Year: 2023

VUMC IT downtime notification: Tecsys service update and Workday quarterly service update to be Oct. 21

By VUMC News and Communications

The event is an opportunity for critical care nurse practitioners and physician assistants to receive specialized critical care training to improve patient care. (photo by Donn Jones)

‘Boot camp’ draws critical care nurses from across nation

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants from around the country recently attended Vanderbilt’s 12th annual ACNP/PA Critical Care Boot Camp.

Drug trial shows reduced abnormal bone formation in those with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva

A Vanderbilt clinical trial evaluating the investigational drug garetosmab has shown that it reduced soft-tissue flare-ups significantly and prevented new areas of abnormal bone formation in patients with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva.

By Jill Clendening

September 27, 2023

Being treated for childhood cancer set Jason Schwartz on the path to his life’s work: treating childhood cancer

Cancer at the age of 13 forced him to give up his dream of professional football. While undergoing treatment, he found a new dream.

By Jessica Pasley

Nicole Hunter was the first patient to receive the novel transplant. (photo by Erin O. Smith)

September 27, 2023

VUMC performs novel reoperative lung and kidney transplant

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has performed its first combined reoperative lung and kidney transplant.

By Matt Batcheldor

September 27, 2023

Advanced Practice Fellowship Program gains ANCC accreditation

Vanderbilt’s Advanced Practice Fellowship Program has been accredited as an Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship Program by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on Accreditation in Practice Transition Programs.