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What to Pack for Nashville
Jul. 10, 2017—Before I moved to Nashville, I could barely point to Tennessee on a map, much less show you around the city. Now that I’ve been here a while, I’ve learned some of the reasons why Music City is attracting tourists, businesses, and families by the thousands. Here’s a quick "packing" list so you’ll be prepared for...
VMS Dance
Jul. 3, 2017—VMS Dance is a club that welcomes people of all dance backgrounds and experience (from “none” to “formally trained” to “prior competitive dancer”). Group dance lessons are offered every two to four weeks, where we spend one hour learning the steps to a choreographed routine or the basics of a dance style. Our most popular lessons are...
Wilderness Medical Society
Jun. 26, 2017—The Wilderness Medical Society provides both educational and social opportunities for medical students. Together with emergency medicine residents and attending physicians, we organize quarterly skill-building workshops and scenario days to give students the opportunity to practice managing common wilderness medicine conditions, like anaphylaxis, burn injuries, and bone fractures, in low-resource settings. We also lead monthly wilderness trips...
Wine Club
Jun. 19, 2017—Wine Club holds regular meetings that allow students to relax, socialize with fellow classmates, and take a break from studying while experiencing and learning about wine. Topics covered during these fun and interactive evenings can range from a specific type of wine or region, wine tasting and pairings, how to make wine, the nuances of how a specific region can affect the taste...
REMEDY
Jun. 12, 2017—REMEDY (Recovered Medical Equipment for the Developing World) is a Vanderbilt University School of Medicine student organization that aids in donating medical supplies to organizations that perform medical service in developing countries. We collect unused or expired medical supplies from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center and work with various collaborators to ship these supplies abroad....
Best Buddies Vandy Med
Jun. 5, 2017—Best Buddies Vandy Med is part of an international organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) through one-to-one friendships and advocacy. At VUSM, we match our medical students with adults in the community with IDD. In addition to supporting these friendships, we host monthly chapter-wide events that allow...
Senior Send-Off: Pratik Talati
May. 29, 2017—Name: Pratik Talati Hometown: Pelham, AL Intended Specialty: Neurological Surgery How did you decide on your specialty? I explored different specialties that revolved around neuroscience, including Psychiatry, Neurology, Neuro-radiology, and Neurosurgery. At the end, I felt that Neurosurgery contained everything I was looking for in a specialty. I'm especially excited about being at the interface between Neurosurgery...
Senior Send-Off: Kelsie Riemenschneider
May. 22, 2017—Name: Kelsie Riemenschneider Hometown: Alpharetta, GA Intended Specialty: Dermatology What made you decide to become a doctor? Growing up, I planned to be a writer. I first fell in love with science through my high school chemistry classes, which ultimately drew me to study biomedical engineering at Georgia Tech. My undergraduate classes and research were...
Senior Send-Off: Samantha Gridley Haley
May. 15, 2017—Name: Samantha Gridley Haley Hometown: Milton, GA Intended Specialty: Pediatrics What do you wish you knew when you started medical school? There are countless directions a career in medicine can take you. Everyone starts off medical school with biochemistry, and with my English major background and interest in advocacy, I wondered whether I had made...
Microbes Defense Academic Society
May. 8, 2017—The Microbes Defense Academic Society (MDAS) is composed of Vanderbilt medical students and graduate students who share an academic interest in microbiology and immunology. MDAS likes to host both academic and social events that are related to these two broad but exciting academic fields. However, our premier events are review sessions for the first-year medical...
Senior Send-Off: Emily Buttigieg
May. 1, 2017—Name: Emily Buttigieg Hometown: Woodhaven, MI Intended Specialty: Ob-Gyn ​ How did you decide on your specialty? Ob-Gyn has the ideal mix of surgery as well as primary, longitudinal care. The field provides the opportunity to care for women through some of the happiest as well as most difficult experiences of their lives. There are also plenty...
Senior Send-Off: Brian Bingham
Apr. 24, 2017—Name: Brian Bingham Hometown: Lakeland, FL Intended Specialty: Radiation Oncology What made you decide to become a doctor? For years, I had been planning on becoming a science teacher. When I discovered medicine, I realized that physicians have the privilege to teach their patients in a very unique and intimate setting. Being able to provide meaningful treatments...
Nashville Bar-B-Que
Apr. 17, 2017—Nestled in the hills of Nashville, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine is situated in a prime location for some of the best barbecue Tennessee has to offer, located within a 10-minute drive from the medical center. Here are two popular picks that are definitely worth checking out during your visit – these are some of...
Senior Send-Off: Courtney Baker
Apr. 10, 2017—Name: Courtney Baker Hometown: Bethesda, MD Intended Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery What made you decide to become a doctor? I wanted to use applied science to directly help people with their problems How did you decide on your specialty? I like mechanical problems and using my hands fix things. There is amazing immediate satisfaction with solving...
APAMSA
Apr. 3, 2017—APAMSA stands for Asian-Pacific American Medical Student Association. We host a variety of events throughout the year that are open to students of all ethnicities. 1. Mentoring and socializing with older students As an incoming first year, I found it incredibly helpful to have an upper year's perspective on exploring Nashville and going into big exams....