DAISY Award spotlight: ‘Because of him we are better parents.’

Jacob Pooser, RN, works in the Pediatric Intensive Care unit at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital. He is one of the latest Vanderbilt Health DAISY Award winners.

School staff and friends bring graduation joy to hospitalized fifth grader 

To prepare for his graduation ceremony, Carter Williamson had his own goal. He wanted to walk across the stage to accept his diploma. 

Medical team uses nontraditional therapy to help give young patient a chance at making it to heart transplant

The team used an Impella, a catheter-based miniature ventricular assist device. It offered the best chance of getting rising eighth-grader Van Sung to transplant.

VUMC Pets of the Day: Tabi and Dessi Belle

VUMC Pets of the Day: Phoebe and Lily Beth

For Jessica Jackson, urology isn’t just her area of expertise; it’s her ‘happy place’

The Credo Award winner became a certified surgical technologist after receiving life-changing advice from her mother.