Author: Matt Batcheldor
Heart/liver transplant gives congenital heart disease patient new hope
Feb. 24, 2022—Last year, Liz Barnett became one of seven people at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to receive a combined heart/liver transplant in 2021.
Hospital at Home program helps expand patient care options
Feb. 21, 2022—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.
Patient’s donation triggers chain of kidney transplants
Feb. 17, 2022—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.
Multicenter team seeks to create at-home artificial lung system
Feb. 16, 2022—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.
VUMC a national leader in organ, tissue donations
Feb. 9, 2022—A total of 109 people gave the gift of life as deceased organ donors at Vanderbilt in 2021, resulting in saving 280 lives, more than any other year, and more patients generously gave their gift of organs at Vanderbilt last year than any other single hospital in the United States.
Magnet Document for Ambulatory Clinics now available to view online
Feb. 9, 2022—Vanderbilt University Medical Center employees are invited to view the Magnet Document for Vanderbilt Adult Ambulatory Clinics.
Team to study using probiotics to reduce heart disease risk
Feb. 3, 2022—A Vanderbilt research team has received a $7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to understand how alcohol’s effect on the gut microbiome drives heart disease.
Advanced Practice Grand Rounds explores COVID’s impact
Feb. 3, 2022—The recent VUMC Advanced Practice Grand Rounds explored the impact the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is having on the nursing workforce.
Relating to transplant patients comes naturally for Sizemore
Jan. 27, 2022—When Vanderbilt's Kanisha Sizemore, CPhT, helps transplant patients with their medications, she knows what they’re going through.
Initiative shares ECMO expertise with Ballad Health
Jan. 27, 2022—Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently hosted representatives of 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.
Team seeks to rehab damaged donor livers for transplant
Jan. 26, 2022—A Vanderbilt team is studying whether injured human donor livers declined for transplant can be recovered by cross-circulation between the human liver and a xenogeneic host.
First Magnet designation visit set for March 28-30
Jan. 26, 2022—The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) will bring a team of appraisers to Vanderbilt Adult Ambulatory Clinics from March 28-30 as part of the Magnet Fourth Designation process.
