scott pearson

April 27, 2020

Pearson receives Shovel Award from VUSM students

Each year, the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine graduating fourth-year class honors one faculty member with the Shovel Award in recognition of the exceptionally meaningful impact he or she has had on their medical education.

By Kathy Whitney
Scott Pearson, MD, professor of Surgery (back row with tie), and James Patton, PhD, Stevenson Professor of Biological Sciences (on Pearson’s left), celebrate year two of the Master’s Program in Biomedical Sciences they co-direct with the 16 students enrolled this year plus some of the 10 students from last year’s class. The program prepares students for a broad array of health professional careers. Patton directs the Vanderbilt University Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. Pearson is a core faculty member of the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. For more information, visit https://gradschool.vanderbilt.edu/postbac.
September 9, 2019

Year two for Master’s Program in Biomedical Sciences

Vanderbilt’s Master’s Program in Biomedical Sciences prepares students for a broad array of health professional careers.

By Bill Snyder
Jon Hallquist (left) and Laura Winston. (Vanderbilt University Theatre)
April 4, 2013

Vanderbilt Theatre production receives dose of medical realism

Vanderbilt University Theatre’s production of “W;t” will provide an increased empathy and understanding into issues surrounding a devastating illness, thanks in part to a Vanderbilt surgeon’s production consultation.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 21, 2011

Pearson to talk fiction writing Oct. 26

By VUMC News and Communications
July 13, 2011

Pearson to discuss latest medical thriller on NPT

A. Scott Pearson, associate professor of surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, will appear on “A Word on Words with John Seigenthaler” this Sunday, July 17, at 10:30 a.m.

By VUMC News and Communications