Voice

December 10, 2025

Sit, stay, heal: Meet the facility dogs of Vanderbilt Health 

More than a pet project, facility dogs can lower patient blood pressure, reduce pain perception, ease loneliness and fear and offer an important form of medicine — connection.

By Danny Bonvissuto
December 9, 2025

VUMC Pets of the Day: Remi and Ranger and Geppetto and Goliath

Sebastian Brook is what his parents call ‘the exception.’
December 8, 2025

Minutes to hours, to weeks, months and years … How a patient defied the odds

Born at 34 weeks gestation June 8, 2023, Sebastian Brook was admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt with severe hydrocephalus and tetralogy of Fallot.

By Jessica Pasley
December 5, 2025

VUMC Pets of the Day: Bailee and Jenni, Eleanor and Yuji

December 1, 2025

VUMC Pets of the Day: Stanley, Stella, Maggie and Eliza

November 26, 2025

DAISY Award spotlight: ‘Being in the hospital can be a scary place and he helped to make it not feel like that.’

Jeb MacLennan, BSN, RN, works in the Surgical Intensive Care unit at Vanderbilt University Hospital. He is one of the latest Vanderbilt Health DAISY Award winners.

By Kylie Avery
November 26, 2025

DAISY Award spotlight: ‘Lacey’s warm greeting and confident professionalism set the tone for our entire experience.’

Lacey Thomas, BSN, RN, works in the Progressive Care unit at Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital. She is one of the latest Vanderbilt Health DAISY Award winners.
By Kylie Avery
November 26, 2025

DAISY Award spotlight: ‘She knows what her patients need and knows how to approach difficult topics.’

Tammie Cornell, RN, works in the Intensive Care unit at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital. She is one of the latest Vanderbilt Health DAISY Award winners.
By Kylie Avery
November 26, 2025

VUMC Pets of the Day: Twyla and Majestic

November 25, 2025

Beth Smith goes the extra mile to help pediatric patients in their rehabilitation care

“We’re just going to keep pushing forward and keep advancing and making things better for our patients.”
By Matt Batcheldor
November 25, 2025

Patient care + commanding convoys = satisfaction for VUMC nurse Erik Glover

C-Pod nurse commands a Tennessee-based U.S. Army Reserve unit
By Jill Clendening
November 21, 2025

VUMC Pets of the Day: Rosie and Ranger

November 19, 2025

Clothes Closet donations help patients and families; list of commonly needed items here

By Wayne Wood
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