Surgeries

February 16, 2017

Geiger’s focus on the small details serves patients well

Neat stacks of paper are lined up on the desk of Timothy Geiger, M.D., with each stack representing a challenge. For example, one sheet has a flow chart sketched on it — Geiger’s musing on ways to more efficiently use Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s (VUMC) operating rooms, matching the best locations with case types and surgical teams.

By Jill Clendening
February 16, 2017

New technique helps ease ear tumor surgery

Last fall, the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center became the second facility in the country and third in the world to use a fully endoscopic surgical technique to remove an acoustic neuroma, a rare benign tumor on the balance and hearing nerves.

By Matt Batcheldor
September 8, 2016

O’Neill honored with international surgical volunteerism award

James O’Neill, M.D., professor of Surgery and former chair of the Section of Surgical Sciences at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), has received an International Surgical Volunteerism Award from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) for more than three decades of service as a surgeon and educator in medically underserved countries.

By Jill Clendening
September 1, 2016

New simulation tool helps sharpen heart surgery skills

Just as pilots and members of the military go through boot camp and simulation exercises early in their training so they are prepared to respond in real-life situations, first-year cardiothoracic fellows at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) recently experienced their own specially designed boot camp centered around a new high-fidelity simulator that realistically re-recreates cardiac procedures so they are better prepared for the operating room.

By Jill Clendening
July 12, 2016

VUMC mourns loss of Pediatric Orthopaedics pioneer Neil Green

By Christina Echegaray
May 26, 2016

Shack to step down as chair of Plastic Surgery

Bruce Shack, M.D., has announced plans to step down, effective July 1, as chair of the Department of Plastic Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), and he will remain on the faculty as a professor of Plastic Surgery.

By Jill Clendening
May 5, 2016

Brock named Senior Vice President of Pediatric Surgical Services

John W. Brock III, M.D., Surgeon-in-Chief for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Vice Chair of the Section of Surgical Sciences, Director of Pediatric Urology and Monroe Carell Jr. Professor, has been named Senior Vice President of Pediatric Surgical Services.
By John Howser
February 23, 2016

VUMC study finds statins do not ease kidney injury following cardiac surgery

By Paul Govern
January 21, 2016

Solórzano named chief of Surgical Oncology, Endocrine Surgery

Carmen Solórzano, M.D., professor of Surgery and director of the Endocrine Surgery Center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), has been named chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery in the Department of Surgery.
By VUMC News and Communications
July 21, 2015

Study finds rerouting bile acids may offer simpler alternative to gastric bypass surgery

A new surgical procedure could offer a simpler approach to achieve some of the same weight-loss and metabolic benefits associated with gastric bypass surgery, researchers at VUMC report.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 4, 2015

Noted vascular surgeon Valentine joins Section of Surgical Sciences

James Valentine, M.D., has joined the Section of Surgical Sciences, in the Division of Vascular Surgery, returning to Vanderbilt nearly 40 years after earning his undergraduate degree here.
By Doug Campbell
April 9, 2015

New center unites Trauma, Burn, Emergency Surgery

The Clinical Services of Trauma, Orthopaedic Trauma, Burn and Emergency General Surgery are formally joining forces to form The Vanderbilt Center for Trauma, Burn and Emergency Surgery. Vanderbilt University Medical Center operates the only certified Level 1 trauma facility in Middle Tennessee.
By VUMC News and Communications
January 15, 2015

‘Growing rods’ help ease surgical burden of scoliosis treatment

Physicians with Vanderbilt’s Division of Pediatric Orthopaedics have started to employ a new, advanced technology that uses magnetically controlled growing rods to correct scoliosis in young children, reducing the need for frequent surgeries and anesthesia in these patients.
By Christina Echegaray
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