Danny Bonvissuto Archive

April 15, 2025

VUMC researchers report the number of children with autism in Tennessee has doubled in the past decade

CDC releases new autism data highlighting early identification trends, prevalence and differences across the U.S.

After being diagnosed with severe preeclampsia thanks to a blood pressure check at the 2024 Celebration of Motherhood, Jamye and Austin Willé spent a month in VUH and 89 days in the NICU at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt with their daughter, Akemi.
April 10, 2025

Celebration of Motherhood was a life-changing experience for one expectant mother and her baby

The community event on Saturday, April 12, celebrates the courage and beauty of motherhood.

April 8, 2025

Audiology and speech-language pathology programs garner top recognition for Best Graduate Schools

The Doctor of Audiology program topped the list of 74 contenders and the Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology program ranked above 282 others.

Edie Pope, left, a drama teacher at Watertown High School, poses for a photo with her three students and winners of the Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Patient and Family Advisory Council: Wilson County Schools Art Competition, Heather Tidwell, Elijah Cato and Rylan Purvis. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
April 7, 2025

VWCH partners with Wilson County Schools for art competition

The competition came about through the efforts of the VWCH Patient and Family Advisory Council, which serves as a bridge between the hospital and the community.

George Bolian, MD
February 13, 2025

VUMC mourns loss of George Bolian, professor emeritus of Psychiatry

He served in many capacities in the department, including residency training director, medical director of the Psychiatric Hospital, division director, vice chair and interim chair.

February 10, 2025

Anne Marie Tharpe steps down as Hearing and Speech Sciences chair

Under Tharpe’s leadership, the department has maintained a remarkable trajectory of advancing clinical care for those with communication disorders.