Department of Emergency Medicine Archive — Page 1 of 13

August 3, 2026

Study explores diagnostic utility of ocular ultrasound in the emergency department

The study found that point-of-care ultrasound had a high sensitivity for detecting vitreoretinal pathology, but had only moderate accuracy and a low sensitivity for detecting other ocular pathologies that may require prompt intervention.

August 3, 2026

Vanderbilt Health Acute Care Center now open

Access to the new center’s services are limited to existing adult Vanderbilt Health patients referred by Vanderbilt Health clinicians. The center will not accept walk-up patients or referrals from providers outside the Vanderbilt Health system.

(courtesy of the CDC)
July 15, 2026

Vanderbilt Health physicians treating more patients with tick bites this year

Six medically important tick species live in the state, and many Tennesseans encounter ticks in their own yard or neighborhood. Perhaps attributable to changing weather patterns and rising temperatures, Vanderbilt Health’s Emergency Medicine physicians around the region began treating patients with tick bites in March this year.

June 30, 2026

Vanderbilt University Hospital launches gun lock program after Monroe Carell success

Locks for Community Safety (LOCS) provides free gun locks to patients and family members to expand safety measures and safe gun storage to the community.

April 14, 2026

Awards presented to Emergency Medicine chief resident James Jordano; incoming attending physician Leah Colucci  

The Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine announced that James Jordano, MD, and Leah B. Colucci, MD, MS, each received awards ahead of its 2026 academic assembly  

April 2, 2026

Emergency Medicine’s Nate Miller named to NBJ 40 Under 40  

Nate Miller serves as associate chief of staff at Vanderbilt University Hospital and executive director of Regional Emergency Medicine.