Jessica Pasley

April 7, 2016

VUSM town hall focuses on diversity, inclusion

The number of black students applying to medical schools across the country is decreasing. Of particular concern is the reduced number of black males going into medicine. Vanderbilt University School of Medicine wants to change that trend.

By Jessica Pasley
March 31, 2016

VUMC again named a leader in LGBT health care equality

For the fifth year in a row, Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been recognized as a Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality by the Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index 2016.

By Jessica Pasley
March 31, 2016

VUMC hosts Donate Life event

Vanderbilt University Medical Center will hold its seventh annual Donate Life Flag- Raising Ceremony on Thursday, April 7, as part of national Donate Life month.

By Jessica Pasley
March 24, 2016

Medical students’ residency locations revealed at Match Day

Since entering Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 2012, Ashlee Hurff Arteaga has served as president of her class each year, which gave her a front row seat to the challenges and triumphs experienced by her classmates.

By Jessica Pasley
March 22, 2016

Vanderbilt expert offers eye care tips for windy spring days

By Jessica Pasley
March 17, 2016

Life-changing impact of cornea transplantation celebrated

Since 1961, the Eye Bank Association of America has provided donors for more than 1.5 million corneal transplants nationwide. And for nearly 25 years, the group has celebrated corneal transplant recipients, promoted awareness of the need to donate and recognized donors and families during National Eye Donor Month in March.

By Jessica Pasley
March 17, 2016

Watkins, Neuzil named VUSM Distinguished Alumni

The late Levi Watkins Jr., M.D., and Kathleen Neuzil, M.D., MPH, have been named the 2016 Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) Distinguished Alumni Award recipients.
By Jessica Pasley
March 10, 2016

VUSM students’ education proposal lands AMA prize

Two Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) students were awarded the prize for the best proposal on how to transform medical education during the American Medical Association (AMA) Spring 2016 Consortium Meeting this week.
By Jessica Pasley
March 10, 2016

VUSM debuts new Gold Humanism Honor Society

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) last week inducted 19 students into the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS), the school’s newest organization, which is dedicated to sustaining, inspiring and nurturing humanism in medicine.
By Jessica Pasley
February 25, 2016

Focus on care, quality drives heart transplant program

As the largest heart transplant program in the Southeast, the Vanderbilt Transplant Center is ranked No. 1 in volume for the combined adult and pediatric heart transplant program, according to the latest Organ Procurement and Transplant Network (OPTN) data.
By Jessica Pasley
February 18, 2016

VEI honored by American Academy of Ophthalmology

The Vanderbilt Eye Institute (VEI) was recently awarded the Commitment to Advocacy Award during the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology (AUPO) annual meeting.
By Jessica Pasley
February 18, 2016

Liver transplant program celebrates 25 years of care

Twenty-five years ago, Julie Damon’s family was preparing to say their goodbyes. Comatose and on life support at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) with liver failure, the options for the 45-year-old wife and mother of two were slipping away.
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