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A suited speaker gestures onstage beside large red TEDx letters, under blue and red stage lighting.
April 21, 2016

VUMC speakers shine at TEDx Nashville symposium

Provocative questions, posed by three experts at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), were among the highlights last Friday at TEDx Nashville 2016, an exposition of “ideas worth sharing” at Nashville’s War Memorial Auditorium.

A healthcare professional in a white coat speaks with a hospitalized patient in bed while two family members sit nearby; medical equipment and supplies are visible in the room.
April 21, 2016

Patient satisfaction advisory program sees rapid growth

More than 5,600 people are participating in Advise Vanderbilt six months after Vanderbilt University Medical Center launched the program of online advisers to help leadership improve patient satisfaction and patient and family engagement in care.

Patient reclining in a hospital bed and holding a red Vanderbilt Heart pillow, with medical monitoring equipment and cables visible beside him.
April 14, 2016

Heart Institute celebrates LVAD program milestone

On April 7, a 48-year-old man from Bethpage, Tennessee, became the 300th person to receive a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) at Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute (VHVI).

Man in a suit speaks at a microphone while holding papers, with uniformed color guard members carrying American and ceremonial flags behind him in a brick courtyard.
April 14, 2016

Event celebrates lives touched by organ donation

As Carol Topley sat beside her husband’s bed in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, she knew the end was imminent. She wanted to make sure Joe’s wishes were honored and reminded his nurse that he was an organ donor.

Seated person in an office chair massages their bare lower legs, with black high-heeled shoes removed beside the chair.
April 14, 2016

VUMC lauded by Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation

The Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation has recognized Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) as a Quality Care Center in treating and supporting people with the neurological disease.

Runners follow a tree-lined campus path marked with orange traffic cones and yellow caution tape; a dog runs alongside them, with additional participants in the background.
April 14, 2016

Shade Tree Trot set for April 23

The eighth annual Shade Tree Trot is set for Saturday, April 23.