The surgical team included, from left, Michael Topf, MD, Kyrionna Golliday, Carleigh Burns, Marcus Balanky, Jo Chung, and Eben Rosenthal, MD. The surgical team included, from left, Michael Topf, MD, Kyrionna Golliday, Carleigh Burns, Marcus Balanky, Jo Chung, and Eben Rosenthal, MD.
Imaging

VUMC performs nation’s first surgery using latest generation of intraoperative PET-CT scan technology 

PET-CT combines the functional information gained through PET with the structural details gained by a CT scan, aiding in early detection of recurrent disease.

By Evan Dorian
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Business Innovation

VUMC researchers awarded $2 million to expand AI-powered medical record abstraction
An initiative at VUMC is helping patients recover more quickly from major surgery, leave the hospital earlier and have fewer side effects from their pain management. (photo by Joe Howell)
Nursing

WellNurse program launches new framework to tackle nurse burnout
By Hemani Hughes
Mark Kelley, MD, MMHC
Surgeries

Mark Kelley retires, having ‘profoundly shaped surgical oncology’ at VUMC
By Jill Clendening
Global Health

VIGH’s Douglas Heimburger retires
By Kristin Centers

News Releases

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Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt named No. 1 children’s hospital in Tennessee and Southeast by U.S. News & World Report

Monroe Carell has been featured on the Best Children’s Hospitals list for 19 consecutive years, dating back to the rankings’ launch in 2007.

By Christina Echegaray
Country music star Kelsea Ballerini talks with patients during her visit to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. (photo by Donn Jones)

Country music star Kelsea Ballerini donates $100,000 to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt and makes special appearance to visit patients and families

The gift, provided through Ballerini’s Feel Your Way Through Charitable Fund, will benefit the hospital’s efforts to keep the children of Tennessee and beyond safe.

By Christina Echegaray
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Studies find connection between impaired musical rhythm abilities and developmental speech-language disorders 

Evidence showed that deficiency in musical rhythm perception is a “modest but consistent risk factor for developmental speech, language and reading disorders.”

By Evan Dorian

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt offer tips for parents to spot warning signs amid rising suicide rate concerns 

There has been a growing mental health crisis among children and adolescents in Tennessee, where the suicide death rate among youth (ages 5-17) is 13.6% higher than the national average.

By Christina Echegaray

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt named No. 1 children’s hospital in Tennessee and Southeast by U.S. News & World Report

Monroe Carell has been featured on the Best Children’s Hospitals list for 19 consecutive years, dating back to the rankings’ launch in 2007.

By Christina Echegaray
Country music star Kelsea Ballerini talks with patients during her visit to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. (photo by Donn Jones)

Country music star Kelsea Ballerini donates $100,000 to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt and makes special appearance to visit patients and families

The gift, provided through Ballerini’s Feel Your Way Through Charitable Fund, will benefit the hospital’s efforts to keep the children of Tennessee and beyond safe.

By Christina Echegaray
(iStock)

Studies find connection between impaired musical rhythm abilities and developmental speech-language disorders 

Evidence showed that deficiency in musical rhythm perception is a “modest but consistent risk factor for developmental speech, language and reading disorders.”

By Evan Dorian

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt offer tips for parents to spot warning signs amid rising suicide rate concerns 

There has been a growing mental health crisis among children and adolescents in Tennessee, where the suicide death rate among youth (ages 5-17) is 13.6% higher than the national average.

By Christina Echegaray
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Explore VUSM’s pioneering history

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

In 2004, three floors moved out of Vanderbilt University Hospital and into a different building. Demand soared. Now, that building is a 12-floor, 325-bed state-of-the-art hospital, with more beds coming later this year. Middle Tennessee’s first full-service children’s hospital is commemorating its mission of caring for children and their families.

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Greg and Monica Barton at home with their sons, Carter, left, and triplets Matthew, John and Weston.

Turn left for the plan, turn right for the miracle: when triplets couldn’t wait for Nashville

By Danny Bonvissuto

Researchers debunk long-standing concern about flu treatment in children

By Jessica Pasley
Patient Zoe Forman, right, and her mother, Heather Rossomme, back home in Alabama after Zoe’s surgery.

