Tennessee

April 22, 2016

New director sees Innovation Center as both startup and catalyst for campus and city

A startup veteran and investor whose ventures range from retail to manufacturing joined Vanderbilt University this spring as the inaugural executive director of the newly created Innovation Center. Robert Grajewski joined Vanderbilt as the Evans Family Executive Director of the Innovation Center on April 1. The Innovation Center, set to open late summer, will support a maker culture that encourages innovation and creativity and bolsters implementation of the four intersecting themes that make up the university’s Academic Strategic Plan.

By VUMC News and Communications

April 14, 2016

Heart Institute celebrates LVAD program milestone

On April 7, a 48-year-old man from Bethpage, Tennessee, became the 300th person to receive a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) at Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute (VHVI).

By Kathy Whitney

April 5, 2016

Charles represents VUMC at White House Rural Telehealth gathering

Last week, David Charles, M.D., chief medical officer of the Vanderbilt Neuroscience Institute, vice-chair of the Department of Neurology and medical director of Telemedicine, represented Vanderbilt University Medical Center at a White House Convening on Rural Telehealth.

By John Howser

March 9, 2016

Erik Carter serves as expert speaker at Congressional briefing

Changing post-school pathways of youth and young adults with severe disabilities was the focus of Erik Carter’s presentation at a Congressional briefing.

By VUMC News and Communications

In 1991, Julie Damon became the first person to receive a liver transplant at VUMC.

February 18, 2016

Liver transplant program celebrates 25 years of care

Twenty-five years ago, Julie Damon’s family was preparing to say their goodbyes. Comatose and on life support at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) with liver failure, the options for the 45-year-old wife and mother of two were slipping away.

By Jessica Pasley

February 17, 2016

How are big health issues being handled in the U.S. South? Leaders to discuss Affordable Care Act, gun control, income differences, more

The complex and often under-addressed political issues facing health and health care in the United States will be tackled March 17-18 during a major interdisciplinary conference at Vanderbilt University, “The Politics of Health in the U.S. South.” The conference is free and open to the public.