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A bald man in a suit laughs with a group of medical students in a bright hallway reception area.
November 20, 2014

Rodgers honored for service to VUSM, students

Hundreds of students gathered this week at a reception honoring Scott Rodgers, M.D., and his 10 years of service to Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

By Jessica Pasley
Young child in a checkered shirt stands beside and touches a demonstration ECMO pump, with tubing and medical equipment visible in a hospital room.
November 20, 2014

ECMO program celebrates 25 years of saving lives

For 25 years, patients at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, like 20-month-old Easton Cunningham, have been given a second chance at life when their lungs or heart, or sometimes both, have failed to perform.

By Christina Echegaray
Fluorescence microscopy image of mouse colon tissue showing blue-stained nuclei and cells with green MC4R and red PYY signals; overlapping signals appear yellow.
November 20, 2014

Receptor discovery shines new light on appetite regulation

A receptor in the brain that regulates appetite and body weight has now been found in L cells, key regulatory cells in the gut, providing the pharmaceutical industry with a novel drug target for both obesity and diabetes, a Vanderbilt University-led research team reported this week.

By Bill Snyder
Aerial view of Vanderbilt University buildings, including a large white building marked “Vanderbilt,” with a dense city skyline in the background.
November 14, 2014

Vanderbilt University and Medical Center Announce Steps to Strengthen Future

By Vanderbilt Health News
Physical therapist Carey Tomlinson works with patient Peter Vogl, who is lying on a treatment table, in a clinical therapy room.
November 13, 2014

Physical therapy helps ease vocal muscle imbalances

For singers who suddenly can’t hit their high notes or call center workers who develop pain while speaking, physical therapy may offer new treatment solutions.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Portrait of Douglas Hanto, M.D., Ph.D., seated in a navy suit and red patterned tie in an office.
November 13, 2014

Hanto to lead pediatric liver transplant program

Douglas Hanto, M.D., Ph.D., has his sights on Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. No stranger to building nationally recognized liver transplant programs — he has three under his belt — the new associate director of the Vanderbilt Transplant Center aims to work with the departments of Pediatrics and Surgery to develop a comprehensive pediatric liver center at Children’s Hospital.

By Jessica Pasley