Matt Batcheldor

August 5, 2020

Greg Rhinehart’s 3-D printing hobby comes to the rescue to repair respirator masks

He figured out how to make a four-cent part that repairs $1,500 personal protective equipment for COVID caregivers

By Matt Batcheldor
August 5, 2020

COVID unit nurse speaks from the heart about the impact of the disease and the importance of masking

At the mayor’s press conference Cody Hamilton told of the toll COVID takes on those who have the disease, and those who care for them

By Matt Batcheldor
July 30, 2020

Second quarter 2020 DAISY Awards honor four extraordinary nurses

DAISY Awards are given to great nurses all over the United States and in many other countries.

By Matt Batcheldor
Heart patient Ronnie Kreis is monitored by VHVI doctors while he’s at his home in East Tennessee.
July 30, 2020

Device allows VHVI doctors to monitor heart patients remotely

In 2018, Ronnie Kreis began to develop severe heart failure. After being hospitalized multiple times that year near his home in Oliver Springs in East Tennessee, he was told that nothing else could be done.

By Matt Batcheldor
July 29, 2020

Kirabo receives award from American Heart Association

Annet Kirabo, DVM, MSc, PhD, assistant professor of Medicine and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, is receiving the 2020 Harry Goldblatt Award for Early Career Investigators from the American Heart Association (AHA).

By Matt Batcheldor
A heavy dose of virtual meetings helped VUMC’s Nurse Residency Program welcome its largest cohort ever — more than 350 nurse residents.
July 16, 2020

VUMC welcomes largest group of new nurse residents

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Nurse Residency Program is facing a unique challenge this summer — welcoming more than 350 nurse residents, its largest cohort ever, while drastically altering the program to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Matt Batcheldor
July 15, 2020

Two brushes with death. Two life-saving Vanderbilt physicians. Then, two children.

"Vanderbilt will always be a place that we hold dear for everything they have done for us,” says Mary Beth Ballard Murray.
By Matt Batcheldor
July 13, 2020

Human lungs rejected for transplant recovered using novel technique

A multidisciplinary team from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Columbia University has demonstrated that injured human donor lungs declined for transplant can be recovered by cross-circulation between the human lung and a xenogeneic host.
By Matt Batcheldor
June 24, 2020

Study finds zinc doesn’t reduce mortality, other health risks, for heavy alcohol users living with HIV/AIDS

Zinc supplementation did not reduce mortality, cardiovascular risk, levels of inflammation or microbial translocation among people with heavy alcohol use living with HIV/AIDS, according to a Vanderbilt-led study.
By Matt Batcheldor
June 11, 2020

Staff Nurses of the Year named

Rosamund Gabrielson Staff Nurse of the Year recipients were announced representing the four entities of VUMC
By Matt Batcheldor
June 11, 2020

My daughter was born in the middle of the pandemic. She is going to get very tired of hearing that story when she’s older.

I can already picture Natalie rolling her eyes when she's 16.
By Matt Batcheldor
June 10, 2020

Children’s Hospital nurses support COVID colleagues: “Have a cup on us.”

A coffee gift card, along with a note of support
By Matt Batcheldor