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Families recently gathered for the annual Arrington Vineyards Harvest Party. The event, now in its eighth year, again benefited Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. New this year, proceeds supported neonatology training and research. The daylong Harvest Party, sponsored by Delta Dental of Tennessee and Pinnacle Bank, featured food, drinks and a concert by country music star and Arrington Vineyards co-owner Kix Brooks. Shown here are Troy Turek and his daughter, Olivia, enjoying the day with Champ.
August 22, 2019

Harvest Party

Families recently gathered for the annual Arrington Vineyards Harvest Party.

By VUMC News and Communications
Last weekend, people who are uninsured received free treatments for outpatient upper extremity conditions at Vanderbilt Bone & Joint in Franklin.
August 15, 2019

Event provided free hand surgeries for uninsured patients

Hand surgeons and other Vanderbilt Health staff offered surgeries to people who are uninsured and need surgical treatment for outpatient upper extremity conditions, such as carpal tunnel syndrome and ganglion cysts.

By VUMC News and Communications
Steve Riven, left, and his wife, Jan, here with Thomas Wang, MD, have established a directorship in cardiology in memory of Riven’s father, Samuel Riven, MD, who served on the Vanderbilt faculty for more than 50 years.
August 8, 2019

Family’s long history with VUMC leads to cardiology directorship

Steve Riven is making a gift in memory of his father to create the Samuel S. Riven, MD, Directorship in Cardiology at VUMC.

By Matt Batcheldor
Elizabeth “Betsy” Barbour and her late husband, Richard, created a fund to help support Vanderbilt’s lung transplant patient assistance fund.
July 25, 2019

Couple’s transplant journey continues by helping others

Elizabeth “Betsy” Barbour and her late husband, Richard, created a fund to help support Vanderbilt’s lung transplant patient assistance fund.

By Nancy Humphrey
July 25, 2019

Eye Institute receives $10 million gift for vision research efforts

The Vanderbilt Eye Institute (VEI) has received a $10 million gift that will fund regenerative visual neuroscience research to develop transformative therapies for eye diseases.

By Jessica Pasley
July 24, 2019

Alice Ingram Hooker, longtime supporter of VUMC and Children’s Hospital, dies at 85

Alice Ingram Hooker, a longtime supporter of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and former chair of their boards, died July 23 after an extended illness.

By VUMC News and Communications
June 20, 2019

Hospital Hospitality House grows

Supporters cut the ribbon last week to celebrate the newly expanded and renamed Pinson Hospital Hospitality House, which provides lodging for families and long-term patients at Nashville-area hospitals.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 19, 2019

Children’s Hospital debuts expanded space for patients

With a population explosion impacting Nashville and surrounding communities, serving the health care needs of the region’s families and children means that Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has been on the rise — literally.
By Jessica Pasley
June 13, 2019

$10 million gift bolsters psychosis research efforts

A $10 million endowed gift will fund translational research, support clinical programs and create an endowed chair within the Department of Psychiatry.
By Kelsey Herbers
May 28, 2019

Sneak peek

Patient ambassadors recently helped give the Carell family a sneak peek at the first new floor of the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt expansion, scheduled to open at the end of June.
By VUMC News and Communications
May 16, 2019

Event celebrates impact of philanthropy at VUMC

More than 300 members of the Canby Robinson Society, the Canby Robinson Legacy Circle and the Vanderbilt University Medical Center community joined Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, and his wife, Melinda, last week at Cheekwood Estate and Gardens for a reception celebrating the community of supporters who help VUMC redefine personalized care.
By Nancy Humphrey
May 16, 2019

Steeplechase 2019

Thousands of spectators gathered this year for the Iroquois Steeplechase, which has become Nashville’s rite of spring.
By VUMC News and Communications
May 2, 2019

Jacobs’ funding gift expands support for surgical residents

Exactly 88 years from the day he was born at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, J. Kenneth Jacobs, MD, professor of Surgery, emeritus, returned to the institution to present a financial gift to the Section of Surgical Sciences to support the future education and research efforts of surgical residents.
By Jill Clendening
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