Voice

March 6, 2023

“Mama Stella” Lochmiller brings softness and support to the PICU

A combination of professional experience and personal loss makes Lochmiller a Credo Award winner during the February 2023 Leadership Assembly.

By Danny Bonvissuto
February 27, 2023

New Vanderbilt University Hospital lobby: a first look

More than four decades after the opening of the “new” Vanderbilt University Hospital, the lobby gets a complete makeover

By Donn Jones
February 27, 2023

Vanderbilt nursing legend Carl James dies at 75; remembered for his decades of service to patients and colleagues

For more than 40 years he cared for countless patients and was also a mentor, counselor and guide to generations of new nurses coming to work at VUMC

By Doug Campbell
February 27, 2023

Calm, cool and collected, Lamar Bowman shines in high-pressure situations

For his professionalism, kindness, patience and nursing skills, Bowman, assistant nurse manager, was recognized with a Credo Award.

By Kathy Whitney
February 23, 2023

Learning how to “Stop the Bleed” is something we all can do

Stop the Bleed courses, like those taught at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, teach any of us – even those without medical training – how to save some of those lives.

By Jill Clendening
February 23, 2023

Carbon monoxide can quietly kill you; a detector can save your life

Sources include room heaters, furnaces, charcoal grills, cooking ranges, water heaters, cars and portable generators.

By Jessica Pasley
February 9, 2023

‘Biopsy Queen’ reaches milestone number of procedures

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center's Krista Kuhnert-Gainer, ACNP has performed more than 20,000 bone marrow biopsies since 1996.
By Tom Wilemon
February 6, 2023

Scottish artist’s innovative works move from Cheekwood to VUMC

Craig Black’s paintings, in both 2-D and 3-D, are now on display in TVC
By Jill Clendening
February 2, 2023

Radiology’s Brent Savoie turns radiological imagery into lavish dreamscapes

A world that blends the intricacies of marine life and human form: neuroanatomy that looks like coral, the body reimagined as a jellyfish, or an “X-ray aquarium.”
By Jill Clendening
January 31, 2023

Feb. 3 is a special day to honor women physicians. Allie Bell created her own greeting cards for the occasion.

The birthday of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first American woman physician, is observed as National Women Physician Day
By Jill Clendening
January 25, 2023

VUMC clothes closets benefit patients and families — and welcome donations

Sometimes patients or their family members find themselves at VUMC and in need of clothing or toiletries
By Jill Clendening
January 24, 2023

Debbie Kemp Kimbro remembered for her ability to build connections

“She developed friends everywhere she went in her professional and personal life with her warm and engaging personality," said C. Wright Pinson of the EMS nurse, LifeFlight nurse, physician liaison and singer for the VUMC band Soul Incision.
By Jill Clendening
January 12, 2023

Expandable prosthesis gives young patient more mobility

To treat the osteosarcoma in his left leg, Dominic Gamez, 7, and his family chose to have a magnetic expandable prosthesis implanted that can be manipulated to grow incrementally as the child grows.
By Nancy Humphrey
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