Voice Archive — Page 65 of 95

Jeremy Kerr, left, and his son Tyler, right, pose with Sam McKenna, MD, DDS, who performed corrective jaw surgery to repair their underbites and crossbites.
July 21, 2021

Father, son benefit from jaw reconstruction guided by 3D virtual planning

Two adults pose in front of a brick wall. The man wears a red cap and a shirt reading “DOES MY NEW Kidney LOOK GOOD IN THIS?”; the woman wears a shirt reading “WIFEY MAMA KIDNEY DONOR.”
July 9, 2021

“Why on earth would I not do this?”

Sarah Osman works in the Transplant Pharmacy. She heard that Nathan Horton, her boss from a previous job, needed a kidney. She immediately offered one of hers.

Sue Perron poses indoors in a blue Vanderbilt University Medical Center pullover, with large windows and architectural columns behind her.
July 9, 2021

The nurse was afraid her patient would die. She wrote her experience in a story that was shared by NPR.

Sue Perron, a Vanderbilt intensive care nurse, told the story of the patient with COVID she called the Butterfly Man

Smiling woman with short gray hair poses in a hospital hallway, wearing light blue medical scrubs and a white vest.
July 7, 2021

VUMC nurse Tamara Slagle was losing her sight. A cornea transplant allowed her to keep the job she loves.

“My day-to-day living has gotten easier, and my job too.”

July-4th-fireworks
July 1, 2021

Stay focused on safety this 4th of July

Fireworks can cause serious damage to hands and eyes. Here’s what you can do to keep yourself, and your children, safe.

Whitewater kayaker wearing a helmet and life jacket paddles through turbulent rapids in a blue kayak, with rocks visible upstream.
June 18, 2021

The whitewater trip was a disaster. It motivated Renée Garside to become an expert kayaker.

There’s no doubt she loves it, especially when she says things like: “I just love it, love it, love it.”