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VUMC’s Ashish Shah, MD, speaks at the Tennessee Cardiac Surgery Consortium meeting. (photo by Donn Jones)
April 23, 2025

New consortium of health systems dedicated to improving cardiac surgery outcomes throughout Tennessee

The consortium includes VUMC and all major health systems in Middle Tennessee as well as throughout the state in collaboration with the Tennessee Hospital Association.

By Matt Batcheldor
April 23, 2025

Straight from her heart: gratitude and gems

Vanderbilt Clinical Research Center nurse Sherri Hails, RN, shares messages of gratitude through heart-shaped reminders.

By Jill Clendening
April 23, 2025

Study shows parathyroid gland reimplantation technique an effective option to restore function in children

Damage or removal of calcium-regulating parathyroid glands during endocrine surgery can put children at risk for poor growth and slow mental development.

By Christina Echegaray
Kimberly Dahlman, PhD
April 23, 2025

Kimberly Dahlman elected to board of International Association of Medical Science Educators 

She will begin serving her three-year term upon the closing of the association’s annual conference on June 17.

By Tom Wilemon
From left, Alvin Powers, MD, Joe C. Davis Professor of Biomedical Science and professor of Medicine and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Barbara Gisella Carranza Leon, MD, associate professor of Medicine and interim clinical and senior division director of the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism; and David Nathan, MD, founder and director of the Diabetes Center and Diabetes Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital. (photo by Susan Urmy)
April 23, 2025

Top scientist shares long view on diabetes research and treatment

The number of adults living with diabetes has surpassed 800 million, and the World Health Organization has called the escalating prevalence of Type 2 diabetes an epidemic.

By Jill Clendening
The Huntington’s Disease Program is led by new co-directors Amy E. Brown, MD, MS, assistant professor of Neurology, and social worker Spencer Diehl, LCSW. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
April 22, 2025

Clinic supports patients, families affected by Huntington’s disease with multidisciplinary care and empathy

The clinic is part of a collection of subspecialties that work together to treat movement disorders, including Huntington’s disease, multiple system atrophy and progressive supranuclear palsy.

By Evan Dorian
April 21, 2025

Neurodevelopmental care initiative supports infants and young children exposed to opioids in utero

SHINE program offers neurodevelopmental care embedded within a medical home for infants and young children with neonatal opioid exposures.
By Jessica Pasley
April 21, 2025

Eunyoung Choi receives American Gastroenterological Association award 

Choi was honored for her work defining key oncogenes critical to gastric carcinogenesis, and for identifying potential drug candidates to target gastric precancerous stem cells.
By Tom Wilemon
April 18, 2025

Pelayo Correa and John Kuriyan named fellows of the AACR Academy

Fellows of the AACR Academy constitute a global brain trust of leading experts in cancer science and medicine.
By Tom Wilemon
April 18, 2025

Veteran Emergency Operations leader John Morris Jr. to pass torch to Tucker Anderson, Michael Smith

Anderson and Smith have been named co-medical directors and will succeed Morris, who is stepping down from the role after over a decade of leadership.
By Evan Dorian
April 17, 2025

On a spring night in 1987, teenager Mike Harper was flown to Vanderbilt University Medical Center pinned to a car seat with a fence post through his body. Here is one of the most amazing stories of survival in the history of VUMC.

Mike doesn’t remember the names of all the people who took care of him while he was at VUMC so long ago, but he does have a message for any of them who read this.
By Wayne Wood
April 17, 2025

Workplace Violence Awareness Month: safeguarding VUMC’s front line

About 73% of all nonfatal workplace violence incidents in the U.S. occur in health care settings, making it one of the most dangerous industries for front-line staff.
By Holly Fletcher
April 16, 2025

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