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January 30, 2006

Vanderbilt enrolling heart failure patients in new pacing device study

Vanderbilt is one of 40 centers nationwide to enroll patients in a study to determine the efficacy and safety of a new pacing device for heart failure patients. This is the first time the device, called the Optimizer III, will be implanted in humans.

By VUMC News and Communications
January 27, 2006

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center opens mentoring program for patients considering clinical trials

Thanks to Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center’s new Clinical Trials Mentor Program, patients considering enrolling in a clinical trial can now ask questions and get first-hand accounts from patient advocates who have already gone through the process.

By VUMC News and Communications
January 25, 2006

Vanderbilt air ambulance experts available to talk about air ambulance safety standards

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, which has a 21-year accident free operation, is the first dedicated air medical operation in the U.S. to deploy the American Eurocopter EC 145 equipped with the latest in state of the art avionics specially designed to operate in the nighttime and inclimate weather environment. VUMC, which operates four helicopters and one fixed wing and is the largest IFR program in Tennessee, has air ambulance experts available to speak about air ambulance safety standards.

By VUMC News and Communications
January 25, 2006

Researchers at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center to conduct Phase II studies for the National Cancer Institute

The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center has been chosen by the National Cancer Institute to join an elite group of researchers asked to test the most cutting-edge cancer treatments in Phase II clinical trials in both solid tumor and hematologic malignancies.

By VUMC News and Communications
January 11, 2006

Vanderbilt Medical experts propose FDA drug approval changes

Efforts to reform drug regulation in the wake of the Vioxx withdrawal do not go far enough, according to experts at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By VUMC News and Communications
January 10, 2006

Study shows increasing nursing staff improves safety and quality in hospitals

A study in the January/February 2006 issue of the journal Health Affairs concludes that increasing the number of registered nurses and hours of nursing care per patient would save 6,700 lives.

By VUMC News and Communications
January 10, 2006

Researchers at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center uncover clue to explain invasive brain tumors

Researchers at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center have uncovered a clue to explain the invasive nature of an aggressive kind of brain tumor called glioblastoma multiforme, or gliomas, and their findings are published in this week's online edition of the journal Oncogene.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 21, 2005

Tennessee Poison Control Center offers holiday safety advice

Michelle Grant, a poison specialist at the Tennessee Poison Control Center, said many poisonings occur when there is a distraction in the home, and there are plenty of those during the holidays, when decorating, cooking and giving gifts are abundant.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 15, 2005

Grammys Bring Little Big Town to Visit Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital

Equity Music Group's Little Big Town is coming to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt joining the annual visit by members of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. (known for the Grammy awards).
By VUMC News and Communications
December 9, 2005

Niswender named Culpeper Scholar

Vanderbilt University's Kevin Niswender, M.D., Ph.D., has been named one of three 2006 Charles E. Culpeper Medical scholars, according to Goldman Philanthropic Partnerships.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 9, 2005

Masys elected ACMI president

Daniel Masys, M.D., professor and chair of Vanderbilt's Department of Biomedical Informatics, is the new president-elect of the American College of Medical Informatics.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 8, 2005

Noted Heart Surgeon Petracek Joins Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Michael R. Petracek, M.D., a cardiothoracic surgeon currently practicing with Cardiovascular Surgery Associates and the Saint Thomas Heart Institute, and one of Nashville's leading heart surgeons for over 20 years, is leaving Saint Thomas Hospital to join the faculty of Vanderbilt University Medical Center as a full-time clinical professor of Surgery in the Department of Cardiac Surgery.
By VUMC News and Communications
November 28, 2005

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center leads effort to evaluate lung cancer “signatures”

The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is leading a multi-institutional effort supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to identify "molecular signatures" of lung cancer.
By VUMC News and Communications
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