Employee Spotlight

February 13, 2020

Schuyler Clayton battled a decade of opioid addiction. Now a recovery coach, he serves as a beacon of hope amid a nationwide epidemic.

“Our patients live with a disease they don’t get help for out of fear of blame. It’s important for me to say, ‘I’m living with the same thing, and I’m not ashamed.’”

By Kelsey Herbers
February 11, 2020

He’s a dentist. He plays hockey. He is VERY careful about his teeth.

Tyler Ames, DMD, has seen the worst of what a hockey puck or stick can do to the mouth. He loves hitting the ice anyway with his team the Gravediggers.

By Nancy Humphrey
January 31, 2020

Innovative Project SEARCH provides good jobs for participants, great employees for VUMC

The program focuses on training young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities for jobs in health care

By Jessica Pasley
December 12, 2019

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists treated VUMC staff for the holidays, and this care required a glass of milk.

This sweet tradition has been going strong for 23 years

By Kristin Smart
October 10, 2019

VUMC has 2,500 pieces of art. Jenny Lewis knows them all.

Portraits, landscapes, sculptures — health care art is an art in itself

By Kelsey Herbers
September 17, 2019

“There’s something amazing about holding up an American flag,” says kettlebell gold medal winner Katherine Hartmann

The physician and scientist says she was motivated by the words of a friend: “Almost everything is your fault, and what isn’t your fault is your responsibility.”

By Wayne Wood
August 21, 2019

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.
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
June 12, 2019

Baby boom hits Emergency Room; 17 employees expecting babies this year

Fourteen nurses, two doctors and a social worker walk into an Emergency Department. They're all pregnant.
By Kristin Smart
May 30, 2019

Tammy Masnica knew nothing about horses — until the purchase of one brought her family together

“Olaf,” a 13-year-old American Saddlebred, changes lives one simple gesture at a time
By Kelsey Herbers
May 8, 2019

Mother and daughter share devotion to nursing — and to Children’s Hospital

Vickie Thompson has devoted her career to caring for children. Her daughter Kelsey is following in her mom's footsteps.
By Matt Batcheldor
May 6, 2019

Nurses’ Week video shows Burn Center nurse Tiffany Nugen being surprised by a grateful family

The Lemarr family traveled from East Tennessee to say thank you
By Wayne Wood
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
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