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

March 7, 2013

Penn seeks new look at eye disorder

John Penn, Ph.D., vice chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at Vanderbilt, is seeking to change the way retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), the leading cause of childhood blindness worldwide, is treated.

By Jessica Pasley

March 7, 2013

Guidelines for pediatric vision screening methods updated

The American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) recently revised the guidelines for reporting the results from studies of preschool vision screening instruments.

By Jessica Pasley

February 20, 2013

Last Days of Winter Can be Hard on Eyes; Vanderbilt Ophthalmologist Offers Care Tips

Winter may be slowly giving way to spring, but the remaining cold days of the season can cause plenty of trouble for the eyes—trouble that is largely avoidable, says a Vanderbilt Eye Institute ophthalmologist.

By Jessica Pasley

February 14, 2013

NIH lauds Rex’s ideas for future of vision research

Tonia Rex, Ph.D., assistant professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute, was recently named one of 10 winners of the National Institutes of Health competition for ideas on the future of vision research.