First Person Archive

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?

Telehealth gets an A+ for keeping me connected

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

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

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.

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.

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