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Pets of Vanderbilt 2011
Feb. 3, 2011—Every year we ask for your favorite pictures of your dogs, cats and other assorted beasts. This year we had more than 1,000 pictures, so the selecting was very hard. Vote online for your favorites in the Dog, Cat, and Friends categories, and also see a lot more photos of pets that we didn’t have room for in the print edition.
More Pets of Vanderbilt 2011
Feb. 2, 2011—These pets aren’t on the ballot, but there are some great-looking dogs, cats, and other friends here, submitted by Vanderbilt staff and faculty. This is an exhibition, not a competition, so please…enjoy.
Watch videos of Vanderbilt pets
Feb. 1, 2011—For those of you for whom it’s not enough to see still photographs of Pets of Vanderbilt, several people also submitted links to YouTube videos of pets.
Post-Transplant baby a “Miracle” to his Mother
Jan. 26, 2011—Kerrie Upchurch, who got a kidney transplant in her mid-20s, was more upset about the idea that she might not be able to become a mother than she was about the transplant. But, VUMC’s Heidi Schaefer, M.D., says, people who have had transplants can still become mothers. For proof, meet Kerrie Upchurch’s son, Gavin.
New hip doesn’t slow down Vanderbilt Hall of Fame swimmer Frank Lorge
Jan. 7, 2011—Vanderbilt Hall of Fame swimmer Frank Lorge knew he needed hip surgery. Thanks to an innovative technique, he was back in the pool in no time.
Daddy’s Heart
Jan. 7, 2011—Bayleigh Lowe's father didn't live to see his daughter's wedding. But even though he died in 2001, he was an organ donor, and the man who received his heart was a guest of honor at her wedding.
New Comprehensive Care Center at One Hundred Oaks feels like home to it’s first patient
Jan. 7, 2011—The new Comprehensive Care Center at One-Hundred Oaks opens with a familiar face as it's first patient: Loren Antes, who was also CCC's first patient in 1994.
Guitar design is not brain surgery
Nov. 2, 2010—In 2002, having recently undergone board certification as a neurosurgeon, Robert J. Singer, M.D., sat down at his kitchen table with some butcher paper and a few drafting instruments and began designing electric guitars. Once he had completed a dozen designs, he engaged a factory in Korea to make the prototypes.
Stories of Living with Diabetes
Nov. 2, 2010—Forty patients—all with different circumstances, backgrounds and treatments each have one common story to tell: living with diabetes. Co-authors Alan Graber, M.D., Anne Brown, R.N., M.S.N., and Kathleen Wolfe, R.N., M.S.N., compiled these compelling patient stories in their new book “A Life of Control: Stories of Living with Diabetes,” published by Vanderbilt University Press.
The two Dr. Zics
Nov. 2, 2010—Conventional wisdom says never to look a gift horse in the mouth, but on a normal day seeing patients in the clinic, John Zic, M.D., found himself staring down at a literal gift horse, not quite sure how to react.