Department of Surgery Archive — Page 4 of 14
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September 16, 2024
Dedication, teamwork key to performing 10 kidney transplants in two days
Why were there so many kidney transplants in a weekend? Rachel Forbes, MD, MBA, said it was purely happenstance. All the transplants were the result of matching kidneys from deceased donors being discovered at once for 10 patients. -
September 5, 2024
VUMC reaches new liver transplant milestone
While the surgery was a milestone for the hospital, for the pediatric patient and her family, it represented an answer to many prayers. -
August 22, 2024
Yelena Bodien joins VUMC to advance efforts in research, treatment of brain disorders
Bodien, who will co-direct the Neuroimaging Core of the Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction and Survivorship Center, has applied behavioral measures and advanced neuroimaging to improve the diagnosis and prognosis of severe brain injury. -
July 23, 2024
Vanderbilt Transplant Center finishes fiscal year with record 809 solid organ transplants
Vanderbilt’s adult heart, lung, liver and kidney transplant programs individually had record fiscal years, with 150 heart transplants, 90 lung transplants, 180 liver transplants and 333 kidney transplants. In addition, adult transplant teams performed three heart/lung transplants and four kidney/pancreas transplants. -
July 9, 2024
Grant supports development of skill assessment tool for robot-assisted surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Irving Zamora, MD, MPH, assistant professor of Pediatric Surgery, and Aimal Khan, MD, assistant professor of Surgery, have received a grant to support the development and validation of an objective robotic skills assessment tool for surgical trainees. -
June 4, 2024
Grant funds research for therapies to prevent stomach cancer
The funds will help launch a clinical trial in the U.S. with one of the therapies and compare it with another therapy from an ongoing clinical trial in Japan. -
May 29, 2024
Robotic pancreatectomy speeds recovery time for retired educator
He knew he needed complicated surgery, so researching his options, he learned about the Vanderbilt surgical team led by Kamran Idrees, MD, MSCI, MMHC, Ingram Associate Professor of Cancer Research.