Patient Spotlight Archive — Page 6 of 12
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May 4, 2023
That piano music coming from the chapel? It’s a 16-year-old patient at the baby grand
The first chance he got to leave his hospital room, Gabe Gingerich made his way to the keyboard -
April 24, 2023
Kenneth Reynolds weighed 780 lbs., and his body was shutting down. Vanderbilt Weight Loss Center gave him back his life.
Coming up: going fishing with his grandchildren -
April 6, 2023
A mysterious heart ailment almost killed Kevin Moore. It took a Vanderbilt team to pull him through.
“I think Kevin’s story really shows that if you can get people through that early sick period with the best management, the patient can do very well.” -
January 12, 2023
Expandable prosthesis gives young patient more mobility
To treat the osteosarcoma in his left leg, Dominic Gamez, 7, and his family chose to have a magnetic expandable prosthesis implanted that can be manipulated to grow incrementally as the child grows. -
October 31, 2022
VUMC nurse Kendra Kilgore received a liver transplant as a teenager. Then her teenage daughter needed one, too.
Kendra's experince helped her daughter Carissa: "I was able to explain to her from a first-hand view what it was like, not as a nurse, but as someone who went through it." -
September 29, 2022
Patient journeys from South Africa for lung transplant
Mervyn Joseph, who searched the world over for the best place to be considered for lung transplant, is thankful he found Vanderbilt University Medical Center. -
September 15, 2022
Patient’s care journey included LVAD, bariatric surgery, transplant
When Veronica Llamas-Barajas received a heart transplant at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in April, it was the culmination of a seven-year journey.