FY25 Development Headlines
VUMC in 2024
Notable People
What the Street?!
Nashville Foodies
100

These are the three teams we share space with on the 11th Floor

Office of Compliance & Corporate Integrity
Office of Legal Affairs
Office of Risk and Insurance Management

100

Monroe Carell celebrated this anniversay of being a freestanding children's hospital in 2024. (exact)

20th Anniversary

100

This VUMC cardiologist flew to space in 2024.

Dr. Eiman Jahangir

100

This street honors the woman who ran a tavern famous for apple jack cider and hosted Presidents Jackson and Polk.

Granny White Pike

100

This Nashville restaurant is credited with inventing hot chicken in the 1930s.

Prince's Hot Chicken Shack


200

The new Jim Ayers Tower is named in honor of Jim Ayers, who had a long history of community leadership and philanthropy throughout the state of Tennessee.
This is his wife's name. 

Janet Ayers

200

This VUMC program celebrated 40 years of emergency medical service in 2024.

Vanderbilt LifeFlight

200

This VUMC nurse leader was honored with a DAISY Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024.

Marilyn Dubree

200

This scenic boulevard is named after a plantation whose owner bred horses for President Andrew Jackson.

Belle Meade Boulevard

200

This Nashville eatery is known for its meat-and-three and was featured on Anthony Bourdain’s show. One of its founders was a nurse at Vanderbilt. 

Arnold's Country Kitchen

300

This MGO had the highest 'Outreach' recorded in Advance for FY25. 

McKenna Flower


300

The Vanderbilt Transplant Center set a world record with this many heart transplants in 2024. (within 50)

174

300

This Nashville-born astronaut flew on the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992.

Dr. Mae Jemison


300

This street is named after Nashville’s “First Citizen,” a French-Canadian fur trader who lived in a cave.

Demonbreun Street

300

This Nashville bakery is known for its 100-layer donuts.

Five Daughters Bakery

400

VUMC Development finished the Peds Rehab Campaign with this many gifts/transactions (within 100)

1,056

400

ELEVIDYS gene therapy was first administered at Monroe Carell in 2024. This is what it helped treat.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy

400

This gospel group from Nashville helped preserve African American spirituals.

Fisk Jubilee Singers

400

This avenue is where VICC valet parking can found. 

Pierce Avenue

400

Nashville's Jake Howell received the prestigious James Beard Award in the category of Best Chef: Southeast. He is the chef of this restaurant. 

Peninsula

500

In FY25, we have onboarded this many new team members. 

12

500

Monroe Carell added these two new transplant services in 2024.

Pancreas and lung transplants

500

He’s a heart surgeon turned Senate Majority Leader.

Bill Frist


500

This bridge connects downtown to East Nashville and is pedestrian-only. It's named after an former journalist for The Tennessean turned administrative assistant to JKF.  

John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge

500

This is the name of Hattie B's' hottest spice level. Fun fact - proceeds from these purchases benefit Monroe Carell's behavioral health program. 

Shut the Cluck Up