Department of Medicine Archive — Page 46 of 120

August 25, 2022

Legner named associate vice chair for Network Services

Victor Legner, MD, has been named to the new role of associate vice chair for Network Services for the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

August 25, 2022

Scott named to direct Primary Care Patient Care Center

John Scott, MD, has been named as the new executive medical director of Vanderbilt’s Primary Care Patient Care Center.

August 18, 2022

Abramson, Eng, Johnson named to new VICC roles

Three physician researchers at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center are assuming additional leadership roles.

August 17, 2022

Trial for colorectal cancer drug reaches primary endpoint

A new therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer that has been granted fast track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has met its primary endpoint of overall survival in a phase 3 clinical trial.

August 17, 2022

Lindley named to direct new multidisciplinary Women’s Heart Center

Kathryn Lindley, MD, has joined the Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute as director of the new Women’s Heart Center.

The study team included, from left, Mohammad Saleem, PhD, Lale Ertuglu, MD, Annet Kirabo, PhD, and Ashley Pitzer, PhD.
August 17, 2022

Researchers discover how salt increases blood pressure

A Vanderbilt research team has discovered that activation of a certain protein complex involved in the inflammatory response in immune cells contributes to salt-sensitive hypertension.