General Surgery Archives
Distinguished visitor
May. 9, 2019—Beryl Akinyi Ooro, MBChB, a general surgeon from AIC Kijabe Hospital in Kijabe, Kenya, visited VUMC recently to meet with surgical faculty, residents and medical students, and to observe both in the operating room and at a clinical practice.
Tarpley may be retiring, but he isn’t slowing down
Jul. 26, 2016—On June 30, John Tarpley, M.D., retired after 23 years of service at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and the Nashville VA Medical Center. The next day, he packed a suitcase, and on July 2 he boarded a Kenya-bound plane, a move that was absolutely no surprise to all who know him.
Vanderbilt trainee on the front line of Ebola outbreak
Jan. 8, 2015—Rachel Idowu, M.D., MPH, spent five weeks in Africa last summer assisting the Ebola outbreak response in Monrovia, Liberia’s capital and most populous city.
Terhune to direct General Surgery residency program
Dec. 11, 2014—The General Surgery residency program at Vanderbilt School of Medicine is getting a new program director, but it won’t be a new face.