Quick action to treat young dancer’s rare heart condition a testament to what multidisciplinary teams can do

By Christina Echegaray

Picture Perfect Pair: Kangaroo-A-Thon 2025 (slideshow)

By Donn Jones
The multidisciplinary team at the Moderate-to-Severe Acquired Brain Injury Clinic includes, front row from left, Michael Wolf, MD; Elizabeth Martin, MD, MPH, MHS; Jane Owen Robbins, OT. Back row from left, Tisha Coggin Clay; Charles Hausman, SLP; Kat Hedden, PT, DPT; and Mackenzie Phillips, SLP. (Photo by Donn Jones)

Acquired brain injury clinic helps children rehabilitate and reenter school

By Evan Dorian
Scott and Sandi Borchetta. Photo courtesy of Big Machine Label Group

$5 million gift from Scott and Sandi Borchetta to support NICU program

By Christina Echegaray
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New clinic focuses on pediatric feeding and swallowing issues

By Jessica Pasley

School staff and friends bring graduation joy to hospitalized fifth grader 

By Jessica Pasley
Artist rendering of the gym area for the new inpatient pediatric rehabilitation unit at Monroe Carell. (courtesy Blair + Mui Dowd Architects)

Community comes together to bring inpatient rehabilitation to Tennessee children

By Christina Echegaray

First pediatric liver-pancreas dual transplant performed in Tennessee

By Jessica Pasley
Nearly 500 paramedics and emergency medical technicians recently came to Vanderbilt to train in neonatal resuscitation practices.

Neonatal resuscitation initiative expands: First responders learn lifesaving techniques

By Kylie Avery
Margaret Drewes and her son, Everett, at home after recovering from their surgeries.

Mother and son help form a kidney donation chain that eventually involved six people

By Jessica Pasley
Patient Van Sung with her parents, Nathan and Rem Kumthar. (photo by Susan Urmy)

Medical team uses nontraditional therapy to help give young patient a chance at making it to heart transplant

By Jessica Pasley
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Education & Training

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VUMC’s new automated biobanking system can store as many as 10 million biospecimens.

Vanderbilt leaders in filling the biomedical research pipeline shine at national meeting 

Vanderbilt has been training physician-scientists for more than 60 years. Many graduates have gone on to leadership positions in academia, government, industry and clinical practice.  

By Bill Snyder
(photo by Donn Jones)

Symposium explores AI’s role in health care

Speakers covered topics ranging from safeguarding AI data and the ethics of harmful chatbot responses to entrepreneurial insights from company founders using AI to transform health care.

By Paul Govern
Surya Gangavarapu, MD, resident in Neurological Surgery, meets with local researchers at a VUMC partner site in West Africa.

Medical students lead and learn in the Global Neurosurgery program

They go beyond their own community to represent Vanderbilt University and VUMC in support of research and education efforts abroad.

By Evan Dorian
Michael Dewan, MD, assistant professor of Neurological Surgery, works with surgeons during a procedure in Monrovia, Liberia.

VUMC’s global neurosurgery program provides education, training and impact through collaborations with partners across continents 

The program seeks to both share and learn in its mission to enhance the neurological health of populations in low resourced settings.

By Evan Dorian
VUMC’s new automated biobanking system can store as many as 10 million biospecimens.

Vanderbilt leaders in filling the biomedical research pipeline shine at national meeting 

Vanderbilt has been training physician-scientists for more than 60 years. Many graduates have gone on to leadership positions in academia, government, industry and clinical practice.  

By Bill Snyder
(photo by Donn Jones)

Symposium explores AI’s role in health care

Speakers covered topics ranging from safeguarding AI data and the ethics of harmful chatbot responses to entrepreneurial insights from company founders using AI to transform health care.

By Paul Govern
Surya Gangavarapu, MD, resident in Neurological Surgery, meets with local researchers at a VUMC partner site in West Africa.

Medical students lead and learn in the Global Neurosurgery program

They go beyond their own community to represent Vanderbilt University and VUMC in support of research and education efforts abroad.

By Evan Dorian
Michael Dewan, MD, assistant professor of Neurological Surgery, works with surgeons during a procedure in Monrovia, Liberia.

VUMC’s global neurosurgery program provides education, training and impact through collaborations with partners across continents 

The program seeks to both share and learn in its mission to enhance the neurological health of populations in low resourced settings.

