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Portrait of Kelly Dooley, MD, PhD, MPH, smiling at the camera against a brown background. She has shoulder-length gray-blonde hair and wears a blue beaded necklace with a black patterned top.
May 27, 2026

Kelly Dooley to depart Vanderbilt Health to lead Department of Medicine at Brown

A national search will be conducted to identify Dooley’s successor as director of the Division of Infectious Diseases, and an interim director will be announced at a later date.

By Paul Govern
Smiling bald man with a mustache stands with his hands clasped in a hallway beside a framed purple-flower photograph.
May 26, 2026

At the end of life, Ian Cullen offers personalized spiritual care

“What I found in this work is that there’s a certain magic that every person has, and they don’t stop being who they are when medical crises happen.”

By Matt Batcheldor
Masked medical staff in surgical scrubs observe an operation in an operating room; the foreground clinician wears a Vanderbilt University Medical Center scrub top.
May 26, 2026

Photo gallery: French surgeon who pioneered vocal cord repair visits Vanderbilt Health, observes seventh procedure

Jean-Paul Marie, MD, PhD, a physician from France who has spent over two decades honing the selective laryngeal reinnervation, presented at the second annual Robert H. Ossoff Lecture and was a guest in the operating room for Vanderbilt Health’s seventh such surgery.

By Evan Dorian
Nine adults pose indoors, with several holding award plaques, in front of a presentation screen and wooden cabinets.
May 26, 2026

Research Week 2026: Celebrating innovation and excellence in pediatric medicine

From thought-provoking lectures to data-driven presentations, Research Week provided a platform for researchers to share their discoveries, inspire collaboration and ignite new ideas to improve the lives of children everywhere. 

By Kara Jones
Eight adults pose together indoors beneath a large black-and-gold V emblem, with plants and a fire alarm visible in the background.
May 26, 2026

Learning Health System holds seventh annual symposium 

By Susan Urmy
Billy Hudson, PhD, wearing a tuxedo and a red, white, and blue medal ribbon at an Ellis Island Honors Society event.
May 22, 2026

Billy Hudson receives 2026 Ellis Island Medal of Honor  

The Ellis Island Medals of Honor rank among the nation’s most renowned awards, officially recognized by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, with each year’s recipients listed in the Congressional Record.  

By Craig Boerner