The news that former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer allowed several VUMC experts to speak to members of the news media who were seeking better understanding of Biden’s illness. Among them were Daniel Barocas, MD, professor and executive vice chair Urology, who spoke to WTVF News Channel 5 and WZTV Fox 17 News; Alan Tan, MD, associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology Oncology, who spoke to NBC News in an interview that was also picked up by New York magazine and The Mirror; and David Penson, MD, professor and chair of Urology, who was interviewed by New York Times White House correspondent Tyler Pager.
New York Times reporter Emily Baumgaertner Nunn interviewed Rachel Forbes, MD, for a story about a groundbreaking technique for urological transplantation.
The Tennessean reporter Beth Warren interviewed Mayur Patel, MD, chief, Division of Acute Care Surgery, for a comprehensive story about trauma care at VUMC.
TODAY.com interviewed Jo Ellen Wilson, MD, PhD, associate professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, for a story about a new study on ultraprocessed foods and microplastics in the brain.
William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, was quoted by reporters at, among other national and local outlets, about various infectious disease topics. Among the outlets and topics: PolitiFact (the proven safety and efficacy of the measles vaccine); Forbes (the continuing measles outbreak tops 700 cases); WebMD (FDA recommendations for COVID vaccines); Healio (dangers of hepatitis); and Medscape (in a story about how patient deaths affect doctors, Schaffner recalls the many deaths of young people in the early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic).
The Atlantic staff writer Katie Wu interviewed Buddy Creech, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program, for a story about the FDA’s new strategy for COVID vaccine access, changing the approval for people ages 65 and older and younger people with health problems that put them at high risk, according to anarticle published Tuesday in The New England Journal of Medicine.
NBC News reporter Linda Carroll interviewed Heidi Silver, RD, PhD, director, Vanderbilt Diet, Body Composition, and Human Metabolism Core, for a story about a study showing that the kind of carbs women consume will impact how healthy they are as they age.
A Washington Post story on research to help patients who have long COVID quoted Wes Ely, MD, professor of Medicine and Grant W. Liddle chair, was quoted.
Music Row.com, Nashville Business Journal, The Jackson Press, WSMV Channel 4 News, Nashville Post, Newswise, WKRN News 2, Country Aircheck, and MSN covered the news that Scott and Sandi Borchetta have pledged a $5 million gift to support the neonatal intensive care program at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
