Reporter Jan 27 2023

LVAD patient Autumn Bowling with her cardiologist, Sandip Zalawadiya, MBBS, during a follow-up visit.

LVAD, medication therapy help patient’s heart recover full function

Six months receiving an LVAD at Vanderbilt, Autumn Bowling’s heart fully recovered its function and doctors were able to turn the device off, a rare feat.

Matthew Semler, MD, MSc, and Cheryl Gatto, PhD, will lead the new Center for Learning Healthcare.

VUMC establishes novel Center for Learning Healthcare

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has established a first-of-its-kind Center for Learning Healthcare that will bring together clinicians, health system operations leaders and researchers to generate evidence in the course of health care delivery to continuously improve the quality, value and safety of health care offered to patients.

Vials with medication and syringe on blue methacrylate table. Horizontal composition. Top elevated view.

Vaccine effectiveness research continues to grow

Vanderbilt’s participation in vaccine effectiveness research continues to grow, with the Medical Center playing critical roles in several networks focused on surveillance of vaccine-preventable respiratory diseases.

Study to explore COVID’s impact on essential workers

Vanderbilt researchers are inviting non-health care essential workers to participate in a study to better understand how they continue to be impacted by COVID-19.

Nobel laureate Nurse set for year’s first Discovery Lecture

Nobel Prize-winning geneticist and cell biologist Sir Paul Nurse, PhD, will be at Vanderbilt Thursday, Feb. 9, to deliver the year’s first Discovery Lecture.

Past SMART participants Army LPN Sgt. Josiah Cubol, left, and Army LPN Spc. Jacob Pritchard, practice ultrasound techniques with Army Military-Civilian Trauma Training Team Emergency Medicine physician Maj. Christopher Bickett, MD.

New rotation of military personnel begins in February

The next Strategic Medical Asset Readiness Training (SMART) rotation, which includes 10 members the United States military, is coming to Vanderbilt University Medical Center to work in clinical areas of the adult hospital Feb. 7-21.