Dr. Mildred Stahlman, MD, the Vanderbilt neonatologist credited with founding that specialty and saving the lives of countless premature babies worldwide, has had an article about her life and achievements added to Britannica, the reference site from the publishers of Encyclopedia Britannica. Dr. Stahlman died last year at the age of 101.
William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, was quoted by several news outlets about public health issues, including The Daily Mail (a potential measles outbreak on a plane at Washington Dulles International Airport); Everyday Health (“Is Flesh-Eating Bacteria Lurking at your Favorite Swimming Spot?”); Medpage Today ( RSV infections at long-term care facilities); The Tennessean (cases of fungal infection Candida auris in Tennessee); AARP (COVID shots); and Health (flu shots at home); People (Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York); PBS News (vaccinations for heart disease patients); and WSMV Channel 4 News (COVID cases in Nashville).
The Wall Street Journal reporter Peter Loftus interviewed Kathryn Edwards, MD, Sarah H. Sell and Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Pediatrics, for a story about new recommendations for the COVID vaccine.
WTVF News Channel 5 and WSMV Channel 4 News covered the news that VUMC is partnering with Metro Public Schools, Nashville State and Ascension on Early College programs. Donald Brady, MD, executive vice president for Educational and Medical Staff Affairs, was interviewed.
Sumi Misra, MD, MPH, associate professor of Medicine, and Jo Ellen Wilson, MD, PhD, MPH, associate professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, are quoted in a Medscape story about AI’s role in supporting care for older people.
Becker’s Health IT reporter Naomi Diaz covered the news that VUMC is expanding its DAX Copilot to inpatient clinicians as early as this fall. The VUMC News story by Bill Snyder quotes Cecelia Theobald, MD, MPH, Chief of Staff for Corporate Clinical Affairs and Senior Vice President for Clinical Affairs, and Dara Mize, MD, MS, VUMC’s Chief Medical Information Officer.