Patient Spotlight

Two years after being hit by a car crossing James Robertson Parkway, Betsy Williams climbs the Capitol steps to thank everyone at VUMC who helped save her life

“The list of miracles is long,” she says.

Jamye and Austin Willé with their daughter, Akemi.

Patient’s family experiences healing power of music

Music therapy focuses on the use of music to help patients with chronic pain, physical rehabilitation, psychiatric symptoms, end of life, procedural support and coping with hospitalization and disease.

‘Ava got a heart’: the best news a family could share about the baby approaching her first birthday

The phone call that brought her father to his knees

Commodore spirit proves too much for superfan’s blood vessels

While most sports injuries happen on the field, one Vanderbilt football fan managed to score one in his own home the night Vanderbilt beat Alabama.

Skydiving, bungee jumping, deer hunting and the World Transplant Games: 13 years after getting her new kidney, Sheila Spann keeps living life to the fullest

All that’s in addition to her day jobs as a pharmacist and diabetes educator just outside of Jackson, Mississippi.

“Llama Love and M&M’s Forever”: One family’s palliative care experience leads to a lasting expression of gratitude

“The Palliative Care team is a special group of people, and I wouldn’t have wanted to share probably the most devastating week of my life with any other group,” said Jeff. “I’ve been a woodworker for more than 40 years, and I decided I wanted to do something to let them know just how wonderful they are.”

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