Section of Surgical Sciences

An AI-driven rendering and analysis of a holotomography-based 3D reconstruction of a tumor tissue sample derived from a spatial molecular experimental platform. Cancer cells (blue), stromal cells (green), and immune cells (red) are highlighted, while the extracellular matrix (ECM) appears in translucent green with a green arrow indicating its orientation. By integrating spatial molecular measurements, this approach offers single-cell and subcellular functional characterization, providing key insights into cellular interactions and communication in a three-dimensional context to deepen our understanding of the tissue’s architecture and composition.
January 16, 2025

VUMC to launch Molecular AI initiative to spur precision medicine, transplantation

The leader of the new initiative, Tae Hyun Hwang, PhD, will work to apply AI and other revolutionary technologies, including advanced molecular imaging techniques, to clinical practice.

By Bill Snyder
September 12, 2024

Advocating for organ donation

The hearing was a one-year check-in on the implementation of the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act to maintain a national registry for organ matching.

June 13, 2024

Study shows transplant volumes decreased, costs rose following federal policy change

The new policy changed liver allocations from a regional service area to an “acuity circles” system that assigns donor livers as far as 500 nautical miles away based on the acuity of recipients.

By Matt Batcheldor
February 5, 2024

Reception for Seth Karp recognizes leadership and commitment to Transplant Center

Transplant patient Connie Rankin was cleared to return home to Memphis just in time for the holidays. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
December 14, 2023

VUMC performs its first combined lung and liver transplant

Connie Rankin of Memphis, Tennessee, received Vanderbilt’s first combined lung and liver transplant, which involved dozens of specialists, including transplant teams for both organs.

By Matt Batcheldor
From left, Mark Evers, MD; Seth Carp, MD; Robert Coffey, MD; Carmen Solórzano, MD; J. Joshua Smith, MD, PhD; Naji N. Abumrad, MD; Steven Leach, MD; and Paula Marincola Smith, MD, PhD, pose for a photo during the R. Daniel Beauchamp Memorial Symposium at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Not pictured, David Hanna, MD. (hoto by Erin O. Smith)
September 19, 2023

Beauchamp honored at symposium highlighting basic research by surgeon scientists

The profound impact of R. Daniel Beauchamp, MD, former chair of the Section of Surgical Sciences at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, was deeply evident at a recent symposium highlighting basic research conducted by numerous surgeons and physician-scientists, all of whom were closely associated with the noted physician-scientist.

By Jill Clendening
April 27, 2023

Researchers honored at American Physiology Summit

Three faculty members and five postdoctoral fellows at Vanderbilt University Medical Center received research honors last week from the American Physiological Society during its 2023 American Physiology Summit.
By Bill Snyder
March 23, 2023

Goldenring’s gastrointestinal research contributions lauded

Vanderbilt's James Goldenring, MD, PhD, has been honored by the American Gastroenterological Association for making significant contributions to understanding gastrointestinal disease.
By Bill Snyder
February 8, 2023

Study finds underperforming organ procurement organizations contribute to nationwide shortage

The number of potential organ donors in the United States could solve the shortage for most organs, but many organs are not recovered due to performance variations in the opaque organ procurement organization process, according to a just-published study with first and corresponding authors from Vanderbilt.
By Matt Batcheldor
February 2, 2023

Pickens named chair of VUMC Thoracic Surgery

Allan Pickens, MD, has been named professor and chair of Vanderbilt's Department of Thoracic Surgery.
By Matt Batcheldor
February 2, 2023

Spann, Geiger move into new Surgical Sciences leadership roles

By Jill Clendening
January 12, 2023

Sharp named Southern Surgical Association president

Vanderbilt's Kenneth Sharp, MD, has been named president of the Southern Surgical Association (SSA).
By Jill Clendening
December 8, 2022

Ukrainian surgeons visit VUMC to observe transplant protocols

A group of doctors from Ukraine recently visited Vanderbilt to observe transplants and protocols as part of an initiative to establish a lung transplant program and improve heart transplantation in the war-torn country.
By Matt Batcheldor
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