Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health Archive — Page 1 of 7

Kenneth Holroyd, MD, and Michael McCann, MD, MBA, stand in front of a classroom chalkboard; McCann holds a star-shaped Innovator of the Year award.
October 13, 2026

Michael McCann named Brock Family Center’s 2026 Innovator of the Year

A Hospital Medicine program developed by Michael McCann and colleagues helps patients with multiple comorbidities reduce their hospital stays. It’s now being offered to other hospitals through a commercial spinoff called Juliana.  

By Paul Govern
Collage illustrating global public-health research: a scientist using a microscope, a field researcher handling equipment, magnified microorganisms, a globe with airplanes, the U.S. Capitol, a syringe and vial, charts, and abstract geometric accents.
September 23, 2026

Catalysts for change (for three decades)

Vanderbilt’s Master of Public Health grads
are the problem solvers the world needs

By Jill Clendening
Missy Scalise, MD, in a blue blouse, and Kaylin Craig, MD, in a black outfit with a rose-colored cardigan, pose in a hospital hallway.
August 31, 2026

Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital’s first Primary Care-Internal Medicine Residency Program addresses the needs of a rapidly growing community

“The investment isn’t only in the Wilson County of today — it’s in the physicians this community will need in 2050,” said Program Director Missy Scalise, MD.

By Danny Bonvissuto
Kaylin Smith Craig, MD, MMHC
July 22, 2026

Kaylin Craig joins the Primary Care Patient Care Center leadership team

The Primary Care Patient Care Center coordinates primary care and internal medicine clinics in 30 locations throughout Middle Tennessee.

Eight people pose on a wooden overlook with Hogwarts castle behind them at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter; one person sits in a wheelchair in front.
July 20, 2026

Palliative Care team manifests dreams of butterbeer and Harry Potter

After Mike Guth and his family learned that his pancreatic cancer had advanced beyond treatment, the Vanderbilt Health Palliative Care team worked magic to make a dream trip possible.

By Jill Clendening
Portrait of a smiling blonde woman in a dark blazer against a colorful pink, purple, yellow, and blue abstract background.
June 15, 2026

Advice on smoking cessation

Quitting a tobacco habit is easier with clinical guidance

By Tom Wilemon