VUMC News and Communications

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.

By VUMC News and Communications
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.

By VUMC News and Communications
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.

By VUMC News and Communications
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.

By VUMC News and Communications
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.

By VUMC News and Communications
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.

By VUMC News and Communications
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.
By VUMC News and Communications
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.
By VUMC News and Communications
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.
By VUMC News and Communications
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.
By VUMC News and Communications
January 17, 2013

Superfoods: Eat more, lose weight

By VUMC News and Communications
January 17, 2013

This was not a drill

The movie theater at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt was one of three areas turned into a temporary patient unit to care for dozens of children exposed to carbon monoxide at a Nashville school earlier this week.
By VUMC News and Communications