Vanderbilt Health News Archive — Page 288 of 390

Colorful stacked logo reading “Flu lap looza.”
August 29, 2013

Vaccination event set for Sept. 25

Vanderbilt University and Medical Center faculty, staff, students and volunteers will once again have the opportunity to be part of the free mass vaccination event Flulapalooza.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Portrait of a man wearing a white medical coat over blue clothing, against a mottled gold-and-brown background.
August 29, 2013

Morris at heart of Trauma Center’s evolution

On Aug. 4, John Morris, M.D., Vanderbilt’s first director of the Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, took call in the Trauma Unit for the last time, after dedicating nearly 30 years to trauma service at Vanderbilt.

By Vanderbilt Health News
August 29, 2013

Gathering highlights proposed E2E changes

As part of the Evolve to Excel (E2E) operational change initiative, senior leadership from across Vanderbilt University Medical Center gathered last week for an intensive, daylong session to carefully evaluate proposals for operational change brought forth from throughout the organization.

By Vanderbilt Health News
A woman in a white robe stands at a mammography machine while a medical worker in patterned scrubs assists her.
August 29, 2013

Breast Center earns NAPBC accreditation

As part of a rigorous evaluation and quality compliance program from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), the Vanderbilt Breast Center has been awarded a three-year full accreditation.

By Vanderbilt Health News
August 29, 2013

Shortage forces suspension of routine tuberculosis testing

Due to a national shortage of the tuberculosis (TB) test solution Tubersol, Occupational Health will temporarily suspend routine annual skin tests, effective Sept. 1, said Patricia Kinman, MSN, FNP-BC, manager of the Vanderbilt Occupational Health Clinic

By Vanderbilt Health News
Three men in suits stand on a stage; the man on the left shakes hands with the man in the center while the man on the right looks on. A large silver bowl sits at the lower right.
August 22, 2013

Gore, Bernard receive research awards at Faculty Assembly

“Vanderbilt’s Nobel Prize,” the Earl Sutherland Prize for achievement in research, was awarded to John Gore at the Fall Faculty Assembly, while Gordon Bernard received the Thomas Jefferson Award for distinguished service to Vanderbilt.

By Vanderbilt Health News