Department of Medicine Archive — Page 9 of 120
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August 14, 2025
Megan Dupuis named Internal Medicine Residency Program director
Beginning in July 2026, Dupuis will coordinate all aspects of the internal medicine residency, including the interview and selection process, mentoring the residents going through the program. -
August 12, 2025
Vanderbilt Transplant Center finishes fiscal year with new record of 918 solid organ transplants
This marks a second record-shattering year for solid organ transplants for Vanderbilt Health, surpassing last year’s previous record with an additional 109 lives saved. -
August 11, 2025
Henrique Serezani named director of Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology
Since its founding in 2015, VCI has served as a hub of research focused on fundamental human immune system regulation. -
August 8, 2025
Fleming Society welcomes new graduates and is accepting nominations for 2025-2027 cohort
The Fleming Society, established in 2021, is named in honor of Geoffrey Fleming, MD, former professor of Pediatrics, whose passion for mentorship and medical education inspired this program. -
August 7, 2025
Healthy plant-based diets reduce risk of death in long-term VUMC study
The findings published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggest that efforts to promote diets high in healthy plant foods and low in animal foods could improve health outcomes. -
August 6, 2025
Clues offer new hope for treating GI tract disorders
Hirschsprung disease is a congenital disorder that occurs in approximately 1 in 5,000 babies. Caused by a lack of ENS neurons in the muscles of the colon, Hirschsprung disease disrupts gut motility, resulting in bowel obstruction. -
August 1, 2025
Study reports final clinical trial data for advanced kidney cancer treatment
The drug combo pembrolizumab plus axitinib had sustained and durable clinical benefit in more than five years of follow-up. It is a standard-of-care first-line treatment for advanced kidney cancer.