Jill Clendening

Jon Stewart, comedian, advocate and television host, second from right, participated in a panel discussion on advocacy at Vanderbilt last week. Other panelists included, from left, Walter Clair, MD, MPH, fourth-year medical student Ayesha Muhammad, PhD, and Robert Miller, MD.
April 27, 2023

Stewart speaks on advocacy, medicine’s role in society

Comedian, talk show host and advocate Jon Stewart spoke last week to a crowd of Vanderbilt undergraduates, medical students and faculty about his approach to advocacy and how those in the medical community can find their own place alongside those supporting a cause.

By Jill Clendening
April 24, 2023

Kenneth Reynolds weighed 780 lbs., and his body was shutting down. Vanderbilt Weight Loss Center gave him back his life.

Coming up: going fishing with his grandchildren

By Jill Clendening
April 20, 2023

Global research scholarship named in honor of O’Neill

The American Pediatric Surgical Association has recognized Vanderbilt’s James O’Neill, MD, by naming a new global research scholarship in his honor.

By Jill Clendening
Wendy Paszek, RN, CNOR, a preceptor for the SMART program, meeting Lieutenant General R. Scott Dingle, the U.S. Army Surgeon General and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Medical Command, during his visit to observe the program in 2022. (Photo by Donn Jones)
April 13, 2023

New SMART rotation of military personnel in VUH clinical areas

The next Strategic Medical Asset Readiness Training (SMART) rotation, which includes 15 members the United States military, is at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to work in clinical areas of the adult hospital April 11-25.

By Jill Clendening
Participants in a recent shared medical appointment include, front row from left, patient Ellen Nelson, Merranda Holmes, MD, and Kevin Liu, MD, Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellow. Back row from left, Francis Balucan, MD, MBA, Taina Ovchinnikov, APRN, F-NP, and Erica Gray, PharmD.
April 6, 2023

Program studies impact of shared medical visits on loneliness and other issues

Vanderbilt is is studying how the use of shared medical appointments — when patients with common needs meet together with several health care providers — might impact loneliness, as well as other factors such as depression, substance abuse and utilization of emergency care.

By Jill Clendening
VUMC Patient Navigator Bri Yip, at left, reviews upcoming prenatal appointments with MyMaternityHealth Bundle participant Amy New.
March 23, 2023

New MyHealth Bundles to help treat kidney stones, substance use disorder

Employees covered by Vanderbilt University Medical Center health plans and employees covered by the Metro Nashville Public Schools health plan can now enroll in two new MyHealth Bundles: MyUrologyHealth for the treatment of kidney stones and MyRecoveryHealth for the treatment of substance use disorder.

By Jill Clendening
March 23, 2023

Saunders receives diabetes research innovation award

Vanderbilt's Diane Saunders, PhD, has been selected as a 2023 recipient of an Innovation Award by the Network of Pancreatic Donors with Diabetes.
By Jill Clendening
March 15, 2023

Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Protocol Team improves lives of hard-to-diagnose patients

“The NPH Protocol exemplifies multiple disciplines working together to improve the lives of patients and their caregivers.”
By Jill Clendening
March 12, 2023

Patel appointed Ingram Chair in Surgical Sciences

By Jill Clendening
March 9, 2023

Family’s participation key to advancing diabetes research

A study of one family from Alabama has led Vanderbilt researchers to discover that insulin deficiency, independent of the autoimmunity associated with Type 1 diabetes, is the principal factor leading to a markedly smaller pancreas.
By Jill Clendening
March 9, 2023

Lecture gives new insight on surgery icon Thomas

Vanderbilt's recent H. William Scott Jr. Lecture in Surgical History offered unfiltered insight on the legacy of surgical pioneer Vivien Thomas.
By Jill Clendening
February 23, 2023

Learning how to “Stop the Bleed” is something we all can do

Stop the Bleed courses, like those taught at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, teach any of us – even those without medical training – how to save some of those lives.
By Jill Clendening
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