Vanderbilt Health News Archive — Page 284 of 390

Portrait of Travis Ladner in a dark suit, white shirt, and red tie against a neutral background.
October 10, 2013

Student’s neurosurgical fellowship spurs research

Travis Ladner, a third-year student at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, has been selected for a 2013 Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) student fellowship award. The award is presented to a medical student every year from a national pool of applicants.

By Vanderbilt Health News
October 10, 2013

Repeat ER, hospital patients focus of ‘Bedside Matters’

Bedside Matters, a new hourlong monthly rounds geared toward helping all Vanderbilt University Medical Center health care providers deal with the social and emotional issues of caring for patients and families, will take a deeper look into issues surrounding patients who make multiple visits to the Emergency Department and hospital at its October meeting.

By Vanderbilt Health News
A clinician in glasses and a striped shirt sits in an examination room, facing a patient seen from behind.
October 10, 2013

Clinic creates path to better heart health for older patients

Thomas Kent has never met a stranger. He is quick to share tales about his time as a music manager in Las Vegas or to pull out one of his favorite one-liners. He says he’s the only Quaker minister in town with a wife behind the pulpit to strike a “bada-bing” after each joke.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Night nurse
October 10, 2013

Grant bolsters study of nursing workforce’s future

Vanderbilt University’s Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies has been awarded $2.2 million from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to address nursing workforce issues that may impede future health care.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Occupational therapist assists a seated teenage girl with arm exercises in a rehabilitation room; a laptop and therapy equipment are visible nearby.
October 10, 2013

Adult rehabilitation consult service created

The Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) has started an adult inpatient consultation service to evaluate patients who may need rehabilitation and assist with the transition from inpatient care to post-acute rehabilitation facilities.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Dr. Jay C. Wellons stands in a hospital hallway wearing glasses, a white medical coat, dress shirt, and patterned tie; his coat identifies him as a pediatric neurosurgeon.
October 7, 2013

New faculty: Jay Wellons brings national research network to Children’s Hospital

When physician Jay Wellons was explaining to his son why the family was moving to Nashville, he put it in terms to which the 7-year-old could relate. “Daddy has a chance to join the Avengers,” he said.

By Vanderbilt Health News