VUMC Icon Mildred Stahlman to Figure in ‘Monumental’ Exhibit at Nashville’s Parthenon

VUMC Icon Mildred Stahlman to Figure in 'Monumental' Exhibit at Nashville's Parthenon

BYLINE: Bill Snyder Newswise — When sculptor Alan LeQuire began planning his new “Monumental Figures” exhibit for the Parthenon in Nashville’s Centennial Park, one person kept coming to mind: Mildred T. Stahlman, MD, who pioneered the treatment of lung disease in premature infants at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Although she was but 5 feet, 2 inches tall, with piercing blue eyes and hair usually kept neatly in a bun, Stahlman had a fier…

VUMC Icon Mildred Stahlman to Figure in ‘Monumental’ Exhibit at Nashville’s Parthenon

When sculptor Alan LeQuire began planning his new “Monumental Figures” exhibit for the Parthenon in Nashville’s Centennial Park, one person kept coming to mind: Mildred T. Stahlman, MD, who pioneered the treatment of lung disease in premature infants at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Although she was but 5 feet, 2 inches tall, with piercing blue eyes and hair usually kept neatly in a bun, Stahlman had a fierce reputation among the physicia