VUMC News and Communications

June 27, 2013

Healing with a mother’s voice

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June 27, 2013

Spring Hill oncology center debuts

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June 27, 2013

Medical Center North, VUSN experiencing outages

An overnight break in a domestic water line in Medical Center North has caused flooding in confined areas of the building as well as phone and electrical outages affecting certain areas of Medical Center North and the Vanderbilt School of Nursing.

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June 27, 2013

Sleep Center helps barge pilots stay on course

At the helm of a towboat navigating more than 20,000 tons of cargo down ever-shifting river channels, feeling sleepy is not an option for pilot Darrell Koontz.

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June 27, 2013

Dietetic interns add health and wellness training

Sonya Simmons felt like she was losing the battle against an unhealthy lifestyle. After a particularly stressful holiday season, her doctor told her that her blood pressure was creeping up and she was bordering on becoming diabetic.

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June 27, 2013

Stroke Center strikes ‘Gold’

The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association has once again recognized the Vanderbilt Stroke Center for using evidence-based guidelines to provide the best possible care to patients.

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June 27, 2013

Research effort seeks to improve home care for kidney failure patients

Vanderbilt nephrologist, Thomas Golper, M.D., professor of Medicine in Nephrology and Hypertension, is leading an effort to form a research consortium with a goal of improving care for kidney failure patients who receive a form of home dialysis.
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June 27, 2013

Kapu elected a fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners

April Kapu, MSN, R.N., APRN, has been elected a fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP). AANP fellows are selected based on outstanding contributions to clinical practice, research, education or policy.
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June 26, 2013

Sign up for new travel information sessions

Information sessions on the new travel system begin next week. The two-hour sessions are open to all employees in preparation for the July 30 launch of the new system.
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June 24, 2013

Vanderbilt, Children’s Hospital recognized as ‘Top Workplaces’

Vanderbilt University and the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt are among the best places to work in Middle Tennessee, according to the "Tennessean’s" Top Workplaces list.
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June 20, 2013

ACM, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center hold annual ‘Lifting Lives’ music camp

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June 20, 2013

VUSM bolstering students’ clinical experiences

Willie Melvin, M.D., assistant professor of Surgery, trains residents and more advanced medical students, so he was pleasantly surprised by first year Vanderbilt University School of Medicine students Darin Diiorio and Shaun Mansour, who had no clinical experience before arriving in his clinic last September.
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