By Evan Dorian
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Genetics & Genomics

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Dan Roden, MD, chats with colleagues during a break in the symposium. (photo by Erin O. Smith)

Symposium honors personalized medicine leader Dan Roden

Roden is internationally known for his contributions to understanding arrhythmias and to the field of pharmacogenomics.

By Bill Snyder
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Keloid risk genes open door to better therapy

These raised scars tend to recur after surgical removal, and the effectiveness of alternative treatments is limited.

By Bill Snyder

Vanderbilt-developed AI platform validated for molecular mapping of tissues

The advancement transforms how scientists and clinicians can visualize and analyze complex tissues on a high-resolution map of cellular landscapes across entire tissue sections.

By Tom Wilemon

Cheating Alzheimer’s

Most people whose brains exhibit Alzheimer’s pathology don’t have the disease; they reach the end of their lives never having exhibited cognitive impairment. A new study examines the genetics of this resilience.

By Paul Govern
Dan Roden, MD, chats with colleagues during a break in the symposium. (photo by Erin O. Smith)

Symposium honors personalized medicine leader Dan Roden

Roden is internationally known for his contributions to understanding arrhythmias and to the field of pharmacogenomics.

By Bill Snyder
(Shutterstock)

Keloid risk genes open door to better therapy

These raised scars tend to recur after surgical removal, and the effectiveness of alternative treatments is limited.

By Bill Snyder

Vanderbilt-developed AI platform validated for molecular mapping of tissues

The advancement transforms how scientists and clinicians can visualize and analyze complex tissues on a high-resolution map of cellular landscapes across entire tissue sections.

By Tom Wilemon

Cheating Alzheimer’s

Most people whose brains exhibit Alzheimer’s pathology don’t have the disease; they reach the end of their lives never having exhibited cognitive impairment. A new study examines the genetics of this resilience.

By Paul Govern
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Education & Training

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The boot camp is a one-of-a-kind experience combining hands-on simulation, interdisciplinary panels and specialized expertise tailored to the evolving demands of critical care. (photo by Susan Urmy)

APP Critical Care Boot Camp draws attendees from across nation

The boot camp is a one-of-a-kind experience combining hands-on simulation, interdisciplinary panels and specialized expertise tailored to the evolving demands of critical care. 

By Kylie Avery

New Primary Care-Internal Medicine Residency Program to open in 2026 at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital

The new residency program reflects the commitment to invest in VWCH, now a teaching hospital, and to advance health care in the surrounding community.

By Bill Snyder
Vanderbilt hosted the annual Dore Jam fan event Saturday afternoon at the Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center's Multipurpose Facility. The football and soccer teams were on hand to sign autographs and interact with fans, and this year 's event featured games for kids.

VUMC, TSU to expand hands-on athletic training experience at Division I level for undergrads

The internship program stands out among VUMC’s similar arrangements with other schools because it specifically offers undergraduate students semester-long clinical internships alongside Division I athletes.

By Holly Fletcher

From interns to experts: A remarkable century of residencies at Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s graduate medical education program has grown from an inaugural dozen to include more than 1,200 individuals, with more than 170 highly competitive residency and fellowship programs.

By Jill Clendening
The boot camp is a one-of-a-kind experience combining hands-on simulation, interdisciplinary panels and specialized expertise tailored to the evolving demands of critical care. (photo by Susan Urmy)

APP Critical Care Boot Camp draws attendees from across nation

The boot camp is a one-of-a-kind experience combining hands-on simulation, interdisciplinary panels and specialized expertise tailored to the evolving demands of critical care. 

By Kylie Avery

New Primary Care-Internal Medicine Residency Program to open in 2026 at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital

The new residency program reflects the commitment to invest in VWCH, now a teaching hospital, and to advance health care in the surrounding community.

By Bill Snyder
Vanderbilt hosted the annual Dore Jam fan event Saturday afternoon at the Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center's Multipurpose Facility. The football and soccer teams were on hand to sign autographs and interact with fans, and this year 's event featured games for kids.

VUMC, TSU to expand hands-on athletic training experience at Division I level for undergrads

The internship program stands out among VUMC’s similar arrangements with other schools because it specifically offers undergraduate students semester-long clinical internships alongside Division I athletes.

By Holly Fletcher

From interns to experts: A remarkable century of residencies at Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s graduate medical education program has grown from an inaugural dozen to include more than 1,200 individuals, with more than 170 highly competitive residency and fellowship programs.

By Jill Clendening
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