Reporter Dec 9 2022

Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network clinicians and staff have been providing the highest levels of care in the region for 10 years.
December 8, 2022

Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network marks 10 years of driving health care innovation

By Jamie Roberts
Visiting Ukrainian surgeons review the transplant schedule with Dawn Eck, ACNP-BC, MMHC, NEA-BC.
December 8, 2022

Ukrainian surgeons visit VUMC to observe transplant protocols

A group of doctors from Ukraine recently visited Vanderbilt to observe transplants and protocols as part of an initiative to establish a lung transplant program and improve heart transplantation in the war-torn country.

By Matt Batcheldor
Twins Zara and Zoe Perez, 18 months, and their mother, Rosa Eastaneda, interact with the characters from the Nativity during Sacred Celebrations in the chapel at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt while listening to Chaplain Lisa Hermann read a book.
December 8, 2022

Holiday celebrations taking place at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

Members of the spiritual care team at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt have created Sacred Celebrations, a first-time project that will run during December and wrap up on Jan. 7, 2023.

By Jessica Pasley
December 8, 2022

Researchers develop framework for multiancestry genomic studies

Vanderbilt researchers have developed a framework for the analysis of multiancestry, large-scale genomic studies across multiple biobanks.

By Leigh MacMillan
Mamie Williams, MPH, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, left, and Rumay Alexander, EdD, RN, were among those taking part in the inaugural Academy for Diverse Emerging Nurse Leaders.
December 8, 2022

Academy for Diverse Emerging Nurse Leaders debuts

Nurse leaders from eight states in either clinical practice or academic medicine recently came together at Vanderbilt for the inaugural Academy for Diverse Emerging Nurse Leaders.

By Matt Batcheldor
The VUMC Remembers virtual memorial service features staff testimonials of patients.
December 8, 2022

VUMC Remembers honors patients, families, staff

For the third year, Vanderbilt Health held “VUMC Remembers,” a special virtual memorial service to remember patients who have died as well as their families and caregivers.

By Matt Batcheldor
December 8, 2022

Lovly receives Asclepios Award from GO2 for Lung Cancer

Vanderbilt's Christine Lovly, MD, PhD, has received the 2022 Asclepios Award, which recognizes lung cancer research pioneers.
By Tom Wilemon
December 7, 2022

Academy for Excellence in Clinical Medicine adds 21 new members

Vanderbilt's Academy for Excellence in Clinical Medicine has selected 21 new members.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 6, 2022

Vanderbilt University Hospital named a Leapfrog Top Teaching Hospital

Vanderbilt University Hospital has again been named a Top Teaching Hospital by the Leapfrog Group.
By Doug Campbell
December 6, 2022

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt named a Leapfrog Top Hospital

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has been named a Leapfrog Top Hospital for 2022, earning the designation among a select group of children hospitals across the nation.
By Christina Echegaray
December 5, 2022

Winkfield named to American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s national board of directors

KarenWinkfield, MD, PhD, executive director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance, has been named one of three new members of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s national board of directors.
By Kathy Whitney