Department of Dermatology Archive — Page 2 of 4
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April 21, 2022
VUMC a national leader in physician-scientist training
Physician-scientists from Vanderbilt University Medical Center were well represented at the recent annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), Association of American Physicians (AAP) and the American Physician-Scientist Association. -
April 7, 2022
Computer eyeballs graft-vs-host disease
A machine learning algorithm identified areas of skin affected by chronic graft-versus-host disease on par with clinicians, opening the door to streamlining and standardizing this measure of patient response to therapy. -
March 28, 2022
Study finds 10-second videos predict blood cancer relapse
Vanderbilt research shows that 10-second videos of white blood cell motion in the skin’s microvasculature greatly improved the prediction of which stem cell and bone marrow transplant patients would have a relapse of their blood cancer. -
February 10, 2022
VUMC mourns loss of former Dermatology leader King
Longtime faculty member Lloyd E. King Jr., MD, PhD, who joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 1977 as chief of the Division of Dermatology, died Feb. 8 at Vanderbilt University Hospital after a brief illness. -
December 16, 2021
Ward named Dermatology’s vice chair of Basic Research
Nicole Ward, PhD, has joined Vanderbilt as professor and vice chair of Basic Research in the Department of Dermatology, effective Jan. 15, 2021. -
September 2, 2021
Using billing codes to count cancers
The billing codes in electronic health records are useful for counting skin cancers over time — an important metric for cancer risk assessment and prevention. -
March 25, 2021
Zic appointed to new Dermatology leadership posts
Longtime Vanderbilt University School of Medicine faculty member John Zic, MD, MMHC, professor of Dermatology, has been appointed vice chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Dermatology and executive medical director of the Dermatology Patient Care Center (PCC) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.