Jessica Pasley

April 26, 2018

From music to medicine, Eye Institute’s Sobel follows her heart

The intricacies of preparing a reed for an oboe resembles the skill set necessary for oculoplastic surgery. As a once aspiring oboist, Rachel Sobel, MD, relates to the comparison.

By Jessica Pasley
April 26, 2018

New robot expands options for thoracic surgery patients

The thoracic surgery team at Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently added a new tool to its collection of minimally invasive techniques to provide patients the most advanced robotic-assisted surgical procedures.

By Jessica Pasley
April 12, 2018

Event honors impact of organ, eye and tissue donation

Every 10 minutes someone is added to the national organ transplant wait list.

By Jessica Pasley
April 5, 2018

VUMC again named a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality

For the seventh time, VUMC has been named a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality by the Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index 2018.

By Jessica Pasley
April 5, 2018

Patient’s efforts help shine light on plasma cell disorder

Charlotte Haffner, Vanderbilt’s first patient to undergo a heart transplant followed by a stem cell transplant to treat a plasma cell disorder called primary AL amyloidosis, now she dedicates her time to raising awareness about the rare disease.

By Jessica Pasley
April 5, 2018

Report calls for greater awareness of rare cardiac disease

A national effort seeks to raise awareness about an uncommon cause of heart attacks in otherwise healthy, young and middle-aged women.

By Jessica Pasley
March 29, 2018

Donate Life Flag-Raising Ceremony set for April 5

Kendra Woody sometimes receives text messages with photos of driver’s licenses with miniature red hearts.
By Jessica Pasley
March 29, 2018

Family’s transplant journey a study in overcoming barriers

There are no words for liver transplantation in Somalian refugee Aniso Haji’s native language.
By Jessica Pasley
March 22, 2018

Study explores new treatment for childhood myopia

The rates of myopia, or nearsightedness, in pediatric patients have steadily increased with little to no change in treatment, which, for decades, has had ophthalmologists and optometrists turning to corrective lenses for improved vision.
By Jessica Pasley
March 8, 2018

First heart patients transplanted using novel transport device

The heart transplant team at Vanderbilt University Medical Center successfully transplanted two hearts using a novel preservation and transport technology allowing the heart to beat outside of the body for an extended amount of time.
By Jessica Pasley
March 8, 2018

Awareness, education goal of new HPV initiative

Vanderbilt is at the epicenter of a human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancer epidemic, according to Ronald Alvarez, MD, chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Vanderbilt.
By Jessica Pasley
February 22, 2018

Glaucoma study finds brain fights to preserve vision

A team of researchers, led by David Calkins, PhD, vice chair and director of Research at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute, has made a breakthrough discovery in the field of glaucoma showing new hopes for treatments to preserve vision.
By Jessica Pasley
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