Surgeries Archive — Page 7 of 10
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October 29, 2020
Surgery risk model proves invaluable during pandemic
When Gov. Bill Lee halted all elective, or scheduled rather than urgent, surgical procedures in Tennessee on March 19 in order to slow the spread of COVID-19 and conserve medical supplies and equipment, surgical and administrative leaders at Vanderbilt University Medical Center began seeking solid data to drive any future decision to safely restart these procedures. -
September 9, 2020
VUMC’s surgical education program lauded by ACS
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been accredited as a Comprehensive Accredited Education Institute (AEI) by the American College of Surgeons (ACS). -
May 27, 2020
Forbes named new chief of Division of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation
Rachel Forbes, MD, MBA, associate professor of Surgery, has been appointed chief of the Division of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation in the Department of Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, effective June 1. -
April 20, 2020
Damage, disruption, delirium
New findings suggest that treatments that decrease oxidative damage might help with postoperative delirium that occurs in up to 30% of cardiac surgery patients. -
February 13, 2020
Clinical trial tests device that detects parathyroid glands
Vanderbilt is testing a device to assist in locating parathyroid glands during surgery. -
January 24, 2020
Study finds benefits of fetal surgery for spina bifida continue through school age
The benefits of fetal surgery to repair spina bifida, a procedure pioneered at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 1997, continue through school age, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study reports today in the journal Pediatrics. -
December 5, 2019
Children’s Hospital verified as Level 1 for trauma care
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has again been verified as a Level I pediatric trauma center by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma.