Voice

June 28, 2022

After an explosion almost cost her son his hand, one mother has a warning about the danger of fireworks: “They are explosives. They are dangerous.”

“No one ever expects something to happen to your own child.”

By Jessica Pasley
June 27, 2022

Occupational Health offers tips to kick off summer on a healthy note

We are officially into summer, which means vacations are ramping up. As you write your checklist, pack your suitcase, and book your trip, here are few important reminders.

By Wayne Wood
June 21, 2022

Jennifer Emery is used to celebrating patients’ successes in physical therapy. This time, she’s the one being celebrated as a Credo Award winner.

“It’s such an honor. You work hard every single day and live by the Credo behaviors — to be recognized for that feels really good.”

By Leigh MacMillan
June 21, 2022

Kristen Kerkhove aims to ease the transition home for palliative care patients

“My goal is to make sure our patients have everything they need when they leave the hospital so they can spend their time focusing on what’s important to them.”

By Nancy Humphrey
June 15, 2022

Thomas Akins recognized for his compassionate spirit in the Emergency Department

Thomas Akins was named winner of the Patient and Family Choice Award.

By Jill Clendening
June 15, 2022

Don’t leave them even for a minute — keep children from dying in a hot car

Every year dozens of children die of heatstroke after being left, often accidentally, in a hot car

By Jessica Pasley
June 14, 2022

Kathleen Gallagher is a surgical resident and former combat medic. She traveled to Ukraine to help train emergency response teams.

"With my background in combat medicine, it felt like there was something I could actually do to help.”
By Nancy Humphrey
June 3, 2022

Donna Butler-Rawson always greets patients with a smile and reassurance — especially important in her role in the electroconvulsive therapy program

Butler-Rawson earns inaugural Patient and Family Choice Award for Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital
By Emily Stembridge
June 2, 2022

Sister surgeons share a winding road that led to VUMC

From Canada to Florida to VUMC, the "Gillaspie Girls" are building careers after "falling in love with surgery."
By Jill Clendening
May 26, 2022

Honor walk video from Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital honors two organ donors and their families

The two organ procurements were the first at VWCH in almost five years
By Emily Stembridge
May 26, 2022

“Had he not had on his helmet, we probably would have been planning his funeral”

Children's Hospital safety expert makes clear: on bikes, skateboards or ATVs, helmets protect the brain
By Jessica Pasley
May 25, 2022

Jenny Leigh sets out each day to make a difference for her fellow nurses

Leigh, a nursing education specialist, provides educational support for more than 400 staff members in the NICU
By Matt Batcheldor
May 23, 2022

Injury prevention experts highlight ABCs of water safety as summer begins

Drowning doesn’t look like the dramatic splashing or shouting that’s often depicted in movies or TV shows. It is silent.
By Jessica Pasley