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Study shows bariatric surgery linked to cardiometabolic health improvements
Mar. 18, 2024—Bariatric surgery can lead to significant cardiometabolic health improvements using a variety of measures, including blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose and hemoglobin A1C, according to a new study published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.
VUMC’s Jay Jerome honored by Microscopy Society of America
Mar. 18, 2024—Jerome is the 2024 recipient of the Distinguished Scientist Award, which honors “preeminent senior scientists for a long-standing record of achievement in the field of microscopy and microanalysis.”
VUMC’s Kripalani joins AHRQ Advisory Council
Mar. 18, 2024—The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Council helps guide national priorities for health services research that promotes improvements in the quality, safety and efficiency of clinical practice, and which provides equitable access to health care.
First baby born in the new Labor and Delivery Rooms on 4 North
Mar. 18, 2024—The new rooms are the latest in a series of obstetrical enhancements, including the Vanderbilt University Hospital Labor and Delivery Entrance, that provide more space for the increased volume of mothers delivering at VUH.
Residency ‘Match’ program has record high applicant participation
Mar. 18, 2024—Among those who matched during the National Resident Matching Program on Friday, March 15, were 92 members of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine graduating class.
Emerging Infections Program extends, expands disease surveillance research with new grant from the CDC
Mar. 15, 2024—The Tennessee Emerging Infections Program has been awarded a new five-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to continue infectious disease surveillance research that has been conducted since 1999, and has expanded to include COVID, Mpox and HPV surveillance into oropharyngeal cancers.
Immune cell profiles may guide flu vaccine timing in pediatric stem cell transplant patients
Mar. 14, 2024—A new study led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers has identified key immune cell populations that predict how well pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT) recipients will respond to the influenza vaccine.
Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital President Pawlikowski to retire
Mar. 14, 2024—Mary Pawlikowski, MA, MEd, PsyDABD, president of Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital and Vanderbilt Behavioral Health, will retire at the end of the fiscal year. A search will begin for the hospital’s new executive director.
Robert C. Bone, VUSM graduate and founder of Lebanon hospital, dies at 87
Mar. 13, 2024—Robert C. Bone, MD, who worked to found University Hospital in Lebanon, Tennessee, now Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital, died March 11. He was 87. Dr. Bone grew up in Lebanon and had strong ties to Vanderbilt. He graduated from Vanderbilt University, went on to graduate from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1962, served as...
Genetic Counseling Research Symposium debuts on April 5
Mar. 12, 2024—The Master of Genetic Counseling (MGC) degree program at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) will hold its first Genetic Counseling Research Symposium April 5 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in room 202, Light Hall.
VUMC mourns loss of former Dermatology leader George Stricklin
Mar. 12, 2024—Longtime Vanderbilt University Medical Center faculty member George Stricklin, MD, PhD, died Feb. 28. He was 74. Dr. Stricklin led a distinguished career as a scientist, clinician, and faculty leader. He joined VUMC in 1988, also that year becoming chief of Dermatology at Nashville VA Medical Center. He would go on to become chief of...
Dmochowski promoted to Vice President and Executive Medical Director of Perioperative Services
Mar. 12, 2024—Roger Dmochowski, MD, MMHC, professor of Urology, Surgery, and Obstetrics & Gynecology and director of the Section of Female Pelvic Medicine, has been promoted to Vice President and Executive Medical Director of Perioperative Services at Vanderbilt University Hospital. He will function full time in this role.