New protocol takes the sting out of Children’s Hospital outpatient procedures

A patient comfort protocol is rendering minor procedures less painful and upsetting for younger outpatients of the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

Update on Lwala Community Alliance set for June 24

Vanderbilt University physicians are invited to attend a luncheon briefing Monday, June 24, on the Lwala Community Alliance, established in 2007 by Vanderbilt-trained doctors Fred and Milton Ochieng’ to bring medical services to their rural village in Kenya.

New system standardizes patient education materials

When patients first come to the Vanderbilt Neurology Clinic, they often have alarming or painful symptoms.

National campaign urges smokers to talk with their health providers about kicking the habit

Barbara Forbes loves a quitter.

Neurosurgery resident lands ‘Top Gun’ award for surgical skills

A Vanderbilt University Medical Center Neurosurgery resident earned “Top Gun” honors at the annual meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS).

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt stresses danger of leaving children unattended in vehicles