Matt Batcheldor Archive — Page 22 of 50

VUMC Nursing recently conducted a mock site visit to prepare for the arrival of appraisers as part of the Fourth Magnet Designation process.
March 17, 2022

Adult clinics prepare for upcoming site visit from Magnet appraisers

Nurses in Vanderbilt Adult Ambulatory Clinics are busy preparing for a site visit from appraisers of the American Nurses Credentialing Center as part of the Fourth Magnet Designation process.

By Matt Batcheldor
Current and former ECLS (ECMO) fellows include, from left, John Stokes, MD, Yuliya Tipograf, MD, Yatrik Patel, MD, and Sean Francois, MD.
March 17, 2022

ECMO fellowship program provides lifesaving training

Vanderbilt’s extracorporeal life support fellowship gives new doctors two years of hands-on experience with a lifesaving critical care tool, one that has only become more important during the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Matt Batcheldor
Liz Barnett is one of seven people who received a combined heart/liver transplant at VUMC last year.
February 24, 2022

Heart/liver transplant gives congenital heart disease patient new hope

Last year, Liz Barnett became one of seven people at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to receive a combined heart/liver transplant in 2021.

By Matt Batcheldor
February 21, 2022

Hospital at Home program helps expand patient care options

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has launched a Hospital at Home program that allows patients to remain in the comfort of their own home while receiving treatment for acute medical issues that would have previously required hospitalization.

By Matt Batcheldor
February 17, 2022

Patient’s donation triggers chain of kidney transplants

Mary Marlowe couldn’t have known it at the time, but her decision in January 2021 to give a kidney to a total stranger would set off a chain reaction that would result in four people getting kidneys in one week in September 2021 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Matt Batcheldor
lungs
February 16, 2022

Multicenter team seeks to create at-home artificial lung system

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is part of a multi-institutional teem seeking to create an artificial lung system that patients with incurable lung disease can use at home.

By Matt Batcheldor