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VUSM Social Mission Committee encourages future physicians
May. 22, 2023—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 diverse, socially and culturally accountable future physician leaders. MD student members promote understanding of care systems and...
Q&A with M3 Georgina Sellyn
Apr. 30, 2023—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 Vanderbilt University tennis player, Sellyn plans to...
MIDP students develop patient care app prototype
Apr. 20, 2023—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 physicians, residents, and medical students to...
Q&A: Medical students present initiatives at CGI U
Mar. 20, 2023—MD students Lena Khanolkar, Sunaya Krishnapura, and Chirag Ram push for sustainability in health care and organ donation education By: Lexie Little Vanderbilt University hosted the 2023 Clinton Global Initiative University from March 3 to March 5, bringing together students from across the globe to discuss and address some of the world’s most pressing issues....
MIDP students drive empathetic medical innovation
Feb. 27, 2023—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 By: Lexie Little The heart monitor beep kept time with an IV pump like the ticking of a clock. More beeps sounded, and still more. Medical Innovators Development Program (MIDP)...
A tale of two specialties: George and Sara Lin (MD Class of 2023) prepare for their future
Feb. 8, 2023—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 seemed to move slowly. Students...
Shade Tree Clinic launches new Diagnostic Ultrasound Clinic
Jan. 10, 2023—Vanderbilt’s student-run free clinic for underserved and uninsured 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 student-run free clinic, initiated a new program to further...
From a grain of passion: M3 Andrea Lopez builds initiative with family, student peers
Nov. 3, 2022—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 When M3 Andrea Lopez went home for the holidays in 2021, she truly went home. Boarding the plane at Nashville International Airport for her birthplace of Tegucigalpa,...
Renaming committee honored with Levi Watkins, Jr. MD Award
Oct. 24, 2022—Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Vanderbilt University Medical Center recognized student and faculty leaders for their contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the community on Oct. 18, 2022. By: Lexie Little The committee responsible for the renaming of Vivien Thomas Way received this year’s Levi Watkins, Jr. MD Student Award for its contribution...
Sylvie Muhimpundu (MPH ’19, MD ’26) applies a degree of experience
Oct. 4, 2022—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 in her mind as she...