Graduate Medical Education

June 18, 2024

Program provides career tools, resources, opportunities for residents and fellows

The Goals of Life and Learning Delineated (GOLLD) Project is a 14-month-long leadership program designed to provide residents and fellows with tools, resources, opportunities and mentors designed to help them form their own unique professional identity.

By Nancy Humphrey
From left are: Kaitlyn Tracy, MD, General Surgery resident; Mark Naguib, MD, Pediatrics resident; Brittany Murphy, MD, Internal Medicine resident; Moriah Forster, MD, Hematology and Oncology fellow; Derek Riffert, VUSM MD candidate; Jin Han, MD, MSc, Emergency Medicine faculty physician.
June 14, 2024

Graduate Medical Education research work highlighted

This year’s winner of the Elliot V. Newman Prize was Kaitlyn Tracy, MD, a surgical resident at VUMC, who shared her work on the potential clinical impact of storing livers for transplant at 10 degrees Celsius.

By Nancy Humphrey
May 17, 2024

GME Self-Study Team takes charge for accreditation site visit

“The support of VUMC’s GME programs and the development of its future clinicians and leaders allows for optimal patient care and the creation of a learning environment that supports our patients and learners of all stages…”

By Kathy Whitney
February 13, 2024

Thank a Resident and Fellow Day is Feb. 23

Friday, Feb. 23, is Thank a Resident Day, an annual opportunity to celebrate these physicians in training at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Kathy Whitney
February 21, 2023

Thank a Resident Day is Feb. 24

By Kathy Whitney
January 3, 2023

Terhune named Senior Vice President for Educational Affairs

Vanderbilt’s Kyla Terhune, MD, MBA, Vice President for Educational Affairs and Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, has been named Senior Vice President for Educational Affairs.

By John Howser
November 1, 2022

Brady named Executive Vice Dean for Academic Affairs

Donald Brady, MD, has been appointed to an expanded oversight role of Executive Vice Dean for Academic Affairs for Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
By John Howser
September 1, 2022

Residency programs receiving national accolades

Vanderbilt residency programs are being recognized among their peers for consistently high rankings by multiple outlets.
By Craig Boerner
April 28, 2022

Event for MNPS students shares reasons to pursue medicine

More than 200 high school students at four Metro Nashville Public Schools recently participated in hands-on activities and listened to a diverse group of Vanderbilt residents, fellows and medical students talk about why and how they chose to become physicians.
By Nancy Humphrey
February 23, 2022

Day celebrates many contributions of residents, fellows

Friday, Feb. 25, is Thank a Resident Day, an annual opportunity to celebrate Vanderbilt's physicians in training.
By Kathy Whitney
February 17, 2022

Virtual tours boost Otolaryngology resident recruiting

When the pandemic began, Vanderbilt's Amy Whigham, MD, MS-HPEd, developed a plan to turn the Department of Otolaryngology's medical student education and residency recruitment efforts into a virtual experience.
By Emily Stembridge
January 27, 2022

Internal medicine residency handbook keeps growing

The Vanderbilt internal medicine residency handbook has long been a resource that is easy, enjoyable and helpful for residents to use in clinical practice.
By Emily Stembridge
September 30, 2021

House staff education includes focus on health equity

This summer’s annual orientation for new interns, residents and fellows included a bold new discussion about the history of racism in Nashville and at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as well as topics on health equity and anti-racism in medical practice.
By Nancy Humphrey
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