Thank you for considering a gift through the Brittingham Society. Gifts to the Brittingham Society are a generous reflection of the ways in which your Vanderbilt experience helped prepare you as a physician. Your support of the Brittingham Society directly enhances the experiences of current house staff and fellows through the following two unrestricted funds:
- First, the Tinsley Randolph Harrison Society provides support to residents and fellows in Medicine as they pursue clinical and basic research [click here for details]. A gift of $1,000 also entitles you to membership in the Canby Robinson Society.
Click here to give online to the Tinsley Harrison Society
- Second, the Thomas E. Brittingham Learning Center helps provide reference materials, dedicated meeting space in the hospital for house staff, occasional travel scholarships and unrestricted funds to cover unexpected needs of current residents in Medicine [click here for details]. A gift of $1,000 also entitles you to membership in the Canby Robinson Society.
Click here to give online to the Brittingham Learning Center
Other Ways to Give
If you prefer to mail a gift or make a gift using publicly traded stock, please consider the following information:
- Please make checks payable to “Vanderbilt University”
- Please mail your gift to Vanderbilt University Gift Processing; VU Station B #357727, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235-7727
- Vanderbilt welcomes gifts of securities - Please call the development office (615/936-0230) or (1-800-288-0028) to discuss your intentions or please contact Janelle Wilson, Stock Gift Office at (615/322-4987) or at stockgifts@vanderbilt.edu to go ahead and make a gift of securities.
Thank you for your support.
About the Canby Robinson Society at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
George Canby Robinson was dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine from 1920 to 1928. He transformed the traditional physician-apprentice form of education then practiced at Vanderbilt into a modern university medical school format with a science-based curriculum and a full-time faculty. He restructured the physical facilities of the Medical School and moved it from South Nashville to the Vanderbilt University campus. He also oversaw the design of a new Medical Center building with teaching, patient care and research capabilities under one roof. This innovative concept was to be emulated across the country by other leading medical centers.
The Canby Robinson Society (CRS) was created in 1978 to honor and encourage those who give financial support to the education, research and patient care programs of the Medical Center. With over 2100 members, the CRS is the largest donor society at Vanderbilt University.
About the Tinsley Randolph Harrison Society
Named for the great teacher and clinical researcher, Tinsley Harrison, M.D. — who came to Vanderbilt in 1925 as the first chief resident in Medicine — the Tinsley Harrison Society is dedicated to the preservation of science in clinical medicine and to the scientific literacy of physicians who use this knowledge at the bedside, promoting medical research relevant to internal medicine as a career discipline. By the time he left Vanderbilt in 1941, Dr. Harrison had made a tremendous impact on clinical investigation that directly effected improvements in patient care.
The Society benefits and aids the education, research, and patient care missions of its members by holding forums and meetings and publishing appropriate educational materials approved by its members. The Society also supports new initiatives in education, biomedical research, and patient care for the benefit of physicians who practice internal medicine.
Residents and fellows in this Physician-Scientist Training Program become lifetime members of the Tinsley Randolph Harrison Society. In addition, trainees in this select group are designated as ‘Harrison Society Scholars’ and become eligible for salary supplements during their research training years and an academic-enhancement allowance during their clinical training years.
About the Thomas E. Brittingham Learning Center
The Brittingham Learning Center combines new teaching concepts and computer technologies to improve the knowledge base of residents through access to information on a worldwide basis. Located within a patient care area of the Vanderbilt University Hospital, the Learning Center allows medical house staff to access up-to-date medical information quickly and conveniently. The Learning Center also includes a state-of-the-art meeting room, specifically designed for teaching and learning, where medical house staff hold Morning Report and weekly clinical conferences. |
