Served as a chair and president of the Wellness Committee in medical school, started “PGY-Mom” at VUMC to support the unique needs of resident physician moms and founded Vanderbilt Physician Parent Group
“Wellness has been important to me throughout my medical training. Although I have always aspired to find the right balance, I confess that I most certainly have not always done so. As I moved into residency, I found that my experience of becoming and being a physician was shaped significantly by becoming a parent. Recognizing that many residents, fellows and faculty physicians may not have family or pre-existing support networks in Nashville, these groups were designed to cross departmental lines and provide additional means of encouragement and resources to our physician-parents.”
+ Photography by Erin O. Smith
John Erickson, MD’15, PhD’13, and his wife, Lauren, welcomed son, Elijah, in August 2019.
Smitha Arekapudi, MD’07, third from left, an alternate delegate for the Illinois State Medical Association, presented at the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegate meeting in June 2019 to advocate for the establishment of best practices that remove gender bias in the grant proposal process.
Mary DeAgostino-Kelly, MD’14, MPH’15, and her husband, Kevin, and daughter, Sydney, welcomed the newest addition to their family, Nash Joseph Kelly, born Sept. 7, 2019.
Fayrisa Greenwald, MD’15, BA’11, married Derek Ginsberg on May 4, 2019, with maid of honor Lulu Wang, MD’15, and bridesmaids Margot Lazow, MD’15, and Mythri Reddy, MD’15, in attendance.
Lauren Slesur, MD’19, MEd’18, and Joseph Starnes, MD’19, BA’14, MPH’18, were married on May 18, 2019, in Lemont, Illinois.
Lauren Slesur, MD’19, MEd’18, and Joseph Starnes, MD’19, BA’14, MPH’18, were married on May 18, 2019, in Lemont, Illinois.
