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April 4, 2019

Harvard’s Gaziano set for April 11 clinical pharmacology lecture

J. Michael Gaziano, MD, MPH, an internationally recognized chronic disease epidemiologist, will deliver the 15th annual Grant R. Wilkinson Distinguished Lectureship in Clinical Pharmacology on Thursday, April 11.

By Leigh MacMillan
Award-winning vocal group Rascal Flatts, longtime supporters of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, received a star on the hospital’s Walk of Champions. Here, from left, the Rascal Flatts trio — Jay DeMarcus, Gary LeVox and Joe Don Rooney — pose alongside their new star with Children’s Hospital patients Caroline Lantz and Jessica Meyer.
April 4, 2019

Rascal Flatts honored with ‘Walk of Champions’ star

Legendary vocal group Rascal Flatts was honored with a star on the Walk of Champions at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt for the band’s longtime commitment to patients and families. Presenting the award were representatives from Live Nation and Children’s Hospital.

By VUMC News and Communications
From left, VUMC administrative leaders Zeena Abdulahad, MPA, Sarah Hagovsky, MBA, Renee Boggs, MSN, RN, CPN, and Teresa Dail, RN, CMRP, recently participated in the Women’s History Month panel, spoke about their experiences in the workplace, and shared career advice.
April 4, 2019

Women leaders share experiences, career advice

Those attending Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Women’s History Month panel on March 27 were schooled on the importance of risk taking, mentoring, self-care and how to advance in historically male-dominated fields such as information technology and supply chain management.

By Kathy Whitney
The Center for Women’s Health’s newest location brings primary and midwifery care services to patients in Mt. Juliet.
April 4, 2019

Women’s health, primary care clinics debut in Mt. Juliet

Convenient women’s health, midwifery and primary care services are right around the corner for Mt. Juliet residents, with new Center for Women’s Health and family care clinics now open in Suite 120 of the 2025 building on North Mt. Juliet Road.

By Kelsey Herbers
March 29, 2019

Vanderbilt University Medical Center to acquire Tennova Healthcare-Lebanon from Community Health Systems

Leaders of Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) today announced plans to purchase Tennova Healthcare-Lebanon, a two-campus facility licensed for 245 beds, from subsidiaries of Community Health Systems, Inc. (CHS). A definitive agreement has been signed for the sale of the facility and related businesses, including physician clinic operations and outpatient services, to VUMC.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 28, 2019

Cancer’s SOS

Stephen Fesik and colleagues are advancing cancer drug discovery with the characterization of small molecules that modulate RAS, an important target for anti-cancer therapies.

By Sanjay Mishra
March 28, 2019

Cardiac dysfunction in DMD

The protein MMP7 is elevated in blood from patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy who have cardiac dysfunction, suggesting that it may be a biomarker for heart disease severity.
By Leigh MacMillan
March 28, 2019

Drug interaction causes hypotension

A muscle relaxing-drug and inhibitors of the metabolic enzyme CYP1A2 interact to cause severely low blood pressure and should not be co-prescribed, Vanderbilt investigators caution.
By Leigh MacMillan
March 28, 2019

Unraveling endocytosis

New discoveries by Jason MacGurn and colleagues further understanding of the complex machinery that cells use take up substances from outside the cell.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 28, 2019

Treatment resistance of mental disorders studied

With the aid of a four-year, $3.4 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) will apply new techniques to investigate treatment resistance of two devastating mental disorders — major depressive disorder, which befalls 15 percent of people at some point in their lives, and schizophrenia, which affects approximately 1 percent.
By Paul Govern
March 28, 2019

Hot chemotherapy surgery helps save patient’s leg

Tom Deweese can keep up with his grandchildren because of a highly specialized surgery using hot chemotherapy that saved his leg.
By Tom Wilemon
March 28, 2019

SCRIPS Symposium

Speakers at the inaugural SCRIPS Spring Symposium (Supporting Careers in Research for Interventional Physicians and Surgeons) last week were, from left, Kelle Moley, MD, senior vice president and chief scientific officer of the March of Dimes; 2018 SCRIPS Scholars Yash Choksi, MD, and Akshitkumar Mistry, MD; and Anil Rustgi, MD.
March 28, 2019

Tool guides decision-making for prostate cancer patients

Prostate cancer patients in Nashville and Los Angeles are benefiting from a computer-based decision aid that implements the latest study results to tailor treatment options to an individual’s quality-of-life priorities.
By Craig Boerner
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