture at a time

Vickie Thompson has devoted her career to caring for children. Her daughter Kelsey is following in her mom’s footsteps.

The Lemarr family traveled from East Tennessee to say thank you

May 2, 2019
During NFL Draft weekend, a mass shooting occurred in Nashville. Vanderbilt responded beautifully to care for patients.

At 2 a.m. Sunday, six gunshot patients poured into the Vanderbilt ER. It was the fourth mass shooting seen there in the past 15 months.
By John Howser
April 24, 2019
Donna Oates of Dermatology wins 2019 Administrative Professional Award

“It's so important to find the joy of saying hello, calling each person by his or her name.”
By Paul Govern
April 19, 2019
Doctor and patient compete for honor
By Tom Wilemon
March 27, 2019
Nurse creates artwork inspired by Vanderbilt’s orthopaedic patients

Recycled paper and expired test tubes find new life in colorful greetings for patients
By Kelsey Herbers
March 21, 2019
Cancer researcher Kimberly Dahlman is too busy to run in the Boston Marathon, but she’s doing it anyway — for her daughter

“Even though I felt like I was already over-committed, I knew that I needed to do this"
By Leigh MacMillan
March 18, 2019
As the Medical Center’s homeless housing navigator, Michelle Southard spends her days finding homes for patients of all backgrounds

“I began to realize that people aren’t homeless just because they lack housing.”
By Kelsey Herbers
March 13, 2019
Longtime Children’s Hospital chaplain Raye Nell Dyer returns to serve at LifeFlight

She joins a small cadre of other flight chaplains in the U.S.
By Jerry Jones