Jessica Pasley Archive — Page 53 of 57

Transplant surgery
October 24, 2013

Transplant Center sees surge in volumes

The Vanderbilt Transplant Center, one of the largest organ transplant programs in the Southeast, is on pace to surpass last year’s transplant totals with 254 solid organ transplantations to date.

By Jessica Pasley
A clinician in a white coat stands beside a patient in a patterned medical gown as he uses a medical scale or monitoring device.
October 24, 2013

Glucose control study gives patients new path to health

The IDIOM study is designed to compare how a diet with moderate caloric restriction, alone or with long-acting insulin, affects areas of the brain’s dopamine system that are involved in food intake, reward and the sense of pleasure people get from eating.

By Jessica Pasley
Five men in suits pose together indoors in front of a brick wall and palm plant. The center man wears a gray suit; the others stand on either side, with one holding a blue folder.
October 17, 2013

Watkins lecturer reminds that medicine is all about caring

It’s all about the patient. That’s the message Talmadge King Jr., M.D., the Julius R. Krevans Distinguished Professor of Internal Medicine and chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), shared with students, physicians, administrators and researchers during Wednesday’s Levi Watkins Jr., M.D., Lecture on Diversity in Medical Education.

By Jessica Pasley
Medical-style illustration of a red human heart within a translucent blue chest, with surrounding blood vessels visible.
October 9, 2013

Heart transplant links donor, recipient with different blood types

Pediatric cardiac surgeons at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt have performed the state’s first ABO incompatible heart transplant in a 2-month-old patient.

By Jessica Pasley
Back of a red Vanderbilt T-shirt reading “Vanderbilt” and “Proud to Actively Serve,” with speech bubbles showing walking, bicycling, swimming, and another activity icon. A person wearing the shirt stands outdoors on grass.
September 26, 2013

Event to distribute Team Vanderbilt gear

Vanderbilt employees registered for any upcoming Vanderbilt-sponsored walk, run or ride will have an opportunity to pick up Team Vanderbilt T-shirts on Oct. 8 and 9.

By Jessica Pasley
Portrait of a smiling man in a white lab coat, purple shirt, and patterned tie seated in a clinical office; a computer monitor is visible behind him.
September 19, 2013

Team tracking new options to treat glaucoma

Three years ago, a team of researchers led by David Calkins, Ph.D., vice chair and director of Research at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute, showed that the first sign of injury in glaucoma, the leading cause of blindness in the United States, occurs in the brain.

By Jessica Pasley