obituary Archive — Page 5 of 10

Professional headshot of Shan Huang, MD, PhD, wearing glasses, a dark suit, white shirt, and red tie.
March 8, 2022

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.

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February 28, 2022

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.

Portrait of Michael Fowler, MD, wearing glasses, a dark suit, and a patterned bow tie.
February 21, 2022

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.

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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.

Smiling older woman with short blonde hair, wearing a blue top, pearl earrings, and a pearl necklace.
January 20, 2022

Vanderbilt mourns loss of tireless philanthropist Dugas

Laura Jo Turner Dugas, who along with her brothers Cal Jr. and Steve Turner and their families, have been longtime supporters of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, died on Dec. 26, 2021. She was 84.

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December 9, 2021

Former chair of Biochemistry Michael Waterman has died

Michael Waterman, PhD, former chair of the Department of Biochemistry for 18 years, died Nov. 7