Department of Medicine Archive — Page 49 of 79
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November 6, 2019
Rathmell receives 2019 Eugene P. Schonfeld Award
The Kidney Cancer Association is recognizing the research accomplishments and leadership achievements of W. Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, with its top honor, the Eugene P. Schonfeld Award. -
November 5, 2019
Endotoxin shock protector
A novel tool developed by Vanderbilt scientists protects animals from endotoxin shock and can be used for mechanistic analyses of inflammation due to microbial and other insults. -
October 31, 2019
Acute kidney injury recovery time impacts future risk
Interventions that impact the timing of recovery following acute injury may improve future outcomes for patients. -
October 31, 2019
Vanderbilt investigators lead effort to create map of the human kidney
Short of mandating universal diabetes treatment, regular exercise and low-calorie diets, little can be done to stem the rising tide of kidney failure — unless scientists can figure out why exactly the kidney’s filtration units, the glomeruli, stop working. -
October 30, 2019
Rheumatology’s Fuchs remembered for dedication to medicine, family
Howard Fuchs, MD, professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, died unexpectedly Oct. 28. He was 64. -
October 24, 2019
Wang to chair Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center
Thomas Wang, MD, director of Cardiovascular Medicine at VUMC, has been appointed chair of Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, effective February 2020. -
October 17, 2019
Effort to remove penicillin allergy labels seeing success
A program in the Medical Intensive Care Unit has successfully removed penicillin allergy labels from more than 45 inpatients at high risk to receive antibiotics, but whose penicillin allergies were low risk.