VUMC News and Communications

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.

By VUMC News and Communications
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.

By VUMC News and Communications
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.

By VUMC News and Communications
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.

By VUMC News and Communications
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.

By VUMC News and Communications
The Vanderbilt University campus against the Nashville skyline. (Vanderbilt University)
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.

By VUMC News and Communications
June 20, 2013

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

By VUMC News and Communications
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.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 20, 2013

Correa honored by gastroenterological society

The American Gastroentero-logical Association (AGA) has honored Pelayo Correa, M.D., with its Distinguished Achievement Award, which recognizes an individual for contributions to research that have advanced the science and practice of gastroenterology.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 20, 2013

Maury Regional, VICC to open Spring Hill facility

Maury Regional Medical Center (MRMC) and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) have joined forces to open a new radiation oncology treatment center for cancer patients in Spring Hill, Tenn.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 20, 2013

Award winners

The latest Credo Award and Five Pillar Leader Award winners were announced at Wednesday’s Clinical Enterprise Leadership Assembly at Langford Auditorium.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 19, 2013

Validating maps of the brain’s resting state

A team of Vanderbilt researchers has provided important validation of maps of the brain at rest that may offer insights into changes in the brain that occur in neurological and psychiatric diseases.
By VUMC News and Communications
1 … 333 334 335 336 337 … 436