Department of Surgery

September 26, 2013

Cell changes en route to stomach cancer

Molecular characterization of pre-cancerous changes in cells lining the stomach could point to lesions with a greater risk of progression to cancer.

By Leigh MacMillan

August 22, 2013

Trauma surgical skills training course lands certification

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is now certified as Tennessee’s only teaching site for an advanced trauma surgical skills training course offered at fewer than 50 hospitals worldwide.

By VUMC News and Communications

June 6, 2013

Division of Trauma holds free course at rural hospitals

By VUMC News and Communications

May 24, 2013

Preventable injuries filled Vanderbilt University Hospital last Memorial Day; Doctors urge safety on upcoming holiday

By VUMC News and Communications

December 20, 2012

Cancer markers from archived tissue

Archived tissue samples are yielding new disease biomarkers.

By VUMC News and Communications

January 20, 2012

Digestive disease research bolstered by grant renewal

The Vanderbilt Digestive Disease Research Center celebrates its 10th anniversary this year with a second five-year renewal of its federal research grant.

By Bill Snyder