Reporter May 31 2019

State of Nursing address reflects on success and focuses on future

Nurses Week is celebrated each May. This year’s theme was “4 Million Reasons to Celebrate,” highlighting the work of more than 4 million nurses in the United States

Faces of courage

Sgt. Noah Galloway, a fitness expert and motivational speaker, interacts with patients during a visit to Seacrest Studio at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By VUMC News and Communications

Vanderbilt mourns loss of VMAA president and diversity pioneer, W. Bedford Waters, MD

W. Bedford Waters, MD, current president of the Vanderbilt Medical Alumni Association and the second African American to graduate from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM), died May 25. He was 71.

By Kathy Whitney

May 29, 2019

Kannankeril elected VP for research of the Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society

Prince Kannankeril, MD, MSCI, has been elected to serve as vice president for research of the Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society.

By Christina Echegaray

May 29, 2019

Study details regulation of a multi-drug transporter

P-glycoprotein distinguishes between chemicals that it will expel from a cell and inhibitors that block its action.

By Leigh MacMillan

May 29, 2019

Card named president-elect of American Society for PeriAnesthesia Nurses

Elizabeth Card, MSN, RN, APRN, FNP-BC, nursing research consultant and nurse practitioner, has been named president-elect for the American Society for PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN). She will serve as president beginning in April 2020.