Nancy Humphrey

Officials with VUMC and Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce at the March 24 ribbon cutting for the new Vanderbilt Eye Institute location in Murfreesboro. (photo by Susan Urmy)
March 28, 2022

Vanderbilt Eye Institute debuts new Murfreesboro location

Vanderbilt Eye Institute (VEI) and local dignitaries came together last week for a ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening of VEI’s new location in Murfreesboro.

By Nancy Humphrey
Michael DeBaun, MD, MS, MPH
March 24, 2022

VUMC’s DeBaun elected president-elect of the American Pediatric Society

Vanderbilt’s Michael DeBaun, MD, MS, MPH, has been elected president-elect of the American Pediatric Society.

By Nancy Humphrey
March 10, 2022

ICU study confirms safety of delabeling penicillin allergies

A Vanderbilt study shows that physicians can safely identify and disprove low-risk penicillin allergies using an oral amoxicillin challenge in consenting patients, even those in the intensive care unit who are recovering from critical illness.

By Nancy Humphrey
Patient Clearissa Griggs gets a pre-surgical check from Caroline Wilburn, RN, BSN, and attending anesthesiologist Chris Canlas, MD, during Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s “Touching Hands” Outreach Day.
March 9, 2022

VUMC celebrates National Patient Safety Awareness Week

Vanderbilt University Medical Center will celebrate National Patient Safety Awareness Week March 13-19 with a series of events designed to spread awareness for patient safety throughout the Medical Center campus and its regional hospitals.

By Nancy Humphrey
VUMC exterior
March 9, 2022

VUMC observes National Patient Safety Awareness Week

By Nancy Humphrey
March 1, 2022

Health Policy’s Sheelah Blankenship’s family named “Ultimate Host Family” by cultural exchange agency

The program, overseen by the U.S. State Department, allows young adults from other countries to live with an American family as an au pair

By Nancy Humphrey
January 20, 2022

Vanderbilt mourns loss of tireless philanthropist Dugas

Laura Jo Turner Dugas, who along with her brothers Cal Jr. and Steve Turner and their families, have been longtime supporters of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, died on Dec. 26, 2021. She was 84.
By Nancy Humphrey
January 12, 2022

Excessive screen time impacting health of children in many ways

Vanderbilt physicians are seeing an increasing trend of health conditions in children with chronic diseases like diabetes, directly or indirectly related to excessive screen time.
By Nancy Humphrey
January 6, 2022

Grant boosts vaccine effectiveness research

By Nancy Humphrey
January 3, 2022

DeBruler named Vice-President of Patient Access Services, Adult Ambulatory Operations

Jennifer DeBruler, MD, has been named Vanderbilt University Medical Center's new Vice-President, Patient Access Services, Adult Ambulatory Operations.
By Nancy Humphrey
December 9, 2021

Vision foundation’s longtime support key to Penn’s research efforts

By Nancy Humphrey
November 30, 2021

Lisa Bond, master surgery scheduler, helps thousands of people achieve better hearing each year

Surgery scheduling is not as simple as looking at one calendar and picking a day. But Bond makes it her mission to ensure everyone is happy.
By Nancy Humphrey
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