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December 1, 2022

Health Policy Chair Buntin transitioning to create Center for Health Systems and Policy Modeling at Johns Hopkins

Vanderbilt’s Melinda Buntin, PhD, has been offered a Bloomberg Distinguished Professorship at Johns Hopkins University.

By Jill Clendening
December 1, 2022

Pediatric nursing leader Krause set to retire

After nearly four decades of service to children and families, Kathie Krause, MSN, RN, NNP-BC, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, is set to retire.

By Christina Echegaray
The certification team included, from left, Arlene Boudreaux, MSN, RN, CNRN, Ryan Schell, PharmD, BCPS, Fenna Phibbs, MD, MPH, and Jessica Stroh, RN. (photo by Donn Jones)
December 1, 2022

VUMC receives national certification for Parkinson’s disease care

Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently became the nation’s second health care organization to receive The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Parkinson’s Disease Certification.

By Paul Govern
The study team included, from left, David McIlroy, MD, Matthew Shotwell, PhD, Cassandra Hennessy, MS, and Frederic (Josh) Billings IV, MD. (photo by Donn Jones)
November 30, 2022

Study links excess oxygen during anesthesia to risk of organ injury

A Vanderbilt study found that higher levels of excess oxygen given to patients under general anesthesia add risk of injury to the kidneys, lungs and heart.

By Paul Govern
November 30, 2022

Vanderbilt mourns loss of surgical leader Beauchamp

R. Daniel Beauchamp, MD, former chair of the Section of Surgical Sciences at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and surgeon-in-chief of Vanderbilt University Hospital, died Nov. 27 at Alive Hospice. He was 66 years old.

By Jill Clendening
November 30, 2022

Section of Surgical Sciences professional biography for R. Daniel Beauchamp, MD

Section of Surgical Sciences professional biography for R. Daniel Beauchamp, MD

By VUMC News and Communications
November 29, 2022

VUMC Nursing Staff Bylaws guide way to latest, best practices

More than 150 nurses from throughout Vanderbilt University Medical Center gathered over Zoom recently for the biennial Nursing Staff Bylaws Convention, the second to be held virtually.
By Matt Batcheldor
November 29, 2022

New radiology order priority options go live in January 2023

The radiology order entry system in eStar will be updated to allow providers to choose from four options — based on a patient’s medical needs — when requesting studies for hospitalized and emergency department patients. The update is scheduled to go live on Jan. 11, 2023.
By Leigh MacMillan
November 29, 2022

Scheel joins Radiology with emphasis on planetary, global health

John Scheel, MD, PhD, MPH, has joined Vanderbilt Vanderbilt's Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences as an associate professor and the department’s vice chair of Global and Planetary Health, a newly created position.
By Holly Fletcher
November 22, 2022

Hayman named to lead new Shared Clinical Services Division

Vanderbilt's Jim Hayman, MS, MBA, has been named to the newly created role of Executive Vice President for the Shared Clinical Services Division.
By John Howser
November 21, 2022

Lecture honors first executive director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance

The Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance recently sponsored the Clifton K. Meador MD Inaugural Lectureship with Christopher Lathan, MD, MS, MPH, chief clinical access and equity officer, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, serving as keynote speaker.
By Kathy Whitney
November 21, 2022

Vanderbilt mourns loss of former Rheumatology director Thomas

James Ward “Tom” Thomas II, MD, former director of Vanderbilt’s Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, died Nov. 16 following a battle with cancer. He was 74.
By Doug Campbell
November 17, 2022

VUMC hospitals and clinics receive fourth Magnet designation

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a fourth consecutive Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the organization announced in a conference call on Nov. 17.
By Matt Batcheldor
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