Department of Medicine Archive — Page 2 of 127

Kenneth Holroyd, MD, and Michael McCann, MD, MBA, stand in front of a classroom chalkboard; McCann holds a star-shaped Innovator of the Year award.
October 13, 2026

Michael McCann named Brock Family Center’s 2026 Innovator of the Year

A Hospital Medicine program developed by Michael McCann and colleagues helps patients with multiple comorbidities reduce their hospital stays. It’s now being offered to other hospitals through a commercial spinoff called Juliana.  

Jessica Duran, MD, speaks into a microphone beside a lectern during a symposium.
October 9, 2026

Chest pain symposium educates women about heart health risks

The focus of the interactive event at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks was to help improve women’s cardiovascular health through education and increased awareness.

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October 8, 2026

Research study aims to clarify alpha-gal syndrome diagnosis and treatment

Alpha-gal syndrome is an allergic condition associated with tick bites that can trigger severe reactions to a sugar molecule called galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose, or alpha-gal, found in red meat.

Three colleagues pose together in a laboratory workspace, with shelves of boxes and supplies behind them.
October 5, 2026

Vanderbilt Health to lead national consortium on life-threatening drug reactions of the skin

“For too long, patients who survive these reactions have been left without clear answers about why it happened, which medicines are safe, and what the future holds,” said Elizabeth Phillips, MD, who is leading the consortium.

Medical illustration showing two kidneys and their major blood vessels, with the kidney on the right cut open to reveal internal structures.
October 5, 2026

Opportunities to advance precision kidney medicine for women: Vanderbilt Health-led scientific statement

The scientific statement suggests improving women’s kidney care by recognizing how women’s unique biology and social factors affect kidney health and designing research that includes sex-specific analyses of kidney function and chronic kidney disease medications.

Fabien Maldonado, MD, MSc
October 1, 2026

Fabien Maldonado named Executive Medical Director of Lung Patient Care Center

He is widely recognized for his work advancing lung cancer care, interventional pulmonology and multidisciplinary care delivery.