Assistant: Tara Lee Oliver

Assistant: Tara Lee Oliver

Assistant: Tara Lee Oliver

Assistant: Shayla Grewing

Assistant: Tara Lee Oliver

Practice Area:  Healthcare Operations

Sharon joined VUMC’s Office of Legal Affairs in May 2023, and brings over 30 years of paralegal experience in litigation with a focus on defending medical malpractice, workers’ compensation, and government investigations.  In her role in OLA, Sharon’s work includes managing discovery and e-discovery processes, workers compensation matters and third-party requests for information.

Sharon received her Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Mississippi and received her paralegal certification from The National Center for Paralegal Studies in Atlanta, Georgia.

Assistant: Shayla Grewing

Practice Areas: Contracts 

Renee joined VUMC in March 2015 in the Office of Contracts Management (OCM), with over eight years of previous contract experience in health care staffing. During her six years in OCM, she assisted VUMC’s research enterprise with Federal research subawards, affiliation agreements, data use agreements, and professional services agreements. Renee joined the Office of Legal Affairs in July 2021.

Renee’s role with the Office of Legal Affairs involves assisting VUMC’s attorneys in drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and managing contracts primarily in the Pharmacy, Procurement, and Research areas.  Renee also assists through project management in the areas of GDPR compliance and acquisitions.

Renee earned her Bachelor’s degree in Family Life Education from the University of Tennessee – Knoxville, a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Abilene Christian University, and her paralegal certification with honors from Clayton State University in Atlanta, Georgia.