Department of Surgery Archive — Page 2 of 16

Stylized blue anatomical illustration of two kidneys connected to the central blood vessels.
June 17, 2026

Team’s post-op kidney injury risk model could aid prevention

The machine learning-derived model was 88% accurate in ranking preoperative patients according to risk for postoperative acute kidney injury.

By Paul Govern
Smiling woman with short gray hair in a blue-and-white striped shirt stands in the doorway of a hospital treatment room, with medical equipment visible behind her.
June 2, 2026

Resilient Stage 4 colon cancer patient discovers surgery option close to home  

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is “pushing the envelope” with new technologies like histotripsy and new programs like robotic liver surgery and robotic pancreas surgery, serving patients not only from Tennessee, but also parts of Kentucky, Alabama and Georgia.  

By Craig Boerner
Multiplex immunofluorescence comparison of mouse small-intestinal tissue, showing elongated villi in the left panel and shorter, irregular villi with denser fluorescent labeling in the right panel. A color legend lists markers including SGLT1, EPCAM, PEGFR, ACTG1, DCLK1, CHGA, 5-HT, TFF3, Ki67, pHH3, 24h-EdU, OLFM4, LY Z, Collagen, YFP, and Nuclei.
March 18, 2026

Motor protein plays key role in intestinal stem cell identity, function

Study findings suggest a new therapeutic approach for a rare digestive disorder, microvillus inclusion disease.

By Leigh MacMillan
Abstract green and blue digital network with glowing grid lines, data points, and layered wave-like forms around a dark central area.
March 3, 2026

Vanderbilt Health and Bertis establish collaboration for cancer drug discovery

The collaboration will integrate Vanderbilt Health’s Molecular AI Initiative capabilities with Bertis’ deep proteomics and AI-enabled technologies to identify novel therapeutic targets and predictive biomarkers.

Before being sedated, Aaron Davis gives a thumbs up with his surgical team. (photo by Donn Jones)
February 12, 2026

Vanderbilt Health celebrates milestone for novel histotripsy procedure 

Appealing to patients for its noninvasive nature, it avoids many of the traditional drawbacks of surgeries that use incisions, including pain management. 

By Evan Dorian
Some members of the Critical Care Outreach Team at Vanderbilt University Hospital include, front row, left to right, Casey Ernfelt, ACNP, Lindsay Trantum, ACNP, Rebekah Pike, ACNP. Back row, left to right, Liza Weavind, MBBCh, Cody Bowers, AG-ACNP, Kipp Shipley, DNP, Megan Shifrin, DNP, ACNP-BC, and Christopher Hughes, MD. (photo by Donn Jones)
January 13, 2026

Critical Care Outreach Team’s rapid response interventions improve patient safety, prevent ICU transfers

Since January 2020, members of the VUH CCOT have responded to more than 10,000 rapid response calls in every non-ICU unit in the adult hospital.

By Jill Clendening