News Releases
Recent and archived press releases with clinical and research news
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August 19, 2021
Children, firearms mixing more during pandemic
Researchers at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt discovered an alarming finding during the height of the pandemic — a marked increase in firearm encounters among children. -
August 17, 2021
Vanderbilt Transplant Center to be focus of national TV series
A new documentary television series premiering this fall follows the life-saving stories of organ transplant patients at the Vanderbilt Transplant Center. -
July 29, 2021
Transplant Center honored for organ donation efforts
Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Vanderbilt Transplant Center have won Platinum Recognition, the highest possible level of achievement, from the National Hospital Organ Donation Campaign of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). -
July 12, 2021
Vanderbilt Transplant Center reaches new record number of transplants performed
The Vanderbilt Transplant Center performed a record number of solid organ transplants in fiscal year 2021 (FY 21) — 637 life-saving procedures among its adult and pediatric programs — despite occurring entirely during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
June 2, 2021
Dusetzina appointed to federal Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Stacie Dusetzina, PhD, associate professor of Health Policy and Ingram Associate Professor of Cancer Research at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, has been appointed to a three-year term on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). -
May 27, 2021
Life-saving transplant marks milestone for pediatric program
Petyon Smith's answered prayers became the best birthday wish ever on Jan. 31 — the date his younger brother received the first-ever dual kidney-liver transplant at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. -
May 3, 2021
VUMC’s Lee among group to earn Kenneth J. Arrow Award for health economics research
Scott Lee, MD, PhD, MPA, MPhil, assistant professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has received the Kenneth J. Arrow Award for health economics research given by the International Health Economics Association.