Year: 2019

May 29, 2019

Card named president-elect of American Society for PeriAnesthesia Nurses

Elizabeth Card, MSN, RN, APRN, FNP-BC, nursing research consultant and nurse practitioner, has been named president-elect for the American Society for PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN). She will serve as president beginning in April 2020.

By Matt Batcheldor
May 29, 2019

New pediatric patient simulator enhancing training for state EMS providers, other hospitals

Children’s Hospital acquires pediatric patient simulator to enhance training with other hospitals and EMS providers throughout the state.

By Matt Batcheldor
From left, Deborah Wofford, Janet Shouse and Beth Malow, MD, MS, are among a team of Vanderbilt Kennedy Center researchers seeking to improve access to care for adults with autism.
May 29, 2019

Kennedy Center program seeks to help community providers treat adults with autism

Researchers at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center are on a quest to increase health care capacity for adults with autism by bringing quality care into their communities.

By Kelsey Herbers
Patient ambassadors recently helped give the Carell family a sneak peek at the first new floor of the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt expansion, scheduled to open at the end of June.
May 28, 2019

Sneak peek

Patient ambassadors recently helped give the Carell family a sneak peek at the first new floor of the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt expansion, scheduled to open at the end of June.

By VUMC News and Communications
Celebrity photographer, Jeremy Cowart, hams it up with CeCe Townsend and Zaden Dill, during a visit to Seacrest Studio at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital on May 21.
May 28, 2019

Take your best shot

Celebrity photographer, Jeremy Cowart, hams it up with CeCe Townsend and Zaden Dill, during a visit to Seacrest Studio at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital on May 21.

By VUMC News and Communications
May 28, 2019

Pets of VUMC 2019 — collection #1: Pets and their people

Ain’t it good to know that you’ve got a friend?
May 24, 2019

VUMC launches personalized care-themed ad campaign

By Wayne Wood
May 23, 2019

Vanderbilt surgeons lead nation in study to restore sensation in breast tissue

Study examines if cadaver nerve grafts can restore breast tissue sensation after mastectomy and reconstruction.
By Jill Clendening
May 23, 2019

Wyatt named president-elect of Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses

AORN taps VUMC's David Wyatt, PhD, RN, as president-elect.
By Jill Clendening
May 22, 2019

Bridget Perez was in intensive care and couldn’t make it to her daughter’s graduation. With the help of Vanderbilt nurses, the graduation came to her.

"Pomp and Circumstance." Tears. Cupcakes. All in an intensive care unit.
By Tavia Smith
May 22, 2019

Prader-Willi Clinic establishes new guidelines for treatment

A comprehensive, multidisciplinary Prader-Willi Clinic at Vanderbilt is setting standards for the care of patients with the complex genetic disorder.
By Jessica Pasley
May 22, 2019

Van Driest lands young investigator award from the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Sara Van Driest, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, recently received the 2019 Leon I. Goldberg Early Investigator Award from the American Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
By Christina Echegaray
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