Curriculum

  • Vanderbilt University

    The Next Chapter of Curriculum 2.0

    In its 10th year, Curriculum 2.0 continues to innovate, this time through the creation of FCC Launch Week. By: Kyra Letsinger The vision of Vanderbilt University’s School of Medicine is simple: to shape a future in which all persons reach their full health potential. Read More

    Jan. 9, 2024

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    MIDP students drive empathetic medical innovation

    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 Photo: Anne Rayner By: Lexie Little The heart monitor beep kept time with an IV pump like the ticking of a clock. More beeps sounded,… Read More

    Feb. 27, 2023

  • A husband and wife medical student duo stand outside wearing their white coats

    A tale of two specialties: George and Sara Lin (MD Class of 2023) prepare for their future

    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… Read More

    Feb. 8, 2023

  • A man in a mask and long white coat helps a Black woman in a mask put on her short white coat at a medical school ceremony

    Sylvie Muhimpundu (MPH ’19, MD ’26) applies a degree of experience

    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… Read More

    Oct. 4, 2022

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    Connecting through service

    Vanderbilt University School of Medicine M3 Thomas Ueland connects with patients, peers, and people in need By: Lexie Little Thomas Ueland Approximately 157.5 miles from third-year medical student Thomas Ueland’s hometown of Lexington, Kentucky, sits the merged mining towns of Fleming-Neon. Rains ravaged Neon in early August, flooding businesses, homes,… Read More

    Aug. 25, 2022

  • A man has his hand over his heart

    From Mr. C to Dr. M: M4 Evan Mercer connects with all ages

    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… Read More

    Mar. 23, 2022

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    A heart for Vanderbilt: M1 Sydney Nelson reflects, looks forward

    As she sat in hospital rooms at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt as a child, Sydney Nelson dreamed of being a doctor like the faculty at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine By: Lexie Little Sydney Nelson (left) and Emily Nelson (right) with Mr. Commodore at a Vanderbilt University… Read More

    Mar. 3, 2022

  • Two people in gray fleeces stand in front of a snowy mountain

    Making time for the perfect match: Alan Makhoul (MD ’22), Lex Erath (MD/MBA ’22) find partnership at VUSM

    Vanderbilt University School of Medicine students prepare to match into residency as a couple ahead of their wedding this spring By: Lexie Little He watched her gather her things. Alan Makhoul, then a first-year medical student, walked with classmate Lex Erath at the end of a casual study session. The… Read More

    Feb. 11, 2022

  • Vanderbilt University

    M4 Steven Scaglione carves a path for himself

    From printmaking to pediatric practice, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine student Steven Scaglione looks to connect with people By: Lexie Little Steven Scaglione (MD ’22) Steven Scaglione dusts shavings off his most recent wood carving. Working groove after groove, day after day, an image assembles that he readies to ink… Read More

    Jan. 27, 2022

  • Brie Match Day

    ‘Paging Drs. White-Dzuro’: Siblings continue VUSM legacy

    Family bonds strengthen at VUSM for two students, one alumna by Lexie Little Claire and Brie at Brie’s Match Day Google “White-Dzuro M.D. Vanderbilt” and three names will appear: Gabrielle (Brie), an anesthesiology resident at Massachusetts General Hospital; Colin, a fourth-year medical student; and Claire, a first-year medical student. Each… Read More

    Sep. 23, 2021