Nancy Humphrey Archive

July 23, 2015

New freestanding birthing center to make debut Aug. 1

A freestanding birthing center, owned by Raleigh-based Baby+Company and staffed by certified nurse-midwives from the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN), opens on West End Avenue on Aug. 1.

By Nancy Humphrey

July 8, 2015

Vanderbilt researchers develop potential treatment to fight mosquito-borne chikungunya virus

In late 2013 the Caribbean had its first case of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus. Today there have been almost 1.2 million cases in 44 countries or territories, including 177 cases in 31 U.S. States.

By Nancy Humphrey

July 7, 2015

Vanderbilt mourns loss of former Radiology chair Kaye

Jeremy Kaye, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, died July 4 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He was 75.

By Nancy Humphrey

June 11, 2015

Physician Council seeks to enhance VUMC’s clinical excellence efforts

Communication is a two-way street, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Physician Council for Clinical Service Excellence, formed in 2011, uses its monthly meetings to share ideas, come up with new ones, and take institutional information back to their practices.

By Nancy Humphrey

June 11, 2015

Former heart patient inspired to create Discovery Science Fund

Two vastly different causes of heart failure, both of which can devastate a patient’s life, are being studied at Vanderbilt University Medical Center thanks, in part, to the generosity of a grateful patient whose own damaged heart was repaired at Vanderbilt more than five years ago.

By Nancy Humphrey

May 21, 2015

Effort to enhance documentation, coding gains focus

Documentation in the health care world is the fundamental communication method for clinicians in regard to their patients’ care.

By Nancy Humphrey

April 30, 2015 Watkins memorialized with establishment of new chair By Nancy Humphrey
April 30, 2015 Lane named vice president for Population Health Management
Nancy Lane, Ph.D., has joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) as senior vice president for Population Health Management.
By Nancy Humphrey
April 30, 2015 VUMC set to take part in community-wide disaster drill on May 2
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) will take part in a full-scale community disaster drill along with numerous emergency response and community agencies on Saturday, May 2, from 9 a.m. until noon.
By Nancy Humphrey
April 29, 2015 Vanderbilt psychiatrist says demystifying weather can help ease anxiety during spring storms By Nancy Humphrey
April 23, 2015 Watkins memorial service to be April 30
A memorial service celebrating the life of Levi Watkins Jr., M.D., renowned cardiac surgeon, champion of racial equality and diversity, and the first African-American to be admitted to and graduate from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM), will be held Thursday, April 30, at 11 a.m. at Vanderbilt’s Benton Chapel. Dr. Watkins died April 11.
By Nancy Humphrey
April 23, 2015 VUSM alum Crozier relates battle to overcome Ebola
Ian Crozier, M.D., a 1997 graduate of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and a former Vanderbilt resident, chief resident and fellow, spent three weeks treating 60 to 80 Ebola patients a day in Kenema, the epicenter of the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone.
By Nancy Humphrey