Center for Professional Health

April 2, 2025

Charlene Dewey honored by the American Medical Women’s Association

Dewey holds joint appointments in the Department of Medical Education and Administration, now the Office of Health Sciences Education, and the Department of Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health.

By Jill Clendening
May 10, 2023

Dewey elected to American College of Physicians board

Vanderbilt’s Charlene Dewey, MD, MEd, MACP, has been elected to the Board of Regents of the American College of Physicians.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 13, 2022

VUMC’s Dewey receives two health care inspiration awards

Vanderbilt’s Charlene Dewey, MD, MEd, MACP, professor of Medical Education and Administration and director of the Center for Professional Health, recently received two inspiration awards for Women in Medicine month.

By Kathy Whitney
Anderson Spickard Jr., MD
December 8, 2021

Pioneer of substance abuse prevention and treatment Anderson Spickard Jr., MD, mourned

Vanderbilt’s Anderson Spickard Jr., MD, professor of Medicine Emeritus and director Emeritus, Center for Professional Health, died Dec. 8. He was 90.

By Kathy Whitney
September 30, 2021

Dewey receives gender equity honor from American College of Physicians

Vanderbilt’s Charlene Dewey, MD, MEd, was recently honored by the American College of Physicians as part of that organization’s observance of September as Women in Medicine Month.

By VUMC News and Communications
August 29, 2019

VUMC receives grant for opioid education training

The AAMC Opioid Education Challenge Grant Program has selected five institutions or partnering institutions to receive an award of up to $25,000 each for opioid education training.

By Craig Boerner
March 14, 2019

Center for Professional Health celebrates decades of hope, healing

Vanderbilt’s Center for Professional Health is one of the institution’s greatest “hidden gems” — but it’s a resource Charlene Dewey, MD, MEd, hopes colleagues within the Medical Center will never need.
By Kelsey Herbers
August 9, 2016

Health and wellness series for scientists begins Aug. 24

As a result of a scientist wellness survey on “Professionalism and Professional Health and Wellness of the Scientist” conducted earlier this year, Charlene Dewey, M.D., will be offering a yearlong program titled: The Year of the Scientist: Balancing Health & Science.
By Nancy Humphrey
February 12, 2015

Survey tool helps assess physician behavior training

Professional behavior specialists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are using a new survey tool to determine the effectiveness of training courses to help physicians correct disruptive workplace behavior.
By VUMC News and Communications