Vanderbilt Health history Archive — Page 2 of 2

Hospital patient wearing a breathing mask sits beside a healthcare worker in protective clothing and a flowered face shield. A decorated cake, drinks, and a sign reading “LOVE DAD” are visible nearby.
December 23, 2021

The most popular VUMC Voice stories of 2021

Love stories, an honor walk, a heroic rescue — and plumbing

Black-and-white photograph of Stanley Cohen seated at a cluttered laboratory desk, holding a pipette and a sheet of paper among notebooks, containers, and lab equipment.
February 7, 2020

The elusive Nobel Prize winner

Stanley Cohen wanted to be left alone to do his research. I wanted to interview him for a radio show. Amazingly, he said yes.

Black-and-white outdoor production scene with a suited man standing among film lights, cameras, crew members, and equipment on a raised platform.
October 16, 2019

When ABC’s “World News Tonight” was broadcast live from VUMC

A specially built platform outside the hospital allowed anchor Peter Jennings to deliver the news with a VUMC backdrop

An older woman stands beside a historical marker titled “ROBERT SMITH SANDERS, M.D. 1927–2006,” with text describing his work as a Murfreesboro pediatrician and advocate for child passenger safety.
October 12, 2018

The story behind the law that saved thousands of children

Robert Sanders, MD, and his wife Patricia were tireless advocates for a child safety-seat law that saved thousands of children and was a model for the nation.

Black-and-white close-up paparazzi photograph of a woman with voluminous hair, her hand raised near her head.
November 30, 2017

When VUMC was a movie set

Lauren Hutton! William H. Macy! James Farentino! Medical Center North?

Black-and-white group portrait of nine men in dark athletic clothing, posed outside a brick building; one tall man stands at center while others stand or sit around him.
October 31, 2017

From the circus to the School of Medicine

James Tayloe Gwathmey, M.D., was a circus performer and Vanderbilt doctor who wrote popular books on both anesthesia and circus acrobatics