obituary

VUMC therapy dog Will mourned

One of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s beloved pet therapy dogs, KyleakinTempest, aka Will, died May 14. He was 11 years old.

By VUMC News and Communications

VUMC mourns loss of noted scientist, teacher Stratton

Charles Stratton IV, MD, associate professor of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology and of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, died March 21 in Nashville. He was 77.

VUMC mourns loss of Otolaryngology’s Huang

Vanderbilt’s Shan Huang, MD, PhD, research assistant professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (HNS) and an expert in device implant technology died on Feb. 10. He was 78.

VUMC mourns loss of former Psychopharmacology director Ban

Thomas Arthur Ban, MD, emeritus professor of Psychiatry and former director of Vanderbilt’s Division of Psychopharmacology, died Feb. 4. He was 92.

VUMC mourns loss of dedicated clinician, teacher Fowler

Vanderbilt’s Michael Fowler, MD, associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, a celebrated Master Clinical Teacher, and co-medical director of the Shade Tree Clinic, died Feb. 20. He was 49.

By Kathy Whitney

February 10, 2022

VUMC mourns loss of former Dermatology leader King

Longtime faculty member Lloyd E. King Jr., MD, PhD, who joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 1977 as chief of the Division of Dermatology, died Feb. 8 at Vanderbilt University Hospital after a brief illness.