Author: Doug Campbell
2012 a year of milestones, accomplishments at VUMC
Dec. 20, 2012—Editor’s note — the following is a chronological roundup of the news that made headlines at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2012. Digestive disease research In January, the Vanderbilt Digestive Disease Research Center (VDDRC) was awarded a second five-year renewal of its federal research grant. The center, which includes 119 faculty investigators from 14 different...
Year in Review 2012: Appointments bolster Medical Center programs
Dec. 20, 2012—Laura Beth Brown, R.N., president of Vanderbilt Home Care, was named vice president for Vanderbilt Health Services. While continuing to serve as president for Vanderbilt Home Care, Brown will provide operational oversight for Vanderbilt Health Services (VHS) and its subsidiary entities. Michelle Collins, Ph.D., CNM, was named program director for the School of Nursing Nurse-Midwifery...
Year in Review 2012: VUMC recognized in multiple national rankings
Dec. 20, 2012—Vanderbilt University Medical Center once again placed highly in several of the rankings conducted throughout the year by U.S. News and World Report. In the 2012-13 edition of “America’s Best Hospitals,” VUMC equaled an all-time best with 11 out of a possible 16 specialty programs being ranked among the top 50 in their respective fields,...
Vanderbilt mourns loss of imaging pioneer Gibbs
Nov. 1, 2012—Longtime Vanderbilt faculty member S. Julian Gibbs, DDS, Ph.D., professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Emeritus, died Oct. 25. He was 80.
Photo: Leading the charge
Nov. 1, 2012—Eagle Scout Andy Mullenger, 17, saw a need and filled it. After a friend’s mother was taken to a local emergency room, the family lost power to their phones and were unable to stay in touch with loved ones. Mullenger built a versatile phone charging station and donated it to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s...
VUMC named among nation’s most tech-savvy
Jul. 26, 2012—For the eighth consecutive year, Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been named among the nation's 100 “most-wired” hospitals and health systems for its innovative efforts in medical technology.
‘U.S. News & World Report’ ranks VUMC No. 1 hospital in Tennessee
Jul. 17, 2012—Vanderbilt University Medical Center has once again been named among the nation’s elite providers of health care services by U.S. News and World Report in the publication’s 2012-13 Best Hospitals edition.
Leapfrog Group gives VUH an ‘A’ for patient safety
Jul. 12, 2012—Vanderbilt University Hospital recently earned an “A” Hospital Safety Score from the Leapfrog Group, placing VUH among the safest hospitals in the nation.
VUMC winter faculty meeting set for Feb. 1
Jan. 5, 2012—The Medical Center-wide Vanderbilt University Medical Center Faculty Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 1, at 4 p.m. in 208 Light Hall. Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., vice chancellor for Health Affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, will update faculty on the Medical Center’s major initiatives while highlighting new opportunities and the challenges ahead...
Magazine honors Yeatman as leader in improving health care
Jan. 5, 2012—Jeanne Yeatman, MBA, BSN, EMT, director of Vanderbilt LifeFlight, has been named by HealthLeaders magazine as one of its top 20 people across the nation who is “changing health care for the better.” The annual HealthLeaders 20 list profiles people who are playing a crucial role in making the health care industry better. Yeatman is...
Sosman named to ‘Dream Team’ of cancer investigators
Jan. 5, 2012—Jeffrey Sosman, M.D., professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), has been named to a melanoma research Dream Team of cancer investigators supported by Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) and the Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA). Sosman is among the Dream Team’s principal investigators who will work closely with the other principal clinical investigators to...
