Matt Batcheldor Archive — Page 37 of 51

Portrait of Catherine Ivory, PhD, RN-BC, RNC-OB, wearing a tan textured jacket and purple turtleneck.
November 14, 2019

Ivory named director of VUMC Nursing Research

Catherine Ivory, PhD, RN-BC, RNC-OB, has been named senior director of Nursing Research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Aerial view of a densely wooded city campus and surrounding downtown buildings, with a large institutional complex in the foreground and low-rise neighborhoods extending to the horizon.
November 13, 2019

Launch of living liver transplant program to increase availability of organs

VUMC is launching a living liver donor transplant program, significantly increasing the number of available organs for life-saving transplants.

Stylized front-view anatomical illustration of the human torso showing the lungs and branching airways highlighted in yellow and orange within a translucent purple chest.
November 7, 2019

VUMC offering new minimally invasive emphysema therapy

VUIMC will be the first in the state to offer a minimally invasive, non-surgical alternative for patients with emphysema.

Nurse Noel Olson stands at a hospital nursing station in blue scrubs, with computer monitors, printers, and seated staff and visitors in the background.
November 6, 2019

Nashville to Denver flight. A sick passenger. The crew put out a call: “Are there any medical professionals on board?” A Vanderbilt nurse raised her hand.

Noel Olson is a Vanderbilt Emergency Department nurse and an Air National Guard medic, so stabilizing patients is kind of what she does

White daisy with a yellow center against a green rectangular background.
November 6, 2019

Third quarter DAISY Awards honor four extraordinary nurses

DAISY Awards are given to great nurses all over the United States and in many other countries. This is Vanderbilt’s latest group.

Vanderbilt Transplant Center members recently held a reception celebrating the 6,000th kidney transplant since the program’s inception.
October 30, 2019

VUMC reaches milestone 6,000th kidney transplant

The Vanderbilt Transplant Center recently celebrated its 6,000th kidney transplant.