AARP posted a story quoting David Haynes, MD, professor of Otolaryngology and Hearing and Speech Sciences, on cholesteatoma, a cyst that can form in the middle ear.
Healthline reporter Gigen Mammoser interviewed Jeffrey Tosoian, MD, assistant professor of Urology, for a story about prostate cancer rates rising in the U.S.
WTVF News Channel 5 reporter Robb Cole followed Chase Palisch, MD, assistant professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, on his weekly rounds to check in and provide follow-up care with homeless patients who received care through VUMC’s ED.
William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, was quoted by several news outlets about public health issues, including WKRN News 2 (the importance of vaccines ahead of the fall respiratory virus season); the Miami Herald and People (the end of vaccine mandates for school attendance in Florida); and Bloomberg and PolitiFact (confusion about COVID vaccines).
The New York Times reporter Lisa Sanders, MD, mentioned Elizabeth Phillips, MD, professor of Medicine, Pharmacology, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, in a story about a patient who had a dangerous rash spreading on her face and body. The punchy headline: “The Redness and Itching Wouldn’t Stop. Then Things Got Dangerous.”
Belmont University medical student Sam Feudointerviewed Daniel Muñoz, MD, executive medical director, Vanderbilt Heart & Vascular Institute, for his “Understanding Health” podcast about academic medicine. The podcast is now available on Spotify and promoted by the host on LinkedIn.
Becker’s Hospital Review covered the VUMC press release announcing that Jamie Phillips, MHA, FACHE, President and System Chief Operating Officer of Seattle Children’s Hospital, has been named President of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
WPLN News‘ “This Is Nashville” host Blake Farmer interviewed Reid Finlayson, MD, professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,for a story about sanctioned harm reduction — needle exchanges, distributing overdose reversal medications and fentanyl test strips — for drug addicts.
