VUMC News and Communications

March 19, 2007

VUMC Ranked Among Elite Health Facilities

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been recognized for the eighth consecutive year as one of the top 100 hospitals in the country, in a study by Solucient Institute.

March 13, 2007

107.5 Radiothon Raises Record Amount for Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital

Last week’s 107.5 River of Hope Radiothon was the most successful radio-based fund-raiser in the history of Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital.

March 12, 2007

Vanderbilt Investigators testing vaccine to slow malaria’s global march

Infectious diseases researchers at Vanderbilt Medical Center are seeking healthy adults to help test a vaccine for malaria.

March 6, 2007

Vanderbilt Children‘s Hospital study proves nasal spray flu vaccine works better than the shot in younger children

A new study, co-authored by Kathryn Edwards, M.D., chief of the Division Pediatric Clinical Research at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children‘s Hospital at Vanderbilt, suggests that the nasal spray flu vaccine is twice as effective as the flu shot in children 6 months to 5 years of age. The study, entitled “Live attenuated versus Inactivated Influenza Vaccine in Infants and Young Children” was published in a recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

By VUMC News and Communications
February 23, 2007

Vanderbilt-Ingram clinic space expanding to meet needs of patients

When the dust settles on a new renovation project involving Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center‘s Henry-Joyce Cancer Clinic, waiting room space and exam rooms will nearly double to help meet the needs of an ever increasing number of cancer patients in Middle Tennessee and beyond.

February 22, 2007

New Clarksville Clinics Offer ‘Convenient Care‘ – WKRN News 2

This video shows WKRN Channel 2 News Health Reporter Lori Mitchel with a story on a new partnership between Vanderbilt University‘s Nursing Program and Clarksville-Montgomery County‘s Government and school system, that brings on-site healthcare to Clarksville.

February 22, 2007

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Receives Highest Level of Approval

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center has received a three-year accreditation with commendation, the highest level of approval, from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons (ACoS).
By VUMC News and Communications
February 19, 2007

Vanderbilt Center for Human Genetics Research investigators join international team of experts to find genetic links to autism; Results published in Nature Genetics

A team of Vanderbilt Center for Human Genetics Research investigators and colleagues from around the world are releasing findings from the largest study to date seeking to identify genes that might increase the risk of autism.
February 19, 2007

Vanderbilt University students to dance the night away for a good cause; 14-hour event to benefit Monroe Carell Jr. Children‘s Hospital

More than 500 Vanderbilt University students will dance the night away to benefit the health and well-being of area children during Dance Marathon, a 14-hour student-run event to raise money for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children‘s Hospital at Vanderbilt and Children‘s Miracle Network.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 12, 2007

A Day In The Life – Dr. Corey Slovis – WZTV FOX 17

WZTV Fox 17‘s John Dunn and Photographer Robert Brown spent "a day in the life" with Dr. Corey Slovis, chair of Emergency Medicine, as he works a shift in Vanderbilt‘s Emergency Department.
February 12, 2007

The Cost of a Gunshot – WKRN

WKRN News 2‘s Andy Cordan has a report on "the cost of a gunshot" and features Dr. Rick Miller from Vanderbilt‘s Trauma Center.
February 12, 2007

State Trauma Hospitals Announce Education Campaign

Operating without direct funding, Tennessee‘s trauma center network is at a critical crossroads, said health professionals today, who launched a statewide education campaign aimed at raising the profile and sounding the alarm bells regarding the system.