Reporter Aug 17 2012 Archive — Page 1 of 1

Smiling mother in a hospital chair holds a swaddled newborn wearing a striped cap in a neonatal intensive care unit; an incubator and medical equipment are visible behind them.
August 16, 2012

Effort seeks to remove breast-feeding barriers

Vanderbilt University has signed on for a statewide project to increase exclusive breast-feeding in hospitals and delivery centers.

By Christina Echegaray
Close-up of a severely burned hand with peeling, darkened skin and red-painted fingernails, held above a beige bandage in a medical setting.
August 16, 2012

Summitt, McGrane take new Burn Center roles

Improved care for burn patients through collaboration and shared resources is the goal behind new roles announced at the Vanderbilt Burn Center, one of the country’s largest Level 1 centers.

By Vanderbilt Health News
A student presents a developmental biology poster to a seated audience in an atrium. The posters include visible text about motor neuron development in C. elegans, with diagrams and microscopy images.
August 16, 2012

Ph.D., M.D. students team up in bench-to-bedside program

This summer, the Program in Developmental Biology introduced a new format to its annual Boot Camp class.

By Jessica Mazerik
Two-story red-brick and white institutional building with large windows, a covered entrance, and a red metal roof under a partly cloudy sky; cars are parked along the foreground.
August 16, 2012

VICC debuts outpatient cancer clinic in Springfield

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) has opened a new outpatient cancer clinic on the NorthCrest Medical Center campus in Springfield, Tenn., to bring high quality care to patients in Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky.

By Vanderbilt Health News
August 16, 2012

Town hall meeting outlines Heart Institute’s busy year

The Department of Cardiac Surgery experienced its highest case volume to date with 1,245 adult cardiac surgeries at Vanderbilt University Hospital during the last fiscal year, according to department chair John Byrne, M.D., who spoke at Vanderbilt Heart’s quarterly town hall on Friday.

By Kathy Whitney
Nashville Predators mascots Champ and Gnash hold an oversized Nashville Predators Foundation check dated August 13, 2012, payable to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt for $151,471.14.
August 16, 2012

Predators jump in to help fight childhood cancer

The Nashville Predators organization presented more than $151,000 to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt recently to fund cutting-edge cancer research.

By Vanderbilt Health News