Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Archive — Page 4 of 13
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August 17, 2022
VUMC launches enhanced recovery for total joint replacement
Vanderbilt's enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program recently expanded to include the 1,400 patients per year who receive total hip replacement or total knee replacement surgery. -
August 1, 2022
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt creates new Vanderbilt Youth Sports Health Center
The Vanderbilt Youth Sports Health Center, the only one of its kind in the region, recently opened through a partnership between Vanderbilt Sports Medicine and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. -
July 14, 2022
New implant helps ease spinal lumbar fusion surgery
Vanderbilt's Raymond Gardocki, MD, played an instrumental role in developing and implanting the Flarehawk 9 — a first-of-its-kind interbody implant that can be placed endoscopically during spinal lumbar fusion surgery. -
May 18, 2022
Jahangir named to new role in Business Development
Alex Jahangir, MD, MMHC, has been named a Vice President for Business Development for Vanderbilt University Medical Center. -
April 28, 2022
Nyman named Center for Bone Biology director
Jeffry Nyman, PhD, professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and research associate professor of Biomedical Engineering, has been named director of the Vanderbilt Center for Bone Biology. -
April 28, 2022
Shaan Patel joins VWCH as its first full-time hand surgeon
Shaan Patel, MD, has joined Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital as an assistant professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and is the hospital's the only full-time hand surgeon dedicated to VWCH. -
March 24, 2022
Woodard named High School Athletic Trainer of the Year
Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital's Jacob Woodard, MAE, ATC, NASM-CES, has been named the Tennessee Athletic Trainers’ Society Sandy Sandlin High School Athletic Trainer of the Year.