The fitness challenge raised funds to support pediatric cancer research, training and care at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

The children were born in Turkey with a smaller-than-normal head size, cataracts, severe developmental delay, intellectual disability and epilepsy.

The WISE Awards celebrate preceptors working in any clinical capacity who have gone above and beyond in their training responsibilities.

O’Dell succeeds Edward Zavala, MBA, the VTC’s founding administrator who is stepping down from his administrative leadership role June 30 after more than 22 years of service to VUMC.  

The findings reveal the need for increased awareness about appendiceal cancer from both clinicians and the public.

Horst succeeds Bryan Harris, MD, MPH, MMHC, current executive vice chair for Clinical Affairs, who has been named interim chair of Medicine.

The models allowed patients to easily distinguish the ascending colon from the sigmoid colon, along with other parts of the digestive system.