Reporter Oct 11 2013

October 10, 2013

Clinic creates path to better heart health for older patients

Thomas Kent has never met a stranger. He is quick to share tales about his time as a music manager in Las Vegas or to pull out one of his favorite one-liners. He says he’s the only Quaker minister in town with a wife behind the pulpit to strike a “bada-bing” after each joke.

By VUMC News and Communications
Night nurse
October 10, 2013

Grant bolsters study of nursing workforce’s future

Vanderbilt University’s Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies has been awarded $2.2 million from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to address nursing workforce issues that may impede future health care.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 10, 2013

Adult rehabilitation consult service created

The Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) has started an adult inpatient consultation service to evaluate patients who may need rehabilitation and assist with the transition from inpatient care to post-acute rehabilitation facilities.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 10, 2013

Probing mutant EGF receptor regulation

Understanding the regulation of mutant EGF receptors commonly found in lung cancers could lead to new targeted therapies.

By Leigh MacMillan
October 9, 2013

Heart transplant links donor, recipient with different blood types

Pediatric cardiac surgeons at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt have performed the state’s first ABO incompatible heart transplant in a 2-month-old patient.

By Jessica Pasley
October 4, 2013

Benefit highlights for 2014

This year’s Open Enrollment is Oct. 16-31, and all benefits-eligible employees should enroll.

By VUMC News and Communications