Faculty
Faculty Receive Student-Selected Awards During 2024 Almost Alumni Luncheon
May. 9, 2024—Each spring, Vanderbilt Medical Alumni Affairs alongside Vanderbilt University School of Medicine recognizes outstanding faculty members for their contributions to student medical education, as voted upon by graduating M4s VUSM faculty, staff, and students celebrated the following recipients at the Almost Alumni Luncheon on Wednesday, May 9, 2024: Bonnie M. Miller, M.D., M.M.H.C Award The...
Moving ever forward: M1 Russell Stewart envisions medical future
Oct. 3, 2022—Though his family has a long history at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Russell O. Stewart Jr. keeps his focus on the future in an ever-changing field By: Lexie Little In 1920, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine sat at the intersection of present-day Fifth Avenue and Elm Street in Nashville, now a forgotten lot adjacent...
Thank you, Dr. President: M4 Leland Dunwoodie
Apr. 27, 2022—After four years serving as the Council of Class Officers president for the MD Class of 2022, Leland Dunwoodie reflects on his VUSM community By: Lexie Little For graduating students, the weeks leading to commencement mark a time of great excitement and anticipation of the future. And while that common experience remains true for M4...
VPIL teams collaborate, expand holistic approaches
Apr. 13, 2022—The Vanderbilt Program in Interprofessional Learning (VPIL) combines approaches from medicine, nursing, pharmacy, social work, and counseling to inform student training and patient care By: Lexie Little In January 2016, Blair Miller, Pharm.D., of Vanderbilt University Health walked laps around her unit with a patient. She quizzed him about his medications: when to take them,...
From Mr. C to Dr. M: M4 Evan Mercer connects with all ages
Mar. 23, 2022—Fourth-year student Evan Mercer matched into med-peds at Vanderbilt on Friday, March 18, 2022 By: Lexie Little Leaves crunched under football fans’ feet as they converged toward Jess Neely Drive to see the Vanderbilt Commodores make their way to the stadium. Adults and children alike lined the street as the Spirit of Gold Marching Band...
Shade Tree Clinic celebrates 10th annual benefit
Feb. 24, 2022—Nine-time Grammy Award-winner Sheryl Crow and Grammy nominee Rivers Rutherford headlined “Late Night with Shade Tree Clinic” on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022 By: Lexie Little Everyday is a winding road, one might say, for the underserved populations of the Nashville area. And since 2004, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine students have played an integral role...
Community-inspired Health Equity: a conversation with Dean Consuelo Wilkins
Mar. 2, 2020—by Emma Mattson “Being able to bring people together and collaborate, come up with shared mutual interests and strategies that benefit both institutions—that’s what drives me.” That’s Dr. Consuelo Wilkins, Vanderbilt professor of medicine and Executive Director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance, a trans-institutional partnership between Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Wilkins’ love...
“All Different Forms of Diversity:” A conversation with Dr. Kim Vinson about diversity and inclusion at VUSM
Feb. 17, 2020—by Emma Mattson Today you can find Dr. Kim Vinson seeing patients at the Vanderbilt Voice Center or developing new diversity initiatives in her office in Light Hall. But Vinson’s path to becoming an otolaryngology specialist and assistant dean for diversity affairs began more than twenty years ago, when she first joined the Vanderbilt community...
Favorite Faculty: Andrew N. Pfeffer, M.D.
Apr. 2, 2018—Andrew N. Pfeffer, M.D. Emergency Medicine In what ways do you work with medical students on campus? Which way is your favorite? I am ridiculously lucky to work with medical students in a range of different settings. I am one of the mentors for Batson College (i.e. the best of the colleges), so I get...
Favorite Faculty: Travis Crook, M.D.
Mar. 19, 2018—Travis Crook, M.D. Pediatrics In what ways do you work with medical students on campus? Which way is your favorite? I am involved with the medical students in a lot of different ways and love them all. I am the director for the required second-year Pediatric Clerkship where I get to work with the students on...