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Officials with VUMC, Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital and the Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce cut the ribbon during last week’s anniversary celebration for the Vanderbilt Health Hendersonville Clinic. (photo by Donn Jones)
June 27, 2022

Vanderbilt Health Hendersonville clinic celebrates one-year anniversary

Leadership from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and local officials came together on June 24 to cut a ribbon in a delayed celebration of the opening of the Vanderbilt Health Hendersonville Clinic.

By VUMC News and Communications
PHOTO: Award recipients and presenters gather after Thursday’s State of the Department of Medicine address. From left are Brian Lindman, MD, MSCI, Alexandra Shingina, MD, MHS, Claude Shackelford, MD, Jill Gilbert, MD, Todd Hulgan, MD, MPH, Brian Christman, MD, Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, Ambra Pozzi, PhD, T. Alp Ikizler, MD, Maie El-Sourady, MD, Walter Clair, MD, MPH, and Ana Nobis, MD, MPH. (photo by Susan Urmy)
June 27, 2022

Inclusivity key to Department of Medicine: Rathmell

Commitment to inclusion, professional development, research, and clinical care was the focus of this year’s State of the Department of Medicine address delivered June 23 by Department of Medicine Chair Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD.

By Bill Snyder
June 24, 2022

Schwartz receives V Foundation for Cancer Research award

The V Foundation for Cancer Research has awarded a $200,000 grant to Jason Schwartz, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, to support his studies of childhood myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), bone marrow disorders that can lead to cancer. 

By Bill Snyder
June 23, 2022

Study reveals how gastric cancer forms, suggests preventive treatment

Eunyoung Choi, PhD, assistant professor of Surgery, and colleagues identified for the first time that Trop2+/CD133+/CD166+ dysplastic stem cells are a key source of clonal evolution of dysplasia to multiple types of gastric cancer.

By Tom Wilemon
June 23, 2022

Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital becomes county’s first trauma center

Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital (VWCH) has received approval as a state-verified provisional Level III Trauma Center, making it the first and only hospital able to provide this higher level of care in Wilson County.

By VUMC News and Communications
June 22, 2022

Gannon selected for American Diabetes Association Award

Maureen Gannon, PhD, professor of Medicine, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, and Cell and Developmental Biology, is the recipient of the 2022 Lois Jovanovic Transformative Woman in Diabetes Award presented by the American Diabetes Association (ADA).

By Jill Clendening
June 22, 2022

Vanderbilt Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement System recognized

By Matt Batcheldor
June 22, 2022

COVID-19 vaccines for children 6 months through 4 years available

Children ages 6 months through age 4 years are now eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt will offer vaccines for this age group on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, June 22, 23 and 24. Appointments are required and available between 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.   Saturday, June 25. Appointments are required and available between 8 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 21, 2022

Aliyu named director of Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health

Renowned physician-epidemiologist Muktar Aliyu, MBBS, MPH, DrPH, who is the associate director for Research with the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH), has been named the new director of the institute, beginning July 1.
By Holly Fletcher
June 21, 2022

Today Show: Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer’s Center makes national push for clinical study enrollment. You can help.

The Today Show’s Maria Shriver spotlighted a landmark, years-long study into the connection between heart health and Alzheimer’s disease, and the urgency to boost study enrollment—particularly among people of color who are disproportionally impacted yet historically underrepresented in research.
By Holly Fletcher
June 21, 2022

Evaluation of hearing brochures

Most brochures given to parents about newborn hearing screening results need to be modified to make them more understandable, Vanderbilt hearing researchers found.
By Emily Stembridge
June 20, 2022

Complete Making Health Care Personal – The Power of You today

Making Health Care Personal – The Power of You is the first installment in the initiative. It will roll out to leaders June 21 and to all employees beginning June 28 with an invitation from C. Wright Pinson, MBA, MD, Deputy CEO and Chief Health System Officer, that confirms automatic enrollment.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 20, 2022

Five-year, multi-site trial to assess lymphedema prevention concludes

Lymphedema study results could be a game-changer for breast cancer patients and survivors. The Vanderbilt-led trial found that patients with early detection who used L-Dex with additional intervention were less likely to progress to chronic lymphedema than patients monitored with a tape measure receiving the same intervention. 
By Nancy Wise
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