“I like the challenge of problem solving. At the end of the day, it’s knowing that what I’m doing … makes it easier for the front-line people to be able to do their jobs safely,” says the Credo Award winner.

Risk of VTE rises in hospitals due to factors such as patient immobility, effects from major surgery, and use of indwelling medical devices like central lines.

Allan Williams, MSN-Ed, RN, CFRN, EMT-P, flight nurse/paramedic for Vanderbilt LifeFlight, 55, died Nov. 8, during his service as a member of LifeFlight 1, based in Gallatin, Tennessee. The LifeFlight helicopter went down in an unpopulated area in Wilson County, Tennessee.

Teams at VUMC and Monroe Carell are focused on reaching more clinicians, patients and families through the Vanderbilt Antimicrobial Stewardship Program.

Longtime supporters of Monroe Carell, the Borchettas’ latest philanthropy builds on their ongoing commitment to the hospital’s NICU services.

Humphries also will serve as executive medical director of the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Clinical Service Center.

This award honors a genetic counselor who “advances genetic counseling as a vital part of health care through education, research or public policy.