VUMC News and Communications

December 9, 2005

Niswender named Culpeper Scholar

Vanderbilt University’s Kevin Niswender, M.D., Ph.D., has been named one of three 2006 Charles E. Culpeper Medical scholars, according to Goldman Philanthropic Partnerships.

By VUMC News and Communications
December 9, 2005

Masys elected ACMI president

Daniel Masys, M.D., professor and chair of Vanderbilt’s Department of Biomedical Informatics, is the new president-elect of the American College of Medical Informatics.

By VUMC News and Communications
December 8, 2005

Noted Heart Surgeon Petracek Joins Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Michael R. Petracek, M.D., a cardiothoracic surgeon currently practicing with Cardiovascular Surgery Associates and the Saint Thomas Heart Institute, and one of Nashville’s leading heart surgeons for over 20 years, is leaving Saint Thomas Hospital to join the faculty of Vanderbilt University Medical Center as a full-time clinical professor of Surgery in the Department of Cardiac Surgery.

By VUMC News and Communications
November 28, 2005

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center leads effort to evaluate lung cancer “signatures”

The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is leading a multi-institutional effort supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to identify “molecular signatures” of lung cancer.

By VUMC News and Communications
November 23, 2005

Safety experts at VCH present “Trouble in Toyland” report

Just before the peak of the holiday shopping season, U.S. PIRG (Public Interest Research Group) has released its 20th annual toy safety report. Experts at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt want parents to be aware of the potential hazards these toys may pose.

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November 22, 2005

National Institutes of Health leaders to headline Vanderbilt Kennedy Center 40th anniversary symposium

A symposium featuring top federal officials in mental health and human development will cap off a year of anniversary celebrations for the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Human Development.

By VUMC News and Communications
November 14, 2005

Youngest Triple-Organ Recipient in Vanderbilt’s History Now Recovering

A 15-year-old Coffee County girl is recovering after becoming the first child to receive a simultaneous heart and double-lung transplant at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt on Nov. 8.
By VUMC News and Communications
November 2, 2005

FDA Approves First New Therapy In a Decade For Most Lethal Cancer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first new therapy in almost a decade for pancreas cancer, the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States.
By VUMC News and Communications
November 2, 2005

Vanderbilt Medical Center Seeking Volunteers for New HIV Vaccine

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is recruiting healthy volunteers for the second phase of testing of a novel HIV vaccine regimen that also is being studied in AIDS-battered countries around the world.
By VUMC News and Communications
November 1, 2005

November Vanderbilt Kennedy Center events include lecture on minorities in special education classes, art exhibit

November offers several opportunities for members of the Nashville community to learn more about developmental disabilities, emotional temperament and art at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development. The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center is located at the corner of 21st Avenue South and Edgehill Avenue.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 28, 2005

Avian (Bird) Flu vaccine trial begins at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is enrolling volunteers in a study to test a new vaccine that targets avian flu, the first such vaccine against the virus. The Vanderbilt trial, led by Kathryn Edwards, M.D., will test the new vaccine in nearly 100 individuals 65 years of age and over. It is the second phase of a national study led by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 27, 2005

VU’s Center for Medicine, Health and Society hosts TennCare roundtable

Recent changes to TennCare, a program launched in 1994 to expand Medicaid coverage to uninsured and uninsurable Tennesseans, will be discussed Nov. 1 during a public forum at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
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