The siblings, both recovering from surgery, admitted they were best friends, a bond that has grown even deeper since the transplant.

Choi was honored for her work defining key oncogenes critical to gastric carcinogenesis, and for identifying potential drug candidates to target gastric precancerous stem cells.

Anderson and Smith have been named co-medical directors and will succeed Morris, who is stepping down from the role after over a decade of leadership.

The J. Kenneth Jacobs Fellowship in Surgery was established in Dr. Jacobs’ honor to support surgical residents during their laboratory years.

The findings represent a significant advance toward development of more effective, targeted therapies for congenital diarrhea and enteropathies

The advanced preservation technology for kidney transplantation is designed to expand the donor pool.

The board is a partnership between the Brain Injury Association of Tennessee and VUMC’s Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction and Survivorship Center.