Department of Emergency Medicine Archive

Vanderbilt LifeFlight’s new specialized ambulances are able to provide critical care to adult patients.
October 30, 2019

Committee appointed for Department of Emergency Medicine chair search

A 15-member committee has been appointed to conduct a national search for Vanderbilt’s new chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine.

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October 9, 2019

Vaccine study seeks to halt flu’s most severe side effects

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is leading a multicenter national study to evaluate the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine for preventing the flu’s most serious side effects — admission to an intensive care unit (ICU), organ failure and death.

September 24, 2019

McCoin named to academic leadership program for women

Nicole McCoin, MD, vice chair for Education and Keith D. Wrenn residency program director in the Department of Emergency Medicine, has been accepted as a fellow in the 2019-2020 class of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women.

August 30, 2019

Slovis to step down from top Emergency Medicine role

After serving more than 27 years as Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, Corey M. Slovis, MD, has decided to step down.

June 12, 2019

Baby boom hits Emergency Room; 17 employees expecting babies this year

Fourteen nurses, two doctors and a social worker walk into an Emergency Department. They’re all pregnant.

May 2, 2019

During NFL Draft weekend, a mass shooting occurred in Nashville. Vanderbilt responded beautifully to care for patients.

At 2 a.m. Sunday, six gunshot patients poured into the Vanderbilt ER. It was the fourth mass shooting seen there in the past 15 months.