Jessica Pasley

December 11, 2014

Fleming embraces role as medical students’ advocate

Twenty-one years ago while seated at a small group gathering at the home of University of Virginia Medical School’s dean for student affairs, Amy Fleming, M.D., saw her future.

By Jessica Pasley
November 20, 2014

Rodgers honored for service to VUSM, students

Hundreds of students gathered this week at a reception honoring Scott Rodgers, M.D., and his 10 years of service to Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

By Jessica Pasley
November 13, 2014

Transplant Center celebrates 25 years of giving gift of life

The charter that was written in 1989 upon the creation of the Vanderbilt Transplant Center (VTC) continues to hold true to its mission — to propel and direct organ transplantation, research, medicine, technology, education and the public education of transplantation into the future as the recognized leader and national authority of multi-organ transplantation.

By Jessica Pasley
November 13, 2014

Hanto to lead pediatric liver transplant program

Douglas Hanto, M.D., Ph.D., has his sights on Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. No stranger to building nationally recognized liver transplant programs — he has three under his belt — the new associate director of the Vanderbilt Transplant Center aims to work with the departments of Pediatrics and Surgery to develop a comprehensive pediatric liver center at Children’s Hospital.

By Jessica Pasley
November 6, 2014

Vanderbilt’s Brady named to ACGME board of directors

Donald Brady, M.D., senior associate dean for Graduate Medical Education and Continuing Professional Development, has been named to the board of directors of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for a three-year term.

By Jessica Pasley
October 30, 2014

New midwifery-led birthing center to debut next summer

Families seeking midwifery care outside of the traditional hospital setting will have a new option beginning next summer — an outpatient birth center.

By Jessica Pasley
October 16, 2014

Nursing symposium focuses on transplant patients’ care, needs

What started as a way to gather nurse practitioners in the field of transplantation at Vanderbilt to talk about the best practices in managing patients has grown into a one-of-a-kind national conference.
By Jessica Pasley
October 16, 2014

Project PAVE’s impact on children’s vision easy to see

It’s been 20 years since Project PAVE, a Tennessee program providing low-vision evaluations for children, was launched.
By Jessica Pasley
October 9, 2014

Vanderbilt’s DeBaun to deliver annual Levi Watkins Jr. Lecture

Michael R. DeBaun, M.D., J.C. Peterson Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Vanderbilt, will be the keynote speaker at the 13th Annual Levi Watkins Jr. Lecture.
By Jessica Pasley
October 9, 2014

Novel therapy eases stress of retinoblastoma treatment

Conventional therapy for patients diagnosed with retinoblastoma, the most common ocular cancer in children, includes systemic chemotherapy, external beam radiation and/or surgical removal of the eye. Doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are on track to radically change the way the disease is treated using an emerging therapeutic approach called intra-arterial chemotherapy, or IA chemo.
By Jessica Pasley
October 8, 2014

New faculty: Jordan studies sleep disorders in children

As one of the few board-certified pediatric sleep specialists in the region, Atia Jordan works with a multidisciplinary team to address sleep concerns in an effort to improve the overall health and well-being of her patients.
By Jessica Pasley
October 2, 2014

VUSM’s history of diversity efforts commemorated

It has been nearly 50 years since the first black student entered Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM), and Vanderbilt has come a long way since then.
By Jessica Pasley