Year in review: 2014 a year of accomplishments, milestones for VUMC

The following is a roundup of the news that made headlines at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2014.

2014: The Year in Review

From the discovery of a new class of stars to a star-making play at the College World Series, 2014 was a remarkable year at Vanderbilt University and Medical Center.

Photo: The Nutcracker

Beloved characters from “The Nutcracker” recently visited Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt to help kick off the holiday season.

Evans’ health care IT efforts recognized

Photo: Discovery Lecture

Richard Smith, M.D., director of the Molecular Otolaryngology and Renal Research Laboratories at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, spoke on hearing loss and personalized genetic medicine at the recent Flexner Discovery Lecture.

VUMC tops ‘U.S. News’ rankings in Tennessee

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has once again been named among the nation’s elite providers of specialty care by “U.S. News and World Report” magazine.