Oct 20, 2026 · 2 min · 1 segments
A chance encounter with the head of Vanderbilt’s trauma program in California led the speaker to quickly pivot career plans and accept an opportunity back in Nashville. Despite a difficult exit from…
I had a random encounter with the person who ran Vanderbilt's trauma program in California.
Any chance you'd want to come work at Vanderbilt? Now, for the past year, I had been building this thought and this vision of what I'm going to do.
And I remember very vividly leaving that encounter, going up to my hotel room, calling Helen and said, Helen, I think this is something I need to do.
And often just for those of you, if you have a contract and they're giving you money, like nothing's for free.
But the greater upside of going through this short-term pain to get out of this deal, and it ended up being a painful encounter, I knew it was going to be worth it.
And I changed my direction on the dime, essentially, because I knew what the opportunity of coming back to the city in which I grew up in, at the level one trauma center, in an organization that could add so much potential, was going to be worth it.
I had a random encounter with the person who ran Vanderbilt's trauma program in California.
Any chance you'd want to come work at Vanderbilt? Now, for the past year, I had been building this thought and this vision of what I'm going to do.
And I remember very vividly leaving that encounter, going up to my hotel room, calling Helen and said, Helen, I think this is something I need to do.
And often just for those of you, if you have a contract and they're giving you money, like nothing's for free.
But the greater upside of going through this short-term pain to get out of this deal, and it ended up being a painful encounter, I knew it was going to be worth it.
And I changed my direction on the dime, essentially, because I knew what the opportunity of coming back to the city in which I grew up in, at the level one trauma center, in an organization that could add so much potential, was going to be worth it.
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