Patient Spotlight Archive — Page 3 of 12
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June 12, 2025
The real MVP: Fitness challenge raises funds in honor of 4-year-old cancer patient
The fitness challenge raised funds to support pediatric cancer research, training and care at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. -
May 28, 2025
School staff and friends bring graduation joy to hospitalized fifth grader
To prepare for his graduation ceremony, Carter Williamson had his own goal. He wanted to walk across the stage to accept his diploma. -
May 28, 2025
Medical team uses nontraditional therapy to help give young patient a chance at making it to heart transplant
The team used an Impella, a catheter-based miniature ventricular assist device. It offered the best chance of getting rising eighth-grader Van Sung to transplant. -
May 19, 2025
Saved by an angel — in Aldi
Steve Glaeser fell in an Aldi supermarket; a Vanderbilt Health critical care nurse saved his life. -
May 1, 2025
All cancer patients at Vanderbilt-Ingram will have the opportunity to ring the bell
Seven months after cancer patient Matt Duckworth's death, the bell pealed loudly at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center infusion clinic as a plaque was unveiled in his honor. -
April 17, 2025
On a spring night in 1987, teenager Mike Harper was flown to Vanderbilt University Medical Center pinned to a car seat with a fence post through his body. Here is one of the most amazing stories of survival in the history of VUMC.
Mike doesn’t remember the names of all the people who took care of him while he was at VUMC so long ago, but he does have a message for any of them who read this. -
April 10, 2025
The little girl suddenly stopped walking and talking. How a terrifying diagnosis led to hope and healing.
“My child is a miracle, and it wouldn’t have happened without that team of doctors and the staff.”