Wayne Wood

January 13, 2020

Home with a cold or the flu? It’s OK to snuggle with your pet, infectious disease doctor says.

Dogs and cats can’t catch or spread human disease and “are a comfort, not a hazard”

By Wayne Wood
December 23, 2019

Pets of VUMC: A look back at the best of 2019

A handy, one-stop collection of the winners of the “VUMC Voice” 2019 Pets of VUMC contest.

December 18, 2019

Telehealth grant boosts diabetes prevention efforts

Vanderbilt’s Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) has demonstrated its effectiveness at helping employees lose weight as a means of preventing Type 2 diabetes and has received a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand the program using telehealth.

By Wayne Wood
December 11, 2019

Longtime Neurological Surgery chair Allen mourned

George Allen, MD, PhD, an innovative surgeon who served for more than 25 years as chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery at Vanderbilt, died Dec. 7. He was 77.

By Wayne Wood
December 4, 2019

Pets of VUMC 2019 — Collection #8: Tidings of comfort and joy, dogs edition

God rest ye merry, canines

December 4, 2019

Pets of VUMC 2019 — Collection #7: Tidings of comfort and joy, cats edition

God rest ye merry, felines