VUMC in the news: COVID experts featured at NPR, Yahoo News and more

The CMT Video Salute to Healthcare is now online and includes photos and video of several VUMC employees, including LifeFlight flight chaplain Rev. Raye Nell Dyer, Emergency Medicine resident Maddison Gowder, MD, pediatric staff chaplain Amanda Borchik, Environmental Services technician Teresa Harrison, Environmental Services technician Marquis Horton and emergency department nurse Ernest Bellefant.

Yahoo News, Stateline, Proto magazine, Sirius XM’s Doctor Radio, Everyday Health, Agence France-Presse, The Tennessean, CNN, The Washington Times and CBS News interviewed William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, for stories about coronavirus.

Nashville Post reporter Kara Hartnett interviewed Amber Humphrey, director of Telehealth, for a story about the evolution of telehealth through the pandemic and what is to come.

CreakyJoints reporter Kelsey Kloss interviewed David Aronoff, MD, director of the Division of Infectious Diseases, for a story about precautions that high-risk patients can take if they live with an essential health care worker.

Tennessean reporter Mary Hance interviewed William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, and James Powers, MD, chief of Geriatric Medicine, for a story about how the pandemic is affecting people 65 and older – and the increasing questions from that population about when they can safely get back out. 

NPR reporter Joe Palca interviewed James Crowe, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, for a story about vaccines for COVID-19 and VUMC's partnership with AstraZeneca.