Reporter Oct 28 2016

October 27, 2016

Howl-o-Ween Paw-ty

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt hosted a “Howl-o-Ween Paw-ty” with a pet therapy dog show, a “PUParazzi” photo booth with hospital mascot Champ, and a stuffed dog giveaway courtesy of the MINI of Nashville car dealership.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 27, 2016

Pinson, Ferguson lauded by Tennessee Hospital Association

The Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) honored two people from Vanderbilt University Medical Center with Awards of Excellence at the group’s annual meeting in Nashville last week.

By Doug Campbell
October 27, 2016

Trial to test aortic valve technique in lower-risk patients

In 2011, doctors at the Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute performed the state’s first transcatheter valve-replacement (TAVR) procedure for high-risk patients suffering from aortic stenosis, the most common valvular heart disease in the United States.

By Jessica Pasley
October 27, 2016

VIGH’s Vermund named dean of Yale School of Public Health

Sten Vermund, M.D., Ph.D., assistant vice president for Global Health and a member of the Vanderbilt University faculty since 2005, has been named dean of the Yale School of Public Health. He will begin this new role at Yale on Feb. 1, 2017.

By Nancy Humphrey
October 27, 2016

Striking view

Dylan Burnette, Ph.D., assistant professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, won 12th Place in Nikon’s Small World 2016 Photomicrography Competition for a colorful image of a dividing cancer cell.

By Leigh MacMillan
October 27, 2016

Camarata named to NIDCD review committee

Stephen Camarata, Ph.D., professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, has been invited to serve a four-year term on the Communication Disorders Review Committee (CDRC) of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD).

By VUMC News and Communications
October 27, 2016

Vanderbilt’s Dugan, Patel, Wallace set for Discovery Lecture

Three Vanderbilt University neuroscientists on the forefront of research in autism, addiction and Alzheimer’s disease will discuss their cutting-edge investigations during the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Nov. 3.
By Bill Snyder
October 27, 2016

Cooking tips from Chuy’s

Patients at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt learned to make guacamole thanks to a visit and cooking demonstration from Chuy’s chef and general manager Gregg Demaso.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 27, 2016

Fleming to help drive continuing medical education efforts

Geoffrey Fleming, M.D., associate professor of Pediatrics, has been named vice president of Continuous Professional Development for VUMC.
By Kathy Whitney
October 27, 2016

Academy of Radiology Research honors Chen

Vanderbilt’s Li Min Chen, M.D., M.S., Ph.D., associate professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, has been named a Distinguished Investigator of the Academy of Radiology Research.
By Doug Campbell
October 27, 2016

Kappler’s Discovery Lecture

John Kappler, Ph.D., a pioneer in the study of autoimmune diseases at National Jewish Health in Denver, Colorado, visited with members of the family of the late Irwin Eskind, M.D., prior to delivering the Irwin Eskind Lecture in Biomedical Science at VUMC last week.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 27, 2016

Newton lands humanitarian award from national anesthesiology group

Mark Newton, M.D., professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and director of the Vanderbilt International Anesthesia program, has been named to receive the 2016 Nicholas M. Greene, M.D., Outstanding Humanitarian Contribution Award.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 27, 2016

Iadecola set for Oates Lectureship in Clinical Pharmacology

Costantino Iadecola, M.D., an expert in the molecular pathology of ischemic brain injury and neurodegeneration at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, will present the 10th annual Meredith S. and John A. Oates Lectureship in Clinical Pharmacology on Nov. 3.
By Bill Snyder
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