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  • Three medical students in scrubs pose with framed artwork

    M3 medical students take on art initiative, call for artists to submit

    Medical students seek donated art from fellow students and artists to support patient care in Vanderbilt University Medical Center clinical spaces Vanderbilt University School of Medicine students, from left, Sophie Schellhammer, Wyatt Cole and Mike Libre formed a program that brings artwork into the rooms of patients at Stallworth Rehabilitation… Read More

    Jul. 26, 2023

  • A medical student volunteer demonstrates a simulation for high school students

    VUSM Social Mission Committee Encourages Future Physicians

    Vanderbilt and Meharry medical students teamed with Vanderbilt University Medical Center residents and fellows to visit eight local public schools By: Lexie Little Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Social Mission Committee (SMC) operates with a mission to educate socially and culturally accountable future physician leaders. MD student members… Read More

    May. 22, 2023

  • A dean in a yellow dress presents an award to an MD student

    VUSM recognizes 2023 award winners

    Class Day 2023 Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Langford Auditorium Vanderbilt University Photo: Anne Rayner Each spring, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine recognizes members of the graduating MD class for outstanding academic achievement, service, research, and leadership. VUSM faculty and fellow students celebrated the following recipients of school and departmental… Read More

    May. 11, 2023

  • A Vanderbilt women's tennis player hits the ball

    Q&A with M3 Georgina Sellyn

    M3 Georgina Sellyn advocates for skin protection in athletics, planning community tennis tournaments at various medical schools across the country By: Lexie Little May is National Tennis Month and Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month. Third-year medical student Georgina Sellyn intends to honor both with determination. A former… Read More

    Apr. 30, 2023

  • Three medical students in white coats stand next to a medical school seal

    MIDP students develop patient care app prototype

    Third-year Medical Innovators Development Program (MIDP) students Emma Neal, PhD, Sarah Ouadah, PhD, and Noah Thompson Orfield, PhD, used patient-centered insights to develop a new health care app for improving team care and communication By: Lexie Little In a hospital setting, patients encounter many faces and care teams: from… Read More

    Apr. 20, 2023

  • Two men in suits, ties, and lanyards stand in the middle of a conference hall

    MIDP students drive empathetic medical innovation

    A clinical patient encounter led two Medical Innovators Development Program students to develop a potentially life-saving technology through an industry immersion experience with GE HealthCare Photo: Anne Rayner By: Lexie Little The heart monitor beep kept time with an IV pump like the ticking of a clock. More beeps sounded,… Read More

    Feb. 27, 2023

  • A husband and wife medical student duo stand outside wearing their white coats

    A tale of two specialties: George and Sara Lin (MD Class of 2023) prepare for their future

    Fourth-year couple George and Sara Lin reflect on their time at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine as they look forward to residency and their life ahead By: Lexie Little In January 2016, George Lin sat at a table near the entrance of an academic building. He checked the time, which… Read More

    Feb. 8, 2023

  • Two clinicians check an abdominal ultrasound while a person is on a table

    Shade Tree Clinic launches new Diagnostic Ultrasound Clinic

    Photo: James Jordano Vanderbilt’s student-run free clinic for uninsured and under-insured patients in Nashville extends opportunities for patient care and medical education through a new imaging program, which launched on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. By: Lexie Little To start the new year, students working at Shade Tree Clinic, Vanderbilt’s… Read More

    Jan. 10, 2023

  • A family stands in front of an outdoor medical school seal

    From a grain of passion: M3 Andrea Lopez builds initiative with family, student peers

    M3 Andrea Lopez and her family founded Grains of Love, a mission organization committed to providing basic care supplies to communities in and around Honduras By: Lexie Little M3 Andrea Lopez and her family When M3 Andrea Lopez went home for the holidays in 2021, she truly went home. Boarding… Read More

    Nov. 3, 2022

  • A man in a mask and long white coat helps a Black woman in a mask put on her short white coat at a medical school ceremony

    Sylvie Muhimpundu (MPH ’19, MD ’26) applies a degree of experience

    Rwanda native Sylvie Muhimpundu wanted to be a physician well before she ever came to the United States. Now, she’s working on her second degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. By: Lexie Little Shuffling past bustling cars along 21st Avenue in Nashville, Sylvie Muhimpundu reviewed they day’s tasks ahead… Read More

    Oct. 4, 2022