Section of Surgical Sciences Archive — Page 7 of 8

Four adults pose outdoors beside two carts piled with donated coats, hats, gloves and other clothing; a sign on one cart shows a large red “1” and the number “75.”
December 8, 2016

Warm donations

The Section of Surgical Sciences Warm Coat Drive in support of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Homeless Health Services rounded up 75 warm coats as well as hats, gloves and socks.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Portrait of Daniel Beauchamp, MD, wearing glasses, a tan suit, and blue tie in front of bookshelves.
November 17, 2016

Award honors Beauchamp’s teaching, research

R. Daniel Beauchamp, M.D., chair of the Section of Surgical Sciences and the John Clinton Foshee Distinguished Professor of Surgery, has been selected to receive the 2016 Dr. Rodman E. and Thomas G. Sheen Award from the New Jersey American College of Surgeons (ACS) Chapter.

By Jill Clendening
Portrait of a smiling man wearing a white medical coat and patterned tie.
September 8, 2016

Proposed changes could impact liver transplant efforts

A new proposal under consideration by the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) that would change the way donated livers are distributed would negatively impact patients listed for liver transplantation at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and across the Southeast, according to Seth Karp, M.D., H. William Scott Jr. Professor and chair of the Department of Surgery.

By Jessica Pasley
A man in a purple and gold shirt sits at a desk viewing educational content on a computer monitor in a clinical office.
April 14, 2016

New tools help prepare patients before, after surgical procedures

Randal Fowler left Vanderbilt University Medical Center 19 years ago with a brand new heart, so he’s accustomed to following doctors’ orders to a T, but when he recently checked in for hip replacement surgery he learned something new.

By Jill Clendening
Black-and-white close-up portrait of an older, light-haired man wearing a collared shirt and tie.
March 22, 2016

John Sawyers, a steady hand in the operating room and as head of Surgical Sciences, dies at 90

By Wayne Wood
Balanced stack of smooth stones: two small stones rest on opposite ends of a flat stone supported by a larger triangular stone, against a blue sky and sea.
February 24, 2016

Liver balancing act

Vanderbilt researchers have defined a mechanism that limits liver cell proliferation after injury in order to preserve critical metabolic functions.

By Vanderbilt Health News