Department of Thoracic Surgery
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October 20, 2022
Event set to make lung cancer screening more accessible
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is making the lung cancer screening more convenient with weekend appointments from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 12, at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks -
September 29, 2022
Patient journeys from South Africa for lung transplant
Mervyn Joseph, who searched the world over for the best place to be considered for lung transplant, is thankful he found Vanderbilt University Medical Center. -
September 15, 2022
Lung cancer detection program lands grant renewal
The National Cancer Institute has renewed funding for the Early Detection Research Network Lung Cancer Clinical Validation Center at Vanderbilt- Ingram Cancer Center. -
June 2, 2022
Sister surgeons share a winding road that led to VUMC
From Canada to Florida to VUMC, the "Gillaspie Girls" are building careers after "falling in love with surgery." -
April 25, 2022
Multiple sclerosis, lung cancer, and 50 marathons: Aaron Hawkins about to reach amazing milestone
"He has been a blessing and role model for so many," his doctor Jonathan Nesbitt says. -
March 17, 2022
ECMO fellowship program provides lifesaving training
Vanderbilt's extracorporeal life support fellowship gives new doctors two years of hands-on experience with a lifesaving critical care tool, one that has only become more important during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
February 16, 2022
Multicenter team seeks to create at-home artificial lung system
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is part of a multi-institutional teem seeking to create an artificial lung system that patients with incurable lung disease can use at home.