Voice Archive — Page 82 of 95

A man in a colorful patterned shirt speaks with a seated hospital patient wearing a nasal oxygen tube beside bedside monitors and medical equipment.
April 3, 2019

This high school math teacher almost died in a car wreck. He comes back three times a year to encourage other trauma patients.

Goodie bags and words of hope from somebody who’s been there.

Black-and-white dog wearing a sunflower collar rests its head and paw on a sofa beside a window with white blinds.
April 3, 2019

VUMC Voice 2019 Pet Photo Contest deadline is April 22

Do you share your life with a pet? Do you work at Vanderbilt University Medical Center? This contest is for you!

A smiling man in a black quilted jacket stands with his arms crossed in a hallway beside a brightly colored display board featuring childlike artwork and anatomical illustrations.
March 27, 2019

Nurse creates artwork inspired by Vanderbilt’s orthopaedic patients

Recycled paper and expired test tubes find new life in colorful greetings for patients

Three men laugh together in a medical facility: a doctor in a white coat sits beside a seated man in a blue checkered shirt, while another man stands behind them with his hands on the seated man’s shoulders. A woman stands in the doorway.
March 25, 2019

Ten years ago, Mike Lavin was saved by a bone marrow transplant. A few days ago, he paid a surprise visit to the donor who made it possible.

“I really appreciate everything you have done. I’m here because of you.”

A smiling woman embraces a young girl in a pink dress outdoors in a sunlit park.
March 21, 2019

Cancer researcher Kimberly Dahlman is too busy to run in the Boston Marathon, but she’s doing it anyway — for her daughter

“Even though I felt like I was already over-committed, I knew that I needed to do this”

Michelle Southard, identified by the attachment caption, leans against a doorway in a hospital corridor, with her reflection visible in a frosted glass wall.
March 18, 2019

As the Medical Center’s homeless housing navigator, Michelle Southard spends her days finding homes for patients of all backgrounds

“I began to realize that people aren’t homeless just because they lack housing.”