Employee Spotlight Archive — Page 6 of 14

Two masked nurses stand arm in arm in a clinic room, wearing black cardigans and employee badges; one wears black scrubs and the other blue scrubs.
January 24, 2022

Donna Atherton and Karen Pinkard are nurses who have worked together for years. The day Karen’s heart stopped at work, Donna was there to save her life.

A lot of people worked to save her life and help her recover. Thanks to them, Karen Pinkard is back at work.

By Tom Wilemon
Kanisha Sizemore smiles while posing indoors, wearing a purple Vanderbilt University Medical Center transplant program shirt.
January 13, 2022

Eighteen years ago Kanisha Sizemore got a new kidney and pancreas. With her job in the Transplant Pharmacy she gives patients hope and perspective.

“Being a transplant recipient is a blessing, but it is also life changing in several ways.”

By Matt Batcheldor
Melanie Walker smiles for a portrait while leaning on a railing, wearing a gray cardigan and green top, with a decorated blue container beside her.
January 13, 2022

Melanie Walker started life in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Now she works there helping tiny babies breathe.

“I could be an example that there is a way to get better.”

By Jessica Pasley
Filipina Cevallos Schnabel poses for a portrait indoors, wearing an orange top against a colorful patterned wall.
December 16, 2021

“Pin” Schnabel began her career as a surgeon, and went back to school to become a nurse practitioner. Her tiny patients benefit from her experience every day.

What would make a physician go back to school to become a nurse practitioner?

By Jessica Pasley
Three women wearing surgical masks pose together on a bench indoors; the center woman wears a staff identification badge and has her arms around the others.
December 2, 2021

The Yazdani sisters are triplets by birth, proud VUMC nurses by choice

Sousan, Sohayla and Setareh Yazdani are 22-year-old triplets who all work as nurses at VUMC. They agree that they always wanted to pursue their careers at Vanderbilt.

By Emily Stembridge
Portrait of Arielle Silverman, a Child Life specialist, wearing glasses and a black shirt outdoors.
November 19, 2021

A death or serious injury of a parent can mean a scared and bewildered child. Arielle Silverman helps children understand and cope.

She has worked with children varying in age from under 2 years old to teenagers as old as 18.

By Wayne Wood