Department of Surgery Archive — Page 15 of 16

Illustration of two feet standing on a bathroom scale, with the scale display obscured and emphasis lines above it.
August 15, 2014

Weight regain after gastric bypass

Early weight regain after gastric bypass surgery does not reverse metabolic improvements, and the “hunger hormone” ghrelin might indicate who is susceptible to weight regain.

By Leigh MacMillan
baby in crib
July 24, 2014

Team spots trigger for rare diarrheal disease in infants

Researchers at Vanderbilt University, the University of Arizona and Phoenix Children’s Hospital have discovered what triggers a rare but devastating diarrheal disease in newborns that is fatal without intravenous feeding or intestinal transplant.

By Bill Snyder
A seated man in a blue shirt speaks with three women in a medical examination room; one woman wears a white lab coat, and another wears a Vanderbilt T-shirt.
January 23, 2014

Altruistic donor chain enhances transplant options

Thanks to a series of altruistic donations that began in Colorado, three people who were waiting for a kidney received a life-saving transplant, including a patient at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Jessica Pasley
Smiling gray-haired woman in light blue scrubs holds a framed plaque and wears a yellow-and-white pin while standing against a brick wall.
December 5, 2013

Davies named Physician Assistant of the Year

Luda Davies, clinical instructor in Surgery in the outpatient surgery clinic at the Nashville campus of the Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, has been named Physician Assistant of the Year by the Tennessee Academy of Physician Assistants.

By Bill Snyder
Grid of 18 head-and-shoulders portraits arranged in three rows, each labeled with a surname: Aiken, Arteaga, Beauchamp, Bock, Brash, Cherrington, Cover, Frontera, Goldenring, Linton, Magnuson, Miller, Newhouse, Patton, Robertson, Salisbury, Santoro, and Weil.
November 25, 2013

Vanderbilt celebrates 18 elected fellows of the AAAS

Eighteen academic and administrative leaders at Vanderbilt University have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) this year.

By Bill Snyder
Vanderbilt LifeFlight helicopter viewed from below against an overcast sky, with blurred rotor blades and landing skids visible.
October 29, 2013

Vanderbilt to study use of plasma on LifeFlight

Vanderbilt University Medical Center will participate in a national trial to see if outcomes for critically injured patients with uncontrolled bleeding can be improved by administering plasma to these patients while in flight to the hospital.

By Vanderbilt Health News