Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital

August 1, 2013

Stallworth Rehab Hospital names medical director

Jeffery Johns, M.D., has been named medical director of Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital, effective Aug. 12. He has also been appointed associate professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R).

August 1, 2013

VU physicians lead Top Doctors, Best Doctors lists

The breadth, depth and quality of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s clinical expertise are well represented on two national lists of premier physicians.

May 30, 2013

Brain aneurysm patients draw strength from support group

A brain aneurysm is often likened to a ticking time bomb — the bulge in a blood vessel is just waiting to burst, with devastating consequences for motor and cognitive function.

October 25, 2012

Initiative set to improve patient transitions

Vanderbilt University Medical Center will undertake sweeping changes to ensure smoother, more tightly coordinated transitions from the hospital to each patient’s home or other post-acute care setting.

August 23, 2012

Multiple procedures, devices help heart patient pull through

After Stacey Browning, R.N., a Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit charge nurse, got a report on a heart attack patient who was being transported to her unit from an outside hospital, her immediate thought was, “They are sending us a patient we are not going to be able to recover.”

July 26, 2012

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation adds new programs

Officially established on April 1, Vanderbilt’s new Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) has welcomed its first new faculty recruit and is establishing clinical and research programs.