Year: 2023

May 15, 2023

Polio patients, iron lung respirators, and…hey, is that Pat Boone??!!

Polio was a terrifying disease, once filling wards at VUMC with paralyzed patients in iron lungs. Vaccines have saved us from all that.

By Wayne Wood
May 15, 2023

I was the last person in an iron lung at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

It was in a storage room. It still worked. For some reason, I was allowed to get in it.

By Wayne Wood
May 12, 2023

May Chat Room Series: Embracing your story

By VUMC News and Communications
May 12, 2023

A special Nurses Week message from Dr. Jeff Balser, President and CEO

By Kylie Avery
Vials with medication and syringe on blue methacrylate table. Horizontal composition. Top elevated view.
May 11, 2023

Should I get a second bivalent COVID-19 booster?

By VUMC News and Communications
May 11, 2023

VA Police to activate VA parking garage gate arms, enforce staff parking privileges

By VUMC News and Communications
May 11, 2023

100th patient receives ambulatory heart failure device

New implantable device helps heart failure patients monitor crucial health indicators remotely, reducing the need for hospital visits.
By Matt Batcheldor
May 11, 2023

Procedure uses patient’s own growth to treat scoliosis

Vanderbilt pediatric orthopaedic surgeons are the first in Tennessee to perform an innovative procedure to treat scoliosis that uses the patient’s own growth to correct the curve.
By Jessica Pasley
May 11, 2023

Bauml, Wright land eStar Physician Builder Awards

Vanderbilt radiologist and clinical informatics fellow Julie Bauml, MD, and internal medicine specialist Aileen Wright, MD, have received 2023 Physician Builder Awards.  
By Paul Govern
May 11, 2023

Lovly elected to American Association for Cancer Research board

Christine Lovly, MD, PhD, has been elected to the American Association for Cancer Research board of directors.
By Tom Wilemon
May 11, 2023

Genomic analysis of SCLC tumors reveals subtypes, offers cues toward personalized treatments

The largest genomic analysis ever conducted of small cell lung cancer tumors (SCLC) has identified genetic subtypes and provided insights into the mechanisms of this aggressive and deadly cancer.
By Tom Wilemon
May 11, 2023

VUMC’s Ferguson, Williams recognized by Nashville Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Vanderbilt's Brandon Williams, MD, and Sarah Ferguson, MPH, RDN, LDN, were recently recognized by the Nashville Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (NAND) for their achievements in the field.
By Kylie Avery
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