Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

An initiative at VUMC is helping patients recover more quickly from major surgery, leave the hospital earlier and have fewer side effects from their pain management. (photo by Joe Howell)
April 26, 2024

VUH adopts enhanced recovery for spine surgery

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is launching an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathway for the nearly 1,000 adult patients who undergo elective spine surgery each year at Vanderbilt University Hospital and Belle Meade Surgery Center.

By Paul Govern
April 16, 2024

Smart Heart Act aims to save lives

New legislation requiring that automated external defibrillators (AED) be located within 1,000 feet of any high school athletic activity in Tennessee is a win-win for a team of physicians at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Jessica Pasley
March 7, 2024

Vanderbilt Rehabilitation Therapy relocates adult outpatient orthopaedic clinic to Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks

Vanderbilt Rehabilitation Therapy has relocated its Nashville adult outpatient orthopaedic clinic from Vanderbilt’s main campus to its new location at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks.

By Matt Batcheldor
March 5, 2024

William Obremskey named executive medical director of Vanderbilt Supply Chain Services

William Obremskey, MD, MPH, MMHC, has been named executive medical director of Vanderbilt Supply Chain Services for Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Kathy Whitney
February 29, 2024

Jed Kuhn and MOON Shoulder Group receive high honor in orthopaedic research

The Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network (MOON) Shoulder Group received the 2024 Kappa Delta Ann Doner Vaughn Award for advancing treatment methods for patients with atraumatic, symptomatic rotator cuff tears.

By VUMC News and Communications
January 30, 2024

Kendrick, Loar of MLB hopeful Nashville Stars to speak at Third Annual Vanderbilt Sports Medicine Baseball Conference

The Third Annual Vanderbilt Sports Medicine Baseball Conference will be held in person and virtually from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 2, at the Frist Art Museum

By VUMC News and Communications
December 6, 2023

Study connects patients who visit the ED with acute flare-ups of chronic back pain with remote integrative health coaching program

Vanderbilt will pilot an eight-session remote integrative health coaching program for patients who visit the emergency department with acute flare-ups of chronic low back pain.
By Danny Bonvissuto
November 27, 2023

Vanderbilt Health opens new orthopaedic-spine clinic for Bedford and Coffee counties

By VUMC News and Communications
November 27, 2023

Kuhn named president of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons

Vanderbilt's John (Jed) Kuhn, MD, MS, has been named president of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons,
By Danny Bonvissuto
November 3, 2023

Panel discussion on firearms regulation allows chance for direct communication

By VUMC News and Communications
September 15, 2023

A year of teamwork restores patient’s arm after devastating accident

Hundreds of Vanderbilt Emergency Medicine, Trauma, Orthopaedic Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Occupational Therapy clinicians have played a role in saving and restoring the function of patient Dawn Reed’s right arm and hand after a utility terrain vehicle accident.
By Jill Clendening
September 14, 2023

Online CPR, AED training course focuses on high school athletics programs

Vanderbilt recently collaborated with the National Federation of State High School Associations to offer an online CPR and AED training course to help schools be more prepared for emergencies that arise.
By Jessica Pasley
August 29, 2023

Volunteers lend a helping hand at Orthopaedics Outreach Day

Approximately 60 VUMC volunteers, including surgeons, pre- and post-op nurses and check-in, anesthesia, sterile, supply and cleaning staff, took over the Vanderbilt Surgery Center in Franklin to provide free surgical treatment to uninsured or underinsured Middle Tennesseans.
By Danny Bonvissuto
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