First Person

March 30, 2020

We were 200 miles from London when the travel ban was announced. Getting home was an adventure.

At 1:30 a.m. my phone pinged. “Just wondering about your reaction to Trump announcement,” I read. What announcement?

By Wayne Wood
March 30, 2020

I was nervous about using telehealth. It turned out to be one of the best health care appointments I’ve ever had.

Telehealth gets an A+ for keeping me connected

By Jill Clendening
July 24, 2019

VUMC employees share memories with “99 Words of Summer”

In memories that range from rural Georgia to New England to Alaska and beyond, Medical Center employees recall summer days and summer nights.

By Wayne Wood
June 12, 2019

Share your stories with VUMC Voice’s “99 words of summer”

Vacations, camp, baseball games, cutting the grass, watching soap operas, swimming, fireflies in the fading light…

By Wayne Wood
February 11, 2019

Medical Center sweethearts share “99 Words of Love,” part 2

How can you tell the story of a lifetime in 99 words (or fewer)? Here’s how some Vanderbilt University Medical Center lovers did it.

By Wayne Wood
February 11, 2019

Medical Center sweethearts share “99 Words of Love,” part 1

How can you tell the story of a lifetime in 99 words (or fewer)? Here’s how some Vanderbilt University Medical Center lovers did it.

By Wayne Wood
January 28, 2019

VUMC Voice wants to hear your love story – in 99 words

How did you meet your sweetheart? What made you fall in love? What is your life together like?
By Wayne Wood
July 18, 2018

I passed out cold in this Vanderbilt doctor’s office in the 1980s. I’ve never forgotten her reaction.

A brief encounter with a good doctor echoes through the years
By Wayne Wood
April 2, 2018

I went for a walk at lunchtime and was hit by a car. Here’s what I want drivers and pedestrians to know to protect others.

I became vaguely aware of the sound of sirens in the distance. I soon realized the sirens were coming for me.
By Tavia Smith
March 12, 2018

Coming full circle: giving back to the place I was born

Anne Crook was born at Vanderbilt and works at VUMC as a medical interpreter for Spanish-speaking patients. But what happened to her in a tiny hospital in Italy has shaped her life.
By VUMC News and Communications
September 29, 2017

Confessions of a Flulapalooza volunteer

Well-developed biceps. Interesting tattoos. Friends I haven't seen lately. The best question: "Where do I go to get naked?" The mass vaccination event is a Vanderbilt tradition, and I wanted to do my part.
By Jill Clendening
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