Author: Doug Campbell

Take Defining Personalized Care — Listen to Understand

Aug. 22, 2019— by Jill Clendening Being a great listener is essential to being responsive and empathetic to others, and this month Vanderbilt University Medical Center employees are completing a new segment of a multi-year education initiative, Defining Personalized Care — Elevating Our Culture of Service, which focuses on sharpening our engaged listening skills. “Listening is one...

First day at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital

Aug. 8, 2019—Last week, Tennova Healthcare-Lebanon officially became Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital (VWCH).

Steve Riven, left, and his wife, Jan, here with Thomas Wang, MD, have established a directorship in cardiology in memory of Riven’s father, Samuel Riven, MD, who served on the Vanderbilt faculty for more than 50 years.

Family’s long history with VUMC leads to cardiology directorship

Aug. 8, 2019—Steve Riven is making a gift in memory of his father to create the Samuel S. Riven, MD, Directorship in Cardiology at VUMC.

New Physician Spotlight

Aug. 5, 2019— Peter Morone, MD, MSCI Assistant Professor Department of Neurological Surgery Dr. Peter Morone, MD, has joined the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) surgical faculty after completing his residency at VUMC. He began seeing patients July 1. “Dr. Morone is an ideal match for our department,” said Reid C. Thompson, MD, William F. Meacham Professor of Neurological Surgery...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center completes acquisition of Tennova Healthcare-Lebanon

Aug. 1, 2019—VUMC announced completion of the acquisition of Tennova Healthcare-Lebanon, a two-campus facility licensed for 245 beds, from subsidiaries of Community Health Systems, Inc. (CHS). Wilson County’s only hospital will now be called Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital.

Oates recalled as iconic leader, physician, scientist

Aug. 1, 2019—John Oates, MD, an internationally known physician at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and a founding father of the discipline of Clinical Pharmacology, died Tuesday (July 30) in Nashville after a short illness. He was 87.

Russell Rothman, MD, MPP, speaks at last week’s MidSouth Practice Transformation Network (PTN): Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network Summer Summit.

Summit highlights clinical improvement successes

Jul. 25, 2019—A summit at Vanderbilt reviewed achievements of an ongoing regional effort to transform clinical practices in ways that would improve the quality of patient care, reduce costs and improve health outcomes

Elizabeth “Betsy” Barbour and her late husband, Richard, created a fund to help support Vanderbilt’s lung transplant patient assistance fund.

Couple’s transplant journey continues by helping others

Jul. 25, 2019—Elizabeth “Betsy” Barbour and her late husband, Richard, created a fund to help support Vanderbilt’s lung transplant patient assistance fund.

Gigante named president of pediatric education council

Jul. 18, 2019—Joseph Gigante, MD, recently began his two-year term as president of the Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics after serving as president-elect.

Parental substance use linked to increase in infants in foster care

Jul. 15, 2019—The nation’s opioid crisis is a factor in the recent increase in the number of infants entering the nation’s foster care system, with at least half of all infant placements now a result of parental substance use.