Jessica Pasley

July 29, 2013

Vanderbilt and Williamson Medical Center team to strengthen walk-in clinic services

Vanderbilt Health and Williamson Medical Center Clinics and Services, LLC, is officially open for business.

By Jessica Pasley
July 25, 2013

Event to highlight breast-feeding’s benefits

Adjoa Taylor is no stranger to breast-feeding. The mother of five is well versed in the advantages of nursing for her children. But what she discovered were the benefits for herself.

By Jessica Pasley
July 25, 2013

Grant to support blindess research

Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) recently awarded a $110,000 grant to Vanderbilt’s Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences in support of research into the causes, treatment and prevention of blinding diseases.

By Jessica Pasley
July 25, 2013

‘Bionic eye’ new option for retinitis pigmentosa patients

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been chosen as one of 12 sites in the United States to offer the first FDA-approved bionic eye for the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa (RP).

By Jessica Pasley
July 17, 2013

Vanderbilt ophthalmologist stresses summer eye safety

By Jessica Pasley
July 11, 2013

Bennett to lead Maternal Fetal Medicine

Kelly Bennett, M.D., associate professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and director of the Fetal Center, has been named director of the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine.

By Jessica Pasley
July 11, 2013

Program sets gold standard for Guest Services

When Guest Services employees asked about changing their uniforms, it developed into more than a simple adjustment in material or color.
By Jessica Pasley
June 13, 2013

National campaign urges smokers to talk with their health providers about kicking the habit

Barbara Forbes loves a quitter.
By Jessica Pasley
May 2, 2013

Event highlights hope, heroism of organ donation

By Jessica Pasley
April 18, 2013

Annual Donate Life event set for April 25

In 2012, 204 lives were saved because of the generosity of 65 individuals at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
By Jessica Pasley
April 11, 2013

National shortage forces hiatus in routine TB testing

Due to an unprecedented national shortage of the tuberculosis (TB) skin testing solution Tubersol, Vanderbilt University Medical Center has temporarily paused routine skin testing of health care workers.
By Jessica Pasley
April 4, 2013

Community involvement aids translational research

As Carla Sevin, M.D., assistant professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt, began the process of writing a recent grant proposal, she was stumped.
By Jessica Pasley
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