Month: June 2013

(Vanderbilt University)
June 27, 2013

New deans in place at three Vanderbilt schools as fall semester approaches

Three of Vanderbilt’s graduate and professional schools have new deans effective July 1.

By VUMC News and Communications
June 27, 2013

Healing with a mother’s voice

By VUMC News and Communications
June 27, 2013

Spring Hill oncology center debuts

By VUMC News and Communications
June 27, 2013

Medical Center North, VUSN experiencing outages

An overnight break in a domestic water line in Medical Center North has caused flooding in confined areas of the building as well as phone and electrical outages affecting certain areas of Medical Center North and the Vanderbilt School of Nursing.

By VUMC News and Communications
June 27, 2013

Sleep Center helps barge pilots stay on course

At the helm of a towboat navigating more than 20,000 tons of cargo down ever-shifting river channels, feeling sleepy is not an option for pilot Darrell Koontz.

By VUMC News and Communications
June 27, 2013

Dietetic interns add health and wellness training

Sonya Simmons felt like she was losing the battle against an unhealthy lifestyle. After a particularly stressful holiday season, her doctor told her that her blood pressure was creeping up and she was bordering on becoming diabetic.

By VUMC News and Communications
June 27, 2013

Stroke Center strikes ‘Gold’

The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association has once again recognized the Vanderbilt Stroke Center for using evidence-based guidelines to provide the best possible care to patients.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 27, 2013

Academy of Radiology Research honors VU’s Gore, Omary

Two leaders in imaging science at Vanderbilt University are among 43 recipients of the 2013 Distinguished Investigator Award from the Academy of Radiology Research, academy officials announced last week.
By Bill Snyder
June 27, 2013

Project Opportunity graduation

Project Opportunity, a 10-month job skills training program for individuals with developmental disabilities, recently celebrated its five new graduates.
By Christina Echegaray
June 27, 2013

Annual telethon brings in $1.8 million for Children’s Hospital

The annual Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Telethon celebrated its 30th year on June 2, raising more than $1.8 million. All proceeds benefit the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, the local Children’s Miracle Network hospital.
By Christina Echegaray
June 27, 2013

Research effort seeks to improve home care for kidney failure patients

Vanderbilt nephrologist, Thomas Golper, M.D., professor of Medicine in Nephrology and Hypertension, is leading an effort to form a research consortium with a goal of improving care for kidney failure patients who receive a form of home dialysis.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 27, 2013

National Alliance on Mental Illness honors VU’s Street

David Street, M.D., assistant professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has received an Exemplary Psychiatrist award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).
By Nancy Humphrey