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VUMC Remembers honors patients, families, staff
Dec. 8, 2022—For the third year, Vanderbilt Health held “VUMC Remembers,” a special virtual memorial service to remember patients who have died as well as their families and caregivers.
Lovly receives Asclepios Award from GO2 for Lung Cancer
Dec. 8, 2022—Vanderbilt's Christine Lovly, MD, PhD, has received the 2022 Asclepios Award, which recognizes lung cancer research pioneers.
Academy for Excellence in Clinical Medicine adds 21 new members
Dec. 7, 2022—Vanderbilt's Academy for Excellence in Clinical Medicine has selected 21 new members.
Vanderbilt University Hospital named a Leapfrog Top Teaching Hospital
Dec. 6, 2022—Vanderbilt University Hospital has again been named a Top Teaching Hospital by the Leapfrog Group.
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt named a Leapfrog Top Hospital
Dec. 6, 2022—Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has been named a Leapfrog Top Hospital for 2022, earning the designation among a select group of children hospitals across the nation.
Winkfield named to American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s national board of directors
Dec. 5, 2022—KarenWinkfield, MD, PhD, executive director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance, has been named one of three new members of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s national board of directors.
Health Policy Chair Buntin transitioning to create Center for Health Systems and Policy Modeling at Johns Hopkins
Dec. 1, 2022—Vanderbilt's Melinda Buntin, PhD, has been offered a Bloomberg Distinguished Professorship at Johns Hopkins University.
Pediatric nursing leader Krause set to retire
Dec. 1, 2022—After nearly four decades of service to children and families, Kathie Krause, MSN, RN, NNP-BC, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, is set to retire.
VUMC receives national certification for Parkinson’s disease care
Dec. 1, 2022—Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently became the nation’s second health care organization to receive The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Parkinson’s Disease Certification.
Study links excess oxygen during anesthesia to risk of organ injury
Nov. 30, 2022—A Vanderbilt study found that higher levels of excess oxygen given to patients under general anesthesia add risk of injury to the kidneys, lungs and heart.
Vanderbilt mourns loss of surgical leader Beauchamp
Nov. 30, 2022—R. Daniel Beauchamp, MD, former chair of the Section of Surgical Sciences at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and surgeon-in-chief of Vanderbilt University Hospital, died Nov. 27 at Alive Hospice. He was 66 years old.
Section of Surgical Sciences professional biography for R. Daniel Beauchamp, MD
Nov. 30, 2022—Section of Surgical Sciences professional biography for R. Daniel Beauchamp, MD
