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A woman sits beside a young boy in a hospital waiting area, gently holding his hand near his mouth. The boy wears a blue shirt and necklace, and the woman wears a white American-flag shirt with a red lanyard.
August 11, 2016

Timing, teamwork key for young liver transplant patient

Antwane Cole Jr., known as “AJ” to friends and family, began his summer playing football and enjoying his favorite superhero, Spiderman.

By Christina Echegaray
Exterior of a two-story brick building labeled “Vanderbilt Children’s Specialty and After-Hours Clinic,” with landscaped grounds and a partly cloudy sky.
August 8, 2016

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt opens after-hours clinic in Murfreesboro today

By Vanderbilt Health News
Stylized blue human torso with a glowing red anatomical heart over the chest against a black background.
August 4, 2016

Heart transplant program among busiest in U.S.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s heart transplant program is ranked No. 2 nationwide in volume for its combined adult and pediatric procedures, according to the most recent data released by Organ Procurement and Transplant Network (OPTN) in July.

By Jessica Pasley
Group of students in white medical coats pose enthusiastically for a selfie outside a building, with several smiling and making playful expressions.
August 4, 2016

White Coat Ceremony marks start of medical school journey

Family members, friends and faculty gathered in Light Hall on July 29 to support the new Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) class during the school’s annual Convocation and White Coat Ceremony.

By Kathy Whitney
microscope
August 3, 2016

Kleberg Foundation grant bolsters cancer drug discovery efforts

The Robert J. Kleberg Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation has awarded a $3 million grant to Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) investigators in support of VICC’s drug discovery program. The gift awarded over the next three years from the private, San Antonio, Texas-based foundation will enable VICC researchers to pursue the development of new compounds to block the activity of cancer-causing genes and proteins that had previously been considered “undruggable.”

By Vanderbilt Health News
Modern multi-story campus buildings surrounding landscaped gardens, pedestrian paths, and a roadway under a partly cloudy sky.
August 2, 2016

VUMC once again named among nation’s finest by U.S. News and World Report

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has once again been named among the nation’s finest providers of specialty care by U.S. News and World Report, and has also been named the No. 1 hospital in Tennessee and the Metro Nashville area.

By Doug Campbell