VUMC News and Communications

January 31, 2013

For Cancer Center’s Joyce, volunteering comes naturally

Nearly every week since 1988, cancer patients and families visiting Vanderbilt University Medical Center have been able to count on a comforting routine — at least one morning per week they are greeted by the same smiling volunteer who dispenses a dose of friendship along with coffee, snacks and advice about how to navigate the sprawling Medical Center campus.

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Rep. Harry Brooks, R-Knoxville, meets with Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos and Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs Beth Fortune at Vanderbilt's 12th annual Day on the Hill Jan. 30 (John Russell/Vanderbilt)
January 30, 2013

Vanderbilt’s statewide impact focus of annual Day on the Hill

Vanderbilt’s 12th annual Day on the Hill highlighted the university and medical center’s contributions to all 95 counties in Tennessee and offered the opportunity for conversations between Vanderbilt officials and state lawmakers.

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January 30, 2013

Long-term effects of prostate therapies tracked

A new study comparing outcomes among prostate cancer patients treated with surgery versus radiotherapy found differences in urinary, bowel and sexual function after short-term follow-up, but those differences were no longer significant 15 years after initial treatment.

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January 24, 2013

Petracek named interim chair of Cardiac Surgery

Michael Petracek, M.D., has been named interim chair of Vanderbilt’s Department of Cardiac Surgery.

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January 24, 2013

Pediatric Neurosurgery expands research efforts

Vanderbilt is expanding its role in the future treatment of pediatric hydrocephalus by recruiting Chevis Shannon, MBA, MPH, Dr.PH., to serve as director of the Vanderbilt Pediatric Neurosurgery Clinical Research Initiative.

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January 24, 2013

Gates Foundation grant aids pediatric nutrition research

Using a SmartPhone platform and a $100,000 grant from Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Vanderbilt Pediatric Surgeon John Pietsch, M.D., and fourth-year medical student Katherine Allen may revolutionize the way infants and children all over the world are assessed and treated for proper nutrition.

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January 24, 2013

March of Dimes chapter honors excellence of Vanderbilt nurses

Each year, the Middle Tennessee Chapter of the March of Dimes recognizes nurses who demonstrate excellence in various aspect of the nursing profession.
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January 24, 2013

Brown lands health care leadership award

Laura Beth Brown, president of Vanderbilt Home Care Services and vice president of Vanderbilt Health Services, has been recognized with Leadership Health Care’s (LHC) Health Care Emerging Leader of the Year award.
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January 24, 2013

Society lauds VU’s clinical nutrition efforts

Vanderbilt University has received a 2012 Clinical Nutrition Team of Distinction award from the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.), an organization dedicated to improving patient care by advancing the science and practice of clinical nutrition and metabolism.
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January 24, 2013

New unit nursing structure stresses leadership, support

A new unit nursing leadership structure, rolling out first at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, gives bedside nurses more support from their leaders.
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January 24, 2013

MLK Day speaker explores health inequality issues

The Martin Luther King Jr. Day address at Vanderbilt University Medical Center was part statement about progress toward health goals, and part sermon about the need to finish the march to the promised land of health equality.
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January 21, 2013

Endowed chair celebration honors nine Vanderbilt faculty

The extraordinary academic achievements of nine Vanderbilt University endowed chair holders were recognized during a Jan. 17 ceremony at the Student Life Center.
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