Reporter Jan 5 2018

January 4, 2018

Young named chief medical officer of American Red Cross

Vanderbilt’s Pampee Young, MD, PhD, has been named chief medical officer of the American Red Cross.

By Tom Wilemon
January 4, 2018

Program ensures continuity of care for complex patients

Lou Ann Owens had lost count of how many times her husband Paul had been hospitalized by mid-2017, so when a team from the Vanderbilt Familiar Faces (VFF) program visited his room in August with an idea that might reduce his hospital stays and better manage his health, the couple immediately agreed to participate.

By Jill Clendening
January 4, 2018

Research sheds light on how microtubules are assembled

Microtubules are the “railroad tracks” essential for moving intracellular “freight” around in the cell. They’re also part of the spindle that pulls the two centrosomes apart during cell division.

By Bill Snyder
January 4, 2018

Rehm, Williams take new roles in Department of Pediatrics

Two Department of Pediatrics faculty members have been named to new and expanded roles. Kris Rehm, MD, has been named vice chair of Outreach Activities. Succeeding Rehm in her role as Division Chief for Hospital Medicine is Derek Williams, MD, MPH.

By Christina Echegaray
January 4, 2018

Brown honored by internal medicine association

The Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine’s APM Council will award Vanderbilt’s Nancy Brown, MD, the 2018 Robert H. Williams, MD, Distinguished Chair of Medicine Award during the APM Winter Meeting, March 18-21 in San Antonio.

By Kathy Whitney
african american doctor consulting with two women in office
January 4, 2018

Phillippi’s study of team-based maternity care bolstered by grant

Julia Phillippi, PhD, CNM, has received a K08 Career Development Award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Phillippi, a Vanderbilt University School of Nursing assistant professor and certified nurse-midwife, will use the three-year, $399,374 mentored award to conduct a randomized trial of an interdisciplinary team-based maternity care model and examine the preferences of patients and providers.

By VUMC News and Communications
January 4, 2018

Project seeks to help people interact with medical records

Apple has Siri, Google has Google Assistant, Microsoft has Cortana. A team at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is creating voice-controlled virtual assistant software to help people interact with electronic health records (EHR).
By Paul Govern
January 4, 2018

Multicenter trial to test new liver transport system

The growing list of patients needing liver transplants continues to outpace the number of available donor organs, but a new preservation and transport device for donor livers could possibly make a big difference.
By Jessica Pasley
January 4, 2018

Asthma study may point to potential new therapeutic approach

New findings from Vanderbilt suggest that blocking the migration of cells involved in asthma may represent a new approach for treating the respiratory condition.
By Leigh MacMillan
January 4, 2018

Cheerful visit

Players from the Nashville Predators hockey team recently brought some holiday cheer to patients at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Players stopped by Seacrest Studios to play a game and then visited with patients throughout the hospital and clinics.
By VUMC News and Communications
January 2, 2018

Vanderbilt’s New Year’s Baby born just after midnight

As Nashville welcomed a new year, Graciela Guirola and Roland Rubio welcomed their new daughter, Iris McKenzie Rubio Guirola.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 19, 2017

Rathmell elected to ASCO nominating committee

W. Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, Cornelius A. Craig Professor of Medicine and director of the Division of Hematology and Oncology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), has been elected to the nominating committee for the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
By VUMC News and Communications
December 18, 2017

Brain lesions and criminal behavior linked to moral decision-making network

When brain lesions occur within the brain network responsible for morality and value-based decision-making, they can predispose a person toward criminal behavior, according to new research by Ryan Darby, MD, assistant professor of Neurology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC).
By Tom Wilemon
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