Author: Nancy Humphrey
Michael DeBaun receives Paragon Award from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Feb. 29, 2024—Vanderbilt's Michael DeBaun, MD, MS, MPH, has received the Paragon Award for “Innovative Improvements to Clinical Care or Healthcare Delivery” from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDF).
Ballerina dancing again after inspiring recovery from brain tumor
Feb. 27, 2024—Emily Kneussle, a 20-year-old aspiring professional ballerina, was “born a dancer.” When a tumor in her brain threatened her dreams, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt helped her get back on stage.
NIH-funded trial to determine if immunomodulation can improve brain and cardiovascular dysfunction in Long COVID
Feb. 22, 2024—Vanderbilt University Medical Center is working with scientists around the U.S. to launch the first Phase III, multicenter, placebo-controlled trial to determine the effect of immunomodulation on Long COVID.
VUMC mourns loss of renowned pulmonary medicine physician-scientist John H. Newman
Feb. 22, 2024—John H. Newman, MD, an acclaimed physician-scientist in Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine who made numerous contributions to the knowledge of pulmonary vascular disease, died on Tuesday, Feb. 20, after a several-month illness. He was 78.
Timothy Blackwell to chair the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan
Feb. 15, 2024—Timothy Blackwell, MD, director of the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, is leaving Vanderbilt University Medical Center to chair the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan.
Teamwork key to treating boy’s severe head injuries following golf cart accident
Feb. 7, 2024—Collaboration between teams at Vanderbilt was critical in saving a 2-year-old boy who suffered severe and complex injuries to his head after it was accidantly struck by a golf cart.
National study of two surgical interventions for exotropia shows no detectable difference
Nov. 22, 2023—A study comparing two surgical methods for repairing childhood intermittent exotropia (a common form of strabismus or eye misalignment, in which one or both eyes sometimes turn outward) were unable to detect a significant difference in the two methods.
Scleral lenses help those with corneal irregularities, dry eyes
Nov. 13, 2023—Vanderbilt Eye Institute is one of a handful of places in Nashville that can fit patients for lenses designed to accommodate any degree of corneal steepness or irregularity.
Stephanie Jian receives vision science award from the University of California, Berkeley
Oct. 26, 2023—Vanderbilt's Stephanie Jian, OD, has been selected as a recipient of the inaugural Berkeley Optometry and Vision Science “40 under 40” award.
More work needed on plans of safe care for infants affected by maternal substance use
Oct. 12, 2023—Vanderbilt research found that there is variability in practice for infants affected by maternal substance use driven by vague policy, challenges of cross-system collaboration and a lack of general knowledge about substance use disorder.
VUMC participates in national study to test eye drops for nearsightedness in children
Aug. 1, 2023—A multi-institutional study found that low-dose atropine eyedrops, commonly used in a higher dose to treat lazy eye, was no better than a placebo at slowing myopia (nearsightedness) progression and elongation of the eye among children treated for two years.
McKinney appointed to Tennessee Emergency Medical Services Board
Jul. 19, 2023—Vanderbilt LifeFlight's Jared McKinney, MD, has been named by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee to the state Emergency Medical Services Board.