Surgeries Archive — Page 7 of 11
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September 8, 2022
Study tests drug to illuminate cancer during surgery
A Vanderbilt study is testing drugs that provide a targeted fluorescent dye that clings to and illuminates cancer. -
August 17, 2022
VUMC launches enhanced recovery for total joint replacement
Vanderbilt's enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program recently expanded to include the 1,400 patients per year who receive total hip replacement or total knee replacement surgery. -
June 14, 2022
Kathleen Gallagher is a surgical resident and former combat medic. She traveled to Ukraine to help train emergency response teams.
"With my background in combat medicine, it felt like there was something I could actually do to help.” -
June 2, 2022
Sister surgeons share a winding road that led to VUMC
From Canada to Florida to VUMC, the "Gillaspie Girls" are building careers after "falling in love with surgery." -
June 2, 2022
VUMC’s Solórzano elected president-elect of AAES
Vanderbilt's Carmen Solórzano, MD, has been elected president-elect of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons. -
March 24, 2022
High blood pressure genes improve heart surgery survival in children
Vanderbilt researchers have found that children with a genetic makeup that predicts high blood pressure as adults are more likely to survive congenital heart defect repair surgery. -
November 2, 2021
VUMC debuts two new state-of-the-art hybrid operating rooms
Vanderbilt is opening two of the newest generation of hybrid operating rooms, which each combine a traditional operating room with the latest advanced imaging equipment.