Matt Batcheldor Archive — Page 35 of 51

Low-angle view between brick hospital buildings with a hanging sign reading “Vanderbilt University Hospital.”
March 25, 2020

New unit provides care for trauma stepdown patients

The 10 South floor of Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital (VUAH) has reopened as the Trauma Stepdown Unit.

By Matt Batcheldor
VUMC’s ECMO program has expanded to areas outside of the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit.
March 12, 2020

ECMO team to help other providers create their own programs

VUMC has signed an agreement with Ballad Health, a regional health system serving East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia, to train its team to provide a life-saving medical program called ECMO.

By Matt Batcheldor
Installing the wireless pacemaker requires only a minimally invasive surgery using a catheter inserted in a vein.
March 12, 2020

Tiny pacemaker helps keep patient’s heart in rhythm

In February, Martha Hawks became the Southeast’s first recipient of the Medtronic Micra AV, the latest version of the tiny pacemaker that Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute began testing in a clinical trial in 2014. The FDA approved the latest device in January.

By Matt Batcheldor
Portrait of Molly Knostman wearing a magenta top in front of shelves stocked with yellow pharmacy storage bins.
March 10, 2020

Twice as nice: Molly Knostman, previously recognized with a Credo Award, honored again for leadership of the adult pharmacy.

She has built a reputation for volunteering for complex tasks, not because they are part of her job description but because of her passion for innovation and patient care.

By Matt Batcheldor
March 5, 2020

Study shows heart failure mortality higher in low-income areas

Patients discharged from the hospital with acute heart failure have higher one-year mortality rates in regions with low income or greater income inequality, according to a new global study whose authors include Sean Collins, MD, MSc, professor of Emergency Medicine at Vanderbilt.

By Matt Batcheldor
A surgical team in blue gowns, masks, and caps performs an operation around a draped patient in a brightly lit operating room, with surgical equipment and monitors surrounding them.
February 28, 2020

VUMC uses novel transplant technique to revive donor hearts that had stopped beating

In the first such procedures in Tennessee, Vanderbilt University Medical Center has successfully used technology to bring two donor hearts that stopped beating back to life before transplanting them into patients.

By Matt Batcheldor