Reporter Oct 26 2012

October 25, 2012

Wiesner to lead new hereditary cancer program

Georgia Wiesner, M.D., M.S., has joined Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) as professor of Medicine and director of the newly created Clinical and Translational Hereditary Cancer Program.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 25, 2012

Combined drug therapy may delay melanoma progression

Combination therapy with two drugs delayed the development of treatment resistance in patients with metastatic melanoma that expresses a specific mutation in the BRAF gene.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 25, 2012

Hamm’s research honored by Dutch pharmacology society

Heidi Hamm, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Pharmacology, has won the 2012 Ariens Award from the Dutch Pharmacological Society.

By Bill Snyder
October 25, 2012

Project targets sickle cell disease in Nigeria

Researchers from the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt and Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital in Kano, Nigeria, will work on a collaborative project to study a sickle cell disease treatment for children in Nigeria.

By Christina Echegaray
October 25, 2012

Nurses group names VUMC top employer

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been named the Employer of the Year for 2012 by the Tennessee Nurses Association (TNA).

By VUMC News and Communications
October 25, 2012

Nurses’ investigative efforts highlighted at Research Day

A bright spotlight shone on nursing research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center during the Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Research Committee’s annual Research Day on Oct. 17.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 25, 2012

New tool speeds medical record documentation

The less time nurses and staff spend documenting their work in the medical record, the more time they can spend with patients.
By Paul Govern
October 25, 2012

Former pro golfer, burn patient makes return visit to Vanderbilt

Former pro golfer Cathy Gerring returned to Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently for the first time since she was hospitalized here after being badly burned in a golf tournament more than 20 years ago.
By Craig Boerner
October 25, 2012

Credit Union to debut renovated space Nov. 5

The Vanderbilt University Credit Union will move back to its redesigned and renovated offices at 107 Oxford House, opening for business on Monday, Nov. 5.
By Wayne Wood
October 25, 2012

Special lenses help restore physician’s fading vision

Camiron Pfennig, M.D., still fondly remembers performing her first operation. The then 5-year-old aptly used the brightly colored, chunky plastic tools from her Fisher Price doctor’s kit to extend the life of her beloved stuffed animals and dolls.
By Jessica Pasley
October 25, 2012

Initiative set to improve patient transitions

Vanderbilt University Medical Center will undertake sweeping changes to ensure smoother, more tightly coordinated transitions from the hospital to each patient’s home or other post-acute care setting.
By Paul Govern
October 25, 2012

HIV/AIDS-related efforts in Africa get $7 million boost

Vanderbilt University has received a major federal grant — just more than $7 million in the first year — to extend HIV/AIDS-related technical assistance and training in the rural province of Zambézia, Mozambique.
By Bill Snyder
October 25, 2012

Speaker urges students, faculty to continue diversity-related efforts

Alvin Poussaint, M.D., professor of Psychiatry and faculty associate dean for Student Affairs at Harvard Medical School, said the appearance of more diversity in medical schools is evidence of progress, but he cautions that the issue is more complicated than ever.
By VUMC News and Communications