Year: 2012 Archive — Page 29 of 50

Two-story red-brick and white institutional building with large windows, a covered entrance, and a red metal roof under a partly cloudy sky; cars are parked along the foreground.
August 16, 2012

VICC debuts outpatient cancer clinic in Springfield

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) has opened a new outpatient cancer clinic on the NorthCrest Medical Center campus in Springfield, Tenn., to bring high quality care to patients in Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky.

By Vanderbilt Health News
August 16, 2012

Town hall meeting outlines Heart Institute’s busy year

The Department of Cardiac Surgery experienced its highest case volume to date with 1,245 adult cardiac surgeries at Vanderbilt University Hospital during the last fiscal year, according to department chair John Byrne, M.D., who spoke at Vanderbilt Heart’s quarterly town hall on Friday.

By Kathy Whitney
Nashville Predators mascots Champ and Gnash hold an oversized Nashville Predators Foundation check dated August 13, 2012, payable to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt for $151,471.14.
August 16, 2012

Predators jump in to help fight childhood cancer

The Nashville Predators organization presented more than $151,000 to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt recently to fund cutting-edge cancer research.

By Vanderbilt Health News
A curly-haired man in a blue plaid shirt sits in the bed of a vintage pickup truck, holding an acoustic guitar with mountains in the background.
August 16, 2012

Bentley ready to ride for Children’s Hospital

Multi-platinum country music artist Dierks Bentley will host his seventh annual “Miles & Music for Kids” celebrity motorcycle ride and concert in Nashville on Sunday, Oct. 14, benefiting the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Portrait of a woman wearing black rectangular glasses and a white coat over a blue shirt, posed in front of window blinds.
August 16, 2012

Nurse practitioner group honors VUSN’s Case

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s Jane Case, DNP, FNP-BC, recently received the 2012 Tennessee Nurse Practitioner Excellence Award from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Participants walk together on a sunny paved park path, including a child seated in a wheelchair and adults and children wearing blue event shirts.
August 16, 2012

Photo: Hydrocephalus Walk

By Christina Echegaray