Year: 2023

December 19, 2023

Three from VUMC elected to ASCI

Three physician scientists from Vanderbilt University Medical Center have been elected this year to membership in the American Society for Clinical Investigation, one of the nation’s oldest and most respected medical honor societies.

By Bill Snyder
December 18, 2023

The fourth grader was in the hospital and missed his classmates. They missed him too. So all 66 of them came to visit.

“It was really important to us to show him he is in our hearts.”

By Jessica Pasley
The addition space allows Becca Parker to move Samuel from his car seat to his stroller safely. (photo by Donn Jones)
December 18, 2023

Larger accessible parking spaces added to South Garage

Multiple newly striped, larger-sized accessible parking spaces with crosshatched areas to allow for additional space added to the South Garage are helping parents of children with complex needs safely get to clinic visits at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Jessica Pasley
December 15, 2023

Owen Canavan was badly injured six years ago. He uses experience to encourage others recovering from traumatic injuries.

In 2017, Canavan was working out at a fitness center when a car came crashing into the building and pinned him against a wall. In the span of a week, he underwent eight surgeries.

By Jill Clendening
December 15, 2023

New members of Academy for Excellence in Clinical Medicine selected

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Academy for Excellence in Clinical Medicine (AECM) has selected 25 new members.

By Kathy Whitney
Authors on the study included, from left, Jennifer Pietenpol, PhD, Melinda Sanders, MD, Brian Lehmann, PhD, Vandana Abramson, MD, and Yu Shyr, PhD. (photo by Donn Jones)
December 15, 2023

Clinical trial shows efficacy for atezolizumab combined with carboplatin

By Tom Wilemon
December 14, 2023

Healing over the holidays: A nurse’s guide to spending the holidays at the hospital

There's no place like the hospital for the holidays. And we don't mean that in a good way. But here are some ways to make it better.
By Courtney Graetzer, RN
December 14, 2023

Sam S. Chang recognized by the American Urological Association

The American Urological Association has announced that Vanderbilt's Sam S. Chang, MD, MBA, is one of its 2024 award recipients.
By Tom Wilemon
December 14, 2023

VUMC performs its first combined lung and liver transplant

Connie Rankin of Memphis, Tennessee, received Vanderbilt's first combined lung and liver transplant, which involved dozens of specialists, including transplant teams for both organs.
By Matt Batcheldor
December 14, 2023

Holiday parking and shuttle information is here

By VUMC News and Communications
December 14, 2023

Graduation ceremony held for Allied Health programs

By VUMC News and Communications
December 14, 2023

James Newman named Vice President and CFO for Clinical Support Services Division

James Newman, MBA, CPA, Associate Vice President for Finance, has been named Vice President of Finance and Divisional Chief Financial Officer for the Clinical Support Services Division for Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
By John Howser
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