Message from Dr. Jeff Balser, President and CEO: As VUMC sees more patients, you continue to make sacrifices and save lives

Dr. Jeff Balser discusses how the COVID surge is putting tremendous pressure on VUMC's hospitals, particularly ICU staffing, and taking creative actions to provide safe care for as many patients as possible, such as redeployment of clinical teams from operating rooms to inpatient areas. View...

Read the transcript from Dr. Balser's video message

Looking back over the past year and a half, we've faced incredible challenges with the pandemic. While the surge we experienced last winter was tough on everyone, we were assured then by the promise of new vaccines. Unfortunately, the state of Tennessee still has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. View...