Vanderbilt Health News Archive — Page 218 of 390

Head-and-shoulders portrait of a man in a dark suit, white shirt, and patterned tie against a softly blurred brown background.
December 10, 2015

Shaw lauded for research mentorship

Andrew Shaw, MBBS, professor of Anesthesiology, has been selected to join the Academy of Research Mentors in Anesthesiology, a program of the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER).

By Vanderbilt Health News
Ann Kavanaugh-McHugh, MD, smiling outdoors near a building, wearing a magenta blouse and pendant necklace.
December 10, 2015

Kavanaugh-McHugh keeps patients close to her heart

In her office, Ann Kavanaugh-McHugh, M.D., reaches up to a high shelf and pulls down a stack of notebooks. Reminders, she says, of the 4,000 families she has cared for over the course of her nearly 25-year career as a pediatric cardiologist at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Close-up of a healthcare worker using a manual blood pressure cuff and stethoscope to measure a seated person’s arm, with an analog gauge and computer keyboard in the background.
December 10, 2015

Hypertension-related visits to emergency rooms on rise in U.S.

The number and percentage of patients treated at emergency departments for hypertension are on the rise across the United States, according to a Vanderbilt study published recently in The American Journal of Cardiology.

By Andrew Wiese
Three people stand on the ice for a ceremonial puck drop during a Hockey Fights Cancer event: a person in a Nashville Predators jersey between two hockey players, one in a Predators uniform and one in a St. Louis Blues uniform. A packed arena and the “HOCKEY FIGHTS CANCER” banner are visible behind them.
December 3, 2015

Hockey Fights Cancer Night

Over the past six years, the Predators team has raised and donated more than $1 million to the Children’s Hospital and its programs.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Portrait of Beth Malow, MD, MS, smiling and wearing a red jacket and pearl necklace.
December 3, 2015

Malow appointed to new Tennessee autism task force

Beth Malow, M.D., M.S., has been appointed to the Tennessee Autism Spectrum Disorder Task Force, a new entity created to study and make recommendations to the Tennessee General Assembly regarding ways to improve access to programs and services for early screening, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Tennessee.

By Vanderbilt Health News
December 3, 2015

Neurological Surgery named among U.S. best

The Vanderbilt Department of Neurological Surgery has been listed in the Becker’s Hospital Review selection of 100 Hospitals With Great Neurosurgery and Spine Programs.

By Vanderbilt Health News