neurological surgery

Chance to help others drives neurosurgeon Thompson

The tears Reid Thompson, M.D., shed one day as a medical student left an indelible mark.

Teamwork key to treating infant’s neurovascular trauma

Laura and Justin Burney watched anxiously as the platform holding their infant daughter slowly moved into place inside the CT scanner.

Vanderbilt University honors 28 as emeriti faculty

Twenty-eight retiring faculty members were recognized during Vanderbilt’s Commencement ceremony May 8, when the university honored their years of service and bestowed on them the title of emeritus or emerita faculty.

(John Russell/Vanderbilt)

Arnold Myint, ‘Future Man’ to join TED-style panel Sept. 23

“Your City: Nashville’s Stories” will include brief addresses by Reid Thompson, Arnold Myint, Tasha A. French Lemley and Roy Wooten, better known by the stage name ‘Future Man’.

Wellons named chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery

The Department of Neurological Surgery has recruited John “Jay” Wellons III, M.D., MSPH, to serve as chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery.