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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.” -
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.” -
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. -
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 -
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.” -
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 -
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."