Donate Life Ceremony celebrates organ donors and their families

Donate Life Ceremony celebrates organ donors and their families 
Vanderbilt University Medical Center; by Matt Batcheldor; 5/6/25 
In addition to honoring organ donors and their families, the ceremony salutes hospital staff who care for donors and transplant recipients. Seventy-one individuals donated their organs at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2024, and they and their families were saluted on April 30 at the annual Donate Life Ceremony. “Those 71 donors resulted in 235 lives that were saved,” said C. Wright Pinson, MBA, MD, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Health System Officer for VUMC. ...  In addition to that, there were another 191 individuals who made the remarkable gift of tissue donation … which restored sight to the blind, enhanced the lives of burn victims, and gave mobility to those with bone and joint injuries.” ... The ceremony, held in the lobby of Langford Auditorium, was part of a national effort to raise awareness about the need for organ and tissue donors